An expert team from SONY Europe explains the technology behind today's major digital audio consumer products, including the Compact Disc, MiniDisc, Super Audio CD, DVD-Audio, MP3 and Digital Audio Tape.
Beginning with a fascinating overview of the history of audio technology, this fourth edition addresses the principles and technologies which underpin the various formats currently available. Considerable technical detail is provided, with extensive use of illustrations to enhance understanding.
Audio engineers, students and hi-fi enthusiasts who want to gain an understanding of the way these technologies have been developed will find no better introduction than this authoritative guide from SONY, a forerunner in the digital audio industry.
Covers everything you need to know about the major digital audio consumer products. Now includes SACD, DVD(A) and MP3, keeping you updated with the latest technologyGet the best advice from experts at SONY
Contents
Preface
A short history of audio technology
PART ONE: PRINCIPLES OF DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
- Introduction
- Principles of sampling
- Principles of quantization;
- Overview of A/D conversion systems
- Operation of AD-D/A converters
- Codes for digital magnetic recording
- Principles of error correction
PART TWO: THE COMPACT DISC
8. Overview of the compact disc medium
9. Compact disc encoding
10. Opto-electronics and the optical block
11. The servo circuits in CD players
12. Signal processing
PART THREE: DIGITAL AUDIO RECORDING SYSTEMS
13. Outline
14. Video PCM-formats
15. Digital audio tape (DAT) format
16. Non-tracking digital audio tape (DAT)
17. MiniDisc
PART FOUR: ADVANCED DIGITAL AUDIO TECHNOLOGIES
18. Super audio compact disc (SACD)
19. DVD-Audio
20. Audio compression
APPENDICES: Error correction; Sampling theorem; Serial copy management system (SCMS); Digital audio interface format (S/PDIF-IEC958)
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