CHAPTER 5

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Digital Audio and Video

 

 

 

 

This chapter discusses the basics of baseband digital audio and video as typically used in studio facilities. Using digital rather than analog signals in the studio results in higher audio and video quality, greater production capabilities, and more efficient operations no matter whether they feed analog or digital transmission systems.

It should be noted that the terms digital radio and digital television are usually used to mean the method of transmission of the audio and video signals. It is, in fact, possible for such digital transmitters to be fed with signals produced in an analog studio facility and converted to digital for transmission. For maximum quality, however, it is ...

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