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Digital Audio

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Principles of Musical Acoustics

Part of the book series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics ((ULNP))

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In the past several decades, digital electronics, as represented by computers, have made great changes in the way we do things. Audio is no exception. The purpose of this chapter is to describe important principles involved in digital electronics and its application to audio. It especially contrasts digital audio with analog audio.

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Hartmann, W.M. (2013). Digital Audio. In: Principles of Musical Acoustics. Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6786-1_20

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