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CHAPTER 10

Digital Audio Formats and Interchange

CHAPTER CONTENTS

Audio File Formats for Digital Workstations

File formats in general

Sound Designer formats

AIFF and AIFF-C formats

RIFF WAVE format

MPEG audio file formats

DSD-IFF file format

Edit decision list (EDL) files and project interchange

MXF – the media exchange format

AAF – the advanced authoring format

Disk pre-mastering formats

Consumer Optical Disk Formats

Compact discs and drives

Super Audio CD (SACD)

Interconnecting Digital Audio Devices

Dedicated audio interface formats

The AES/EBU interface (AES-3)

Standard consumer interface (IEC 60958-3)

Proprietary digital interfaces

Data networks and computer interconnects

Audio network requirements ...

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