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CHAPTER 8

Digital Audio Principles

CHAPTER CONTENTS

Digital and Analog Recording Contrasted

Binary for Beginners

The Digital Audio Signal Chain

Analog-to-Digital Conversion

A basic example

Introduction to audio A/D conversion

Filtering and aliasing

Sampling frequency and sound quality

Quantizing resolution and sound quality

Oversampling in A/D conversion

Noise shaping in A/D conversion

A basic D/A convertor

Oversampling in D/A conversion

Direct Stream Digital (DSD)

Changing the Resolution of an Audio Signal (Requantization)

Introduction to Digital Signal Processing

Gain changing (level control)

Digital filters and equalization

Digital reverberation and other effects

Dynamics processing ...

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