The definitive guide to digital engineering—fully updated

Gain a thorough understanding of digital audio tools, techniques, and practices from this completely revised and expanded resource. Written by industry pioneer and Audio Engineering Society Fellow Ken C. Pohlmann, Principles of Digital Audio, Sixth Edition, describes the technologies behind today's audio equipment in a clear, practical style. Covering basic theory to the latest technological advancements, the book explains how to apply digital conversion, processing, compression, storage, streaming, and transmission concepts. New chapters on Blu-ray, speech coding, and low bit-rate coding are also included in this bestselling guide.

Learn about discrete time sampling, quantization, and signal processing

Examine details of CD, DVD, and Blu-ray players and discs

Encode and decode AAC, MP3, MP4, Dolby Digital, and other files

Prepare content for distribution via the Internet and digital radio and television

Learn the critical differences between music coding and speech coding

Design low bit-rate codecs to optimize memory capacity while preserving fidelity

Develop methodologies to evaluate the sound quality of music and speech files

Study audio transmission via HDMI, VoIP, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth

Handle digital rights management, fingerprinting, and watermarking

Understand how one-bit conversion and high-order noise shaping work