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Digital Audio Technology: A Guide to CD, MiniDisc, SACD, DVD(A), MP3 and DAT

Digital Audio Technology: A Guide to CD, MiniDisc, SACD, DVD(A), MP3 and DAT


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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.



Table of Contents:
Preface; A short history of audio technology; Part One: Principles of Digital Signal Processing; Chapter 01 Introduction; Chapter 02 Principles of sampling; Chapter 02 Section 01 The Nyquist theorem; Chapter 02 Section 02 Sampling frequency; Chapter 02 Section 03 Sample-hold circuits; Chapter 02 Section 04 Aperture control; Chapter 02 Section 05 Characteristics and terminology of sample-hold circuits; Chapter 03 Principles of quantization; Chapter 03 Section 01 Quantization error; Chapter 03 Section 02 Calculation of theoretical signal-to-noise ratio; Chapter 03 Section 03 Masking of quantization noise; Chapter 03 Section 04 Conversion codes; Chapter 04 Overview of A/D conversion systems; Chapter 04 Section 01 Linear (or uniform) quantization; Chapter 04 Section 02 Companding systems; Chapter 04 Section 03 Floating-point conversion; Chapter 04 Section 04 Block floating-point conversion; Chapter 04 Section 05 Differential PCM and delta modulation; Chapter 04 Section 06 Super bit mapping (SBM); Chapter 04 Section 07 Direct stream digital (DSD); Chapter 05 Operation of A/D–D/A converters; Chapter 05 Section 01 A/D converters; Chapter 05 Section 02 High-density linear A/D converter; Chapter 05 Section 03 D/A conversion in digital audio equipment; Chapter 06 Codes for digital magnetic recording; Chapter 06 Section 01 Non-return to zero (NRZ); Chapter 06 Section 02 Bi-phase; Chapter 06 Section 03 Modified frequency modulation (MFM); Chapter 06 Section 04 Three-position modulation (3PM); Chapter 06 Section 05 High-density modulation-1 (HDM-1); Chapter 06 Section 06 Eight-to-fourteen modulation (EFM); Chapter 06 Section 07 EFM+; Chapter 07 Principles of error correction; Chapter 07 Section 01 Types of code errors; Chapter 07 Section 02 Error compensation; Chapter 07 Section 03 Error detection; Chapter 07 Section 04 Error correction; Chapter 07 Section 05 Error concealment; Chapter 07 Section 06 Interleaving; Part 02 Part Two: The Compact Disc; Chapter 08 Overview of the compact disc medium; Chapter 08 Section 01 Main parameters; Chapter 08 Section 02 Optical discs; Chapter 08 Section 03 Recording and read-out system on a CD; Chapter 08 Section 04 Signal parameters; Chapter 08 Section 05 Audio signal; Chapter 08 Section 06 Additional information on the CD; Chapter 08 Section 07 Compact disc production; Chapter 09 Compact disc encoding; Chapter 09 Section 01 CIRC encoding; Chapter 09 Section 02 The control word; Chapter 09 Section 03 The Q subcode and its usage; Chapter 09 Section 04 EFM encoding; Chapter 09 Section 05 The sync word; Chapter 09 Section 06 Final bit rate; Chapter 10 Opto-electronics and the optical block; Chapter 10 Section 01 The optical spectrum; Chapter 10 Section 02 Interaction of optical waves with matter; Chapter 10 Section 03 Optical components; Chapter 10 Section 04 The injection laser diode (ILD); Chapter 10 Section 05 TOP: T-type optical pick-up; Chapter 10 Section 06 FOP: flat-type optical pick-up; Chapter 11 The servo circuits in CD players; Chapter 11 Section 01 Summary of the servo circuits in a CD player; Chapter 11 Section 02 The focus servo circuit; Chapter 11 Section 03 The tracking servo circuit; Chapter 11 Section 04 The sled servo motor; Chapter 11 Section 05 The disc motor servo circuit; Chapter 11 Section 06 Digital servo; Chapter 12 Signal processing; Chapter 12 Section 01 RF amplification; Chapter 12 Section 02 Signal decoding; Chapter 12 Section 03 D/A converter; Chapter 12 Section 04 High-accuracy D/A conversion; Part 03 Part Three: Digital Audio Recording Systems; Chapter 13 Outline; Chapter 14 Video PCM formats; Chapter 14 Section 01 Video 8 PCM format; Chapter 14 Section 02 A/D–D/A conversion; Chapter 14 Section 03 Description of the format; Chapter 14 Section 04 DV-PCM format; Chapter 15 Digital audio tape (DAT) format; Chapter 15 Section 01 R-DAT; Chapter 15 Section 02 Automatic track following; Chapter 15 Section 03 Error correction; Chapter 15 Section 04 Subcode; Chapter 15 Section 05 Tape duplication; Chapter 15 Section 06 Cassette; Chapter 16 Non-tracking digital audio tape (NT-DAT); Chapter 16 Section 01 NT playback; Chapter 16 Section 02 Double density scan; Chapter 16 Section 03 NT read-out; Chapter 16 Section 04 NT stamp-size DAT; Section 17 MiniDisc; Chapter 17 Section 01 The rainbow book; Chapter 17 Section 02 Block diagram; Chapter 17 Section 03 Physical format; Chapter 17 Section 04 Physical track layout; Chapter 17 Section 05 Recording on MD; Chapter 17 Section 06 Read-out of the disc; Chapter 17 Section 07 The MiniDisc optical block unit; Chapter 17 Section 08 The Wollaston principle; Chapter 17 Section 09 The detector block; Chapter 17 Section 10 Psychoacoustics; Chapter 17 Section 11 ATRAC; Chapter 17 Section 12 Data format; Chapter 17 Section 13 Anti-shock operation; Part 04 Part Four: Advanced Digital Audio Technologies; Section 18 Super Audio CD (SACD); Chapter 18 Section 01 Introduction; Chapter 18 Section 02 Technical specifications and dimensions; Chapter 18 Section 03 Disc types; Chapter 18 Section 04 Watermarking; Chapter 18 Section 05 Encoding and sector format; Chapter 18 Section 06 Disc structure; Chapter 18 Section 07 Direct stream transfer; Chapter 18 Section 08 Conclusion; Section 19 DVD-Audio; Chapter 19 Section 01 Introduction; Chapter 19 Section 02 Basic concept; Chapter 19 Section 03 DVD versus CD; Chapter 19 Section 04 Compression; Chapter 19 Section 05 Disc structure; Chapter 19 Section 06 Optical read-out system; Chapter 19 Section 07 Options; Chapter 20 Audio compression; Chapter 20 Section 01 Introduction; Chapter 20 Section 02 MPEG; Chapter 20 Section 03 Compression for other applications; Chapter 20 Section 04 Multi-channel compression; Appendix 1: Error correction; Appendix 2: Sampling theorem; Appendix 3: Serial copy management system (SCMS); Appendix 4: Digital audio interface format (S/PDIF-IEC958); Index;

About the Author :
Jan Maes

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REVIEWS OF PREVIOUS EDITIONS:

'Decidedly a book for which the market has been waiting... it should find wide appeal amongst audio engineers, students and hi-fi enthusiasts.'
Practical Electronics magazine

'The definitive book on CD players and associated technology...essential reading for the budding audio engineers...a place should be found for it on the shelves of the electronics department in every college and at all good reference libraries.'
Hi-Fi News magazine


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781136118579
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Routledge
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 360
  • ISBN-10: 1136118578
  • Publisher Date: 22 Aug 2013
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 360
  • Sub Title: A Guide to CD, MiniDisc, SACD, DVD(A), MP3 and DAT


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