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Sound Power, Power, and More Science You Need to Know

The Decibel: Power and Pressure

Sound Power and Sound Intensity

Decibels in the PA

Converting Decibel Values

Dangerous Forces

Electrical Energy 101

The Law of Ohms and Watts

Conductivity v. Resistance

Alternating and Direct Current

Simple Circuits

Going with the Flow

Circuit Load Wiring: In Series

Circuit Load Wiring: In Parallel

Made to Be Broken

Binary Bytes—that’s a Lot of Bits!

Analog-to-Digital Conversion

Digital Dimension: Time

Digital Dimension: Amplitude

Quantization and Bit Depth

Bit Depth Too Low

The Digital Decibel (dBFS—dB Full Scale)

Pulse Code Modulation

Digital Audio File Formats

The Digital ...

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