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Art of Digital Audio, Second Edition [Hardcover]

John Watkinson (Author)
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0240513207 978-0240513201 January 15, 1994 2




Reviews of the 1st edition include:- 'Once in a while, someone writes a technical book which becomes the definitive work or industry bible. John Watkinson has done just that with The Art of Digital Audio' - New Scientist 'Mr Watkinson's work commands
pride of place amongst the publications on digital audio techniques.' - EBU Review '... a must for all radio engineers interested in complete digital fluency.' - Radio World 'It must be difficult writing a sequel to the Bible. Let's face it, God
hasn't got round to it yet, although John Watkinson has, and it only took him five years. In his preface to the new edition, Watkinson suggests, somewhat tongue in cheek, that if the First was the Bible, maybe we should refer to the Second Edition as the
New Testament. It's not a bad idea, and one with which I have no arguments..' Studio Sound, March 1995 - Studio Sound, March 1995 'This is an introductory book, a theory book and a reference book all in one.' - Public Address/PLASA News, May 1995 'The
first edition of this book is now regarded as a classic in its field.' - Lighting and Sound International, January 1996
Digital audio equipment is more widespread than it was five yars ago, and potential readers now have a greater range of backgrounds. This new edition begins with a chapter which is almost an introductory book in its own right and makes the remainder of the work accessible to all. At the other end of the spectrum more refernces than ever are included to permit serious study. What has not changed is the approach. Every subject is explained from first principles, because if the mechanism is undertsood it can be applied to many probolems. This is an introductory book, a theory book, an applications book and a reference book all rolled into one.

Selected as one of the American Library Association's CHOICE magazine's outstanding academic books.

Selected as one of the American Library Association's CHOICE magazine's outstanding academic books.



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"Once in a while, someone writes a technical book which becomes the definitive work or industry bible. John Watkinson has done that with The Art of Digital Audio." New Scientist

"Mr Watkinson's work commands pride of place amongst the publications on digital audio techniques. The author has succeeses in bringing together a quantity of data appropriate to a work of reference and a continuity of style befitting a standard text-book." EBU Review

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Pulls various technologies together as they relate to audio. It deals with advanced topics, theory and a whole new world of practical implementation. Because of the fast moving nature of the technology described in the book the new edition includes more information on the AES/EBU interface, DCC, NAGRA and data reduction as well as Digital Audio Broadcasting.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 490 pages
  • Publisher: Focal Press; 2 edition (January 15, 1994)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0240513207
  • ISBN-13: 978-0240513201
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,899,498 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars copyright 1894^H^H^H994., July 6, 1999
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This review is from: Art of Digital Audio, Second Edition (Hardcover)
This book has all the details of doing digital audio, starting with banging two rocks together to start a fire, and quickly progressing to the development of western civilization. ... ok, it's not *quite* that bad. But there is precious little relevant information to any modern project. When your car's mp3 player is running Linux, who cares that Gray codes are the way to go for digital tape positioning? Who needs to be told that you might want to think about doing a calculation in RAM instead of with discrete digital components? There's a good chapter on "advanced digital audio processing". And it explains basic things about dithering, mixing, gain control, etc. But on the whole this book is very geared toward antiquated hardware, rather than presenting theories or algorithms that are relevant to all digital systems. I guess that's why it's the "art" and not the principles of digital audio. In the index you will find "cylinder transducer", but not "pitch" or "tempo".
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Well written technical overview, short of the computer age, May 25, 2000
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The Art of Digital Audio is well written and informative technical overview of digital audio, except that being a mid 1990s book, it almost completely omits detailed coverage of some topics (like MPEG audio compression) that would nowadays have to be considered critical. It is nonetheless an essential component of the well informed digital audio engineer's library. There is a *lot* of stuff in this compendium that you would otherwise have to find scattered over a dozen other books. One hopes a revision for the twenty-first century is in the works.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Where's the beef?, July 20, 2006
This review is from: Art of Digital Audio, Second Edition (Hardcover)
Too much outdated irrelevant information. Watkinson IS extremely knowledgable on the subject of digital audio. I guess I expected something different. Too much esoteric (and much outdated) theory and very little if any practical information, unless maybe your job is to service 1980's digital audio systems.

Want to know about revectoring, soft sectoring, and rotary positioners as they pertain to magnetic disk drives? How about DASH-M and DASH-S interleaving in stationary head recorders? If so then BUY THIS BOOK. Interesting reading to be sure, but don't expect your "art" to benefit. This review is based on the second edition.
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The applications of audio technology are numerous, but generally the goal is to reproduce sound at a later time, at another place or both. Read the first page
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two redundant symbols, replay waveform, timecode marker, scheduled velocity, data separator, data code value, servo surface, channel bit period, servo head, subcode byte, subcode block, oversampling convertors, channel status bits, interleave structure, replay signal, rotary positioner, channel status data, digital dither, sync pattern, convolutional interleave, flash convertor, jitter window, outer codeword, replay circuitry, quantizing range
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