Digital Audio Essentials

Digital Audio Essentials

Author: Bruce Fries

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2005-04-26

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 1491925647

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Join the digital audio revolution! Tens of millions of users are embracing digital music, and with Digital Audio Essentials, you can, too. Nearly every personal computer built in the last few years contains a CD-burning drive; MP3 and other portable player sales dominate the consumer electronics industry; and new networkable stereo equipment lets you use your digital music collection to power your home entertainment system.Whether it's downloading music, ripping CDs, organizing, finding, and creating higher quality music files, buying music players and accessories, or constructing a home stereo system, Digital Audio Essentials helps you do get it done.An indispensable reference for music enthusiasts, digital archivists, amateur musicians, and anyone who likes a good groove, Digital Audio Essentials helps you avoid time-consuming, costly trial and error in downloading audio files, burning CDs, converting analog music to digital form, publishing music to and streaming from the Web, setting up home stereo configurations, and creating your own MP3 and other audio files. The book--for both Mac and PC users--includes reliable hardware and software recommendations, tutorials, resources, and file sharing, and it even explains the basics of the DMCA and intellectual property law.You may (or may not) already know the basics of ripping CDs or downloading music, but Fries will show you so much more--including advice on the multitude of MP3 players on the market, stereo options, file formats, quality determinations, and the legalities of it all. Both a timely, entertaining guide and an enduring reference, this is the digital audio handbook you need to make the most of your expanding digital music collection.


Fundamentals of Digital Audio, New Edition

Fundamentals of Digital Audio, New Edition

Author: Alan P. Kefauver

Publisher: A-R Editions, Inc.

Published: 2007-01-01

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 0895796112

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In Fundamentals of Digital Audio, Alan P.Kafauver and David Patschke present a systematic overview of the elements for digital recording and reproducing sound. With Ideas grounded in the principles of acoustics, the authors exptore the essential issues involved in preserving, transferring, and modifying sound recordings in the digital domain. In addition to references on historic methods of sound reproduction, this book includes detailed information about the latest digital audio technology. Of special interest is the coverage of storage media and compression technologies. The authors detail a comprehensive introduction and evolution of data storage and media standards, including CD/DVD/Blu-ray/HD DVD, as well as fully (but plainly) detailing associated digital audio compression algorithms. They catalog in detail the processes involved in digitally editing recorded sound, presenting a step-by-step editing and mastering session. Fundamentals of Digital Audio is an essential textbook for anyone who wants to better understand or work with recorded sound using today's digital equipment. The book contains many diagrams and illustrations through which the authors share their expertise with the reader, Among the few books that treats this subject both comprehensively and understandably, the new edition of Fundamentals of Digital Audio should continue to be an indispensable text in this area.


Quick Guide to Digital Audio Recording

Quick Guide to Digital Audio Recording

Author: Ian Waugh

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781870775687

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All modern music recordings use digital audio technology. Now everyone with a computer can produce CD-quality recordings and this book shows you how. Written in a clear and straight-forward style, it explains what digital audio recording is, how to use it, the equipment you need, what sort of software is available, and how to achieve professional results. It explains: What computer system you need. Sound and digital audio essentials What to look for in a sound card Recording techniques How to use virtual instruments How to edit and create loops What effects to use The art of mixing Computer-based recording is the future of music and this book shows how you can join the revolution now.


An Introduction to Digital Audio

An Introduction to Digital Audio

Author: John Watkinson

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 0240516435

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First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.


Digital Audio Editing

Digital Audio Editing

Author: Simon Langford

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2013-10-01

Total Pages: 505

ISBN-13: 1134111371

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Whether you’re comping a vocal track, restoring an old recording, working with dialogue or sound effects for film, or imposing your own vision with mash-ups or remixes, audio editing is a key skill to successful sound production. Digital Audio Editing gives you the techniques, from the simplest corrective editing like cutting, copying, and pasting to more complex creative editing, such as beat mapping and time-stretching. You’ll be able to avoid unnatural-sounding pitch correction and understand the potential pitfalls you face when restoring classic tracks. Author Simon Langford invites you to see editing with his wide-angle view, putting this skill into a broad context that will inform your choices even as you more skillfully manipulate sound. Focusing on techniques applicable to any digital audio workstation, it includes break-outs giving specific keystrokes and instruction in Avid’s Pro Tools, Apple’s Logic Pro, Steinberg’s Cubase, and PreSonus’s Studio One. The companion websites includes tutorials in all four software packages to help you immediately apply the broad skills from the book.


Digital Audio Signal Processing

Digital Audio Signal Processing

Author: Udo Zölzer

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2022-02-24

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 1119832691

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Digital Audio Signal Processing The fully revised new edition of the popular textbook, featuring additional MATLAB exercises and new algorithms for processing digital audio signals Digital Audio Signal Processing (DASP) techniques are used in a variety of applications, ranging from audio streaming and computer-generated music to real-time signal processing and virtual sound processing. Digital Audio Signal Processing provides clear and accessible coverage of the fundamental principles and practical applications of digital audio processing and coding. Throughout the book, the authors explain a wide range of basic audio processing techniques and highlight new directions for automatic tuning of different algorithms and discuss state- of-the-art DASP approaches. Now in its third edition, this popular guide is fully updated with the latest signal processing algorithms for audio processing. Entirely new chapters cover nonlinear processing, Machine Learning (ML) for audio applications, distortion, soft/hard clipping, overdrive, equalizers and delay effects, sampling and reconstruction, and more. Covers the fundamentals of quantization, filters, dynamic range control, room simulation, sampling rate conversion, and audio coding Describes DASP techniques, their theoretical foundations, and their practical applications Discusses modern studio technology, digital transmission systems, storage media, and home entertainment audio components Features a new introductory chapter and extensively revised content throughout Provides updated application examples and computer-based activities supported with MATLAB exercises and interactive JavaScript applets via an author-hosted companion website Balancing essential concepts and technological topics, Digital Audio Signal Processing, Third Edition remains the ideal textbook for advanced music technology and engineering students in audio signal processing courses. It is also an invaluable reference for audio engineers, hardware and software developers, and researchers in both academia and industry.


Principles of Digital Audio

Principles of Digital Audio

Author: Ken C. Pohlmann

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 756

ISBN-13:

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Ken Pohlmann's Classic--Completely Updated From the basics to the cutting edge, Ken Pohlmann's Principles of Digital Audio is packed with vital information. Through three editions, this popular text has illuminated the frontiers of digital audio science. Now this completely updated and substantially revised Fourth Edition brings you the tools you need to capitalize on the explosive expansion of digital audio technologies. Widely used as a college text, and as a professional reference by computer and audio designers and enthusiasts, this comprehensive and highly readable sourcebook helps you: ⬢ Stay up-to-speed in a fast-moving field ⬢ Enter or advance a career in digital audio design, new media development, music recording, sound engineering, broadcasting, and related areas ⬢ Master the newest options in DVD, Internet and PC audio, compact disc, workstations, perceptual coding, digital radio, digital television, and more ⬢ Get insider information on new developments available nowhere else ⬢ Apply creative new insights on theory and applications ⬢ Understand complex material through crystal-clear presentations from an award-winning professor and leading digital audio engineer The premier information source in the field, Principles of Digital Audio is the #1 choice of digital audio professionals. NEW IN THIS EDITION ⬢ DVD ⬢ Internet and PC Audio Technologies ⬢ Downloadable and Streaming Music ⬢ Data Compression Standards ⬢ Multichannel Audio Coding ⬢ Digital Broadcasting ⬢ Interconnection and Networking ⬢ DSP Updates ⬢ Additional Chapters and Illustrations


IPod & ITunes

IPod & ITunes

Author: J. D. Biersdorfer

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 9780596526757

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When Apple introduced the iPod in 2001, CEO Steve Jobs declared, "listening to music will never be the same again." He was right on the money. The iPod grabbed attention right away, and by the end of 2005, more than 41 million of them had sold. iPod is the dominant digital music player on the market, and for the first time, Apple gets to feel like Microsoft. iPod steadily evolved through five generations since then, and today the dynasty ranges from a screenless 512-megabyte version that can hold plenty of songs for your gym routine to a 60-gigabyte multimedia jukebox that can spin out an entire season of "Desperate Housewives," along with thousands of color photos and all that colorful music. An iPod is many things to many people, but it can be much more than most people realize. That's where iPod & iTunes: The Missing Manual comes in. Like the device itself, this book is a long-running bestseller, now in its fourth edition. What makes it so popular is the wealth of useful information it brings to anyone who breaks open iPod's distinctive packaging-especially since Apple doesn't supply a manual of its own. Once again, we've updated this guide to fully explain the ins and outs of iPod, including the nano, the shuffle, and all the latest features and uses, such as: The 5th generation Video iPod, which can hold 15,000 songs, 25,000 photos, and 150 hours of videoiTunes 6, where you can buy tunes, subscribe to Podcasts, tune into internet radio, download videos, build playlists, and moreGoing beyond the music to use iPod as an external drive, an eBook, a personal organizer, a GameBoy, and a slide projectorExtreme iPodding with shareware and AppleScripts, using an iPod with external speakers (including the car stereo), accessories, and troubleshooting It's been five years since iPod hit the scene, but, clearly, the evolution has only just begun. iPod & iTunes: The Missing Manual gives you everything you need to evolve with it.