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Network Technology for Digital Audio (Music Technology)

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The author has enough knowledge to describe all concepts, from the basics to the more recent technologies available and in development. The text is very well written and easy to understand.

If you look for something that converges network technology and digital audio generically, that's the only book that I know of that covers both subjects. Though it has some typos and errors, like a figure that's not shown totally, its content is still excellent! If you are an audio guy trying to understand networks basics, that's for you.

It's networks oriented, more than digital audio. It discusses how to implement a network to transmit digital audio over it.

If you are a newbie to networks, you can begin to understand how they work. I think you do not need a previous knowledge in networks to understand the book, though it could help. If you are a newbie to digital audio though, it doesn't cover the basics of it that deeply. Refer to some other book like "The Art of Digital Audio" by John Watkinson.

It still covers some standards like CobraNet, Soundweb, but be aware that there are others standards around not covered in this book.

If you want to get deeper into CobraNet protocol, look for Ballou's "Handbook for Sound Engineers", in Ch 39, by Ray Rayburn.