Pohlmann - Principles of Digital Audio

Ken Pohlmann's Principles of Digital Audio, 4th edition, published in 2000, provides a comprehensive introduction and overview of all major aspects of digital audio technology. The title is widely used as a college text, and as a professional reference by audio designers and enthusiasts. The new edition is revised with much new basic material on modulation codes, jitter, dither, digital filters, digital interconnections, optical disc recording, MiniDisc, Compact Disc formats (CD-R, CD-RW, SACD), digital signal processing, and one-bit conversion.

 

Other new topics include:
· DVD formats (DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, MLP)
· Perceptual coding (Dolby Digital, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, AAC, ATRAC)
· Digital broadcasting (DAB-147, IBOC, ATSC DTV)
· Internet and PC audio (MP3, MPEG-4, RealAudio streaming, USB, IEEE 1394)
Further details of the contents can be found in the book's Table of Contents, and its Preface. For over a decade, the earlier editions of this title has been used by professionals and students to learn about the theory and practice of digital audio topics. The 4th edition is a wholly revised book, greatly expanded (736 pages), and up to date with the latest material.

Principles of Digital Audio, 4th edition, is published by McGraw-Hill. It is available in a softcover edition (ISBN 0-07-134819-0). List price is $55. The new edition can be ordered through your local bookstore, or you can call the McGraw-Hill order desk at 1-800-338-3987. You can order the book with a credit card by calling 1-800-722-4726. For quantity discount information, call 1-800-842-3075. In addition, you can find it at the McGraw-Hill Bookstore or Amazon.com.

Review of the 4th edition:

"Principles of Digital Audio has much of the best of both worlds in that it has breadth and descriptive clarity for readers to begin to understand the concepts and language of many different particular audio topics and enough detail and depth to enable them to put the information to some serious use.... Everyone can gain something from this book."

Robert Bristow-Johnson
Journal of the Audio Engineering Society