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Desktop Audio Technology
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Desktop Audio Technology

by Francis Rumsey
October 2003
Intermediate to advanced
288 pages
9h 35m
English
Routledge
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8  Operational and systems issues

This chapter is concerned with technical, operational and systems issues that may arise when using computer-based audio hardware and software. It is not intended as a ‘how to’ chapter, because all software packages are different and other books are available that explain them, but it does deal with some of the more specialised issues that may arise in high quality professional audio environments and familiarises the reader with preparations for various consumer release formats and media.

8.1 Level control and metering

Typical audio systems today have a very wide dynamic range that equals or exceeds that of the human hearing system. Distortion and noise inherent in the recording or processing of audio are at ...

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