This chapter looks at some basic concepts of audio, both analog and digital. Here are some resources:
The Scientist and Engineer’s Guide to Digital Signal Processing ( www.dspguide.com/ ) by Steven W. Smith
Music and Computers: A Theoretical and Historical Approach ( http://music.columbia.edu/cmc/MusicAndComputers/ ) by Phil Burk, Larry Polansky, Douglas Repetto, Mary Roberts, Dan Rockmore
Sampled Audio
Audio is an analog phenomenon. Sounds are produced in all sorts of ways, through voice, instruments, and natural events such as trees falling in forests (whether or not there is anyone to ...
