Acknowledgements

I must first thank Denis Mee and Eric Daniel, for it was their invitation to contribute a chapter on digital audio to their definitive work on magnetic recording1 which gave me the impetus to write a self-contained work.

The Audio Engineering Society provides a continuing forum for discussion of digital audio though its conferences and publications which was essential to my researches. The AES elected me to the status of Fellow in 1991 for my contribution to digital audio and I regard this as the greatest privilege ever extended to me.

Many individuals have found time to discuss complicated subjects and to supply reference material, others have helped by suggesting subjects for inclusion or by reviewing material. I would particularly ...

Get Art of Digital Audio, 3rd Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.