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Title: Principles of Digital Audio by Ken C. Pohlmann ISBN: 0-07-134819-0 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Pub. Date: 15 February, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $54.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (6 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Poor. Choppy read. (4th ed)
Comment: I was really disappointed with this book. I am an EE and have some background in a few of the topics, and have always hoped to become a proffessional audio engineer. I was hoping this book would get me revved up. It did not. I don't know about previous editions, but I get the feeling the chapters have been through too much cut and paste - there is little consistency between subsections. Subjects are either glossed over superficially, or driven into the ground with over-emphasis on details. On another note, I got a (mint condition) used paperback. It was bound very poorly and started to fall apart by chapter 2.
Rating: 5
Summary: He was wrong....happily
Comment: Professor Pohlmann tried to frighten us in the 1995 edition, he said: I promise I will never write a fourth edition of this title. After laping up the third edition in two woderful weeks, I had to wait for the decision. In 1999 I was hopelessly desperate, but Mr. Pohlmann left a "loophole in (his) vow", as he claims. So, a new gift came to us. Thanks to him, his dedication, and his talent, audio and electronics engineers have a text that covers the totality of the current science of digital audio. For those who read the previous editions, some obvious changes will come up. Some technologies are dead, because it is impossible to resurrect technnologies that the market or the customers have killed (imagine a book about vinile LPs or Betamax VCRs), and other technologies are very alive. Some new features you will find in this edition: DVD (finally an understandable treaty is in our hands), Internet Audio (very topical), new developments in DSP, and some changes made inside previously written chapters (i.e.: the Hoffmann Coding now is in the DVD chapter). For those who have not read the previous editions, this is a very good start in the science of digital audio. If you read the first four chapters very carefully, you are ready to read every single book on the subject that might fall in your hands. I used to recommend the third edition in my college course at Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria. Now my students are encouraged to acquire this new edition, which is indeed the main textbook for my course. I still think that we need a spanish translation of this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: An Excellent Compromize Between Theory And Practice
Comment: This book is an excellent primer for current technology in digital audio systems. He keeps the obscure mathematics to a minimum, and introduces you to the great amount of technique available in the field today. I found this book, 1st edition, in the library -- and soon after bought the latest edition. An excellent value for the money, and useful to anyone trying to keep up with the digital techniques.
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Title: Art of Digital Audio, Third Edition by John Watkinson ISBN: 0240515870 Publisher: Focal Press Pub. Date: December, 2000 List Price(USD): $84.95 |
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Title: Mastering Audio: The Art and the Science by Bob Katz ISBN: 0240805453 Publisher: Focal Press Pub. Date: 26 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Video Demystified, 3rd Edition by Keith Jack ISBN: 1878707566 Publisher: LLH Publications Pub. Date: 15 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $69.99 |
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Title: Introduction to Digital Audio Coding and Standards by Marina Bosi, Richard E. Goldberg, Leonardo Chiariglione ISBN: 1402073577 Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $125.00 |
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Title: Digital Audio Processing (with CD-ROM) by Doug Coulter ISBN: 0879305665 Publisher: CMP Books Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $54.95 |
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