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CHAPTER 6

Digital Recording and Editing Systems

CHAPTER Contents

Overview of the Digital Audio Workstation

A Typical DAW System

Editing Principles

Sound Files and Segments

Edit Point Handling

Simulation of ‘Reel-Rocking’

Incorporating Digital Video

Recording Audio on Data Storage Media

Data Storage Media

Magnetic Hard Disks

Solid State Drives (SSDs) and Memory Cards

Media Formatting

Audio File Formats

File Formats in General

AIFF and AIFF-C Formats

RIFF WAVE Format

DSD-IFF File Format

Apple Core Audio Format

MPEG Audio File Formats

Edit Decision List (EDL) Files and Project Interchange

MXF — The Media Exchange Format

AAF — The Advanced Authoring Format

Disk Pre-Mastering ...

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