Desktop Audio Technology: Digital audio and MIDI principles
by Francis Rumsey
Desktop Audio Technology
- Cover
- Halftitle
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Series introduction
- 1 Introduction to desktop audio technology
- 2 Digital audio principles
- 2.1 Analog and digital information
- 2.2 Binary number systems
- 2.3 Basic A/D and D/A conversion of control information
- 2.4 A/D conversion of audio signals
- 2.5 D/A conversion
- 2.6 Sound quality versus sample rates and resolutions
- 2.7 Direct Stream Digital (DSD)
- 2.8 Changing the resolution of an audio signal (requantisation)
- 2.9 Dynamic range enhancement
- 2.10 Error correction
- 2.11 Introduction to digital audio signal processing
- 2.12 Audio data reduction
- Further reading
- 3 Recording, replay and editing principles
- 4 MIDI and synthetic audio control
- 4.1 Background
- 4.2 What is MIDI?
- 4.3 MIDI and digital audio contrasted
- 4.4 Basic MIDI principles
- 4.5 MIDI messages in detail
- 4.5.1 Channel and system messages contrasted
- 4.5.2 Note on and note off messages
- 4.5.3 Velocity information
- 4.5.4 Running status
- 4.5.5 Polyphonic key pressure (aftertouch)
- 4.5.6 Control change
- 4.5.7 Channel modes
- 4.5.8 Program change
- 4.5.9 Channel aftertouch
- 4.5.10 Pitch bend wheel
- 4.5.11 System exclusive
- 4.5.12 Universal system exclusive messages
- 4.5.13 Tune request
- 4.5.14 Active sensing
- 4.5.15 Reset
- 4.6 MIDI control of sound generators
- 4.6.1 MIDI note assignment in synthesisers and samplers
- 4.6.2 Polyphony, voice and note assignment
- 4.6.3 MIDI functions of sound generators
- 4.6.4 MIDI data buffers and latency
- 4.6.5 Handling of velocity and aftertouch data
- 4.6.6 Handling of controller messages
- 4.6.7 Registered and non-registered parameter numbers
- 4.6.8 Voice selection
- 4.7 MIDI tuning control
- 4.8 General MIDI
- 4.9 Scalable polyphonic MIDI (SPMIDI)
- 4.10 Standard MIDI files (SMF)
- 4.11 Downloadable Sounds (DLS) and SoundFonts
- 4.12 RMID and XMF files
- 4.13 SAOL and SASL in MPEG 4 Structured Audio
- 4.14 MIDI and synchronisation
- 4.15 MIDI machine control (MMC)
- 4.16 MIDI over USB
- 4.17 MIDI over IEEE 1394
- 4.18 After MIDI?
- Further reading
- Useful websites
- 5 Hardware and systems issues
- 5.1 Storage media
- 5.1.1 Storage requirements of digital audio and video
- 5.1.2 Disk drives in general
- 5.1.3 Disk drive specifications
- 5.1.4 Magnetic hard disk drives
- 5.1.5 RAID arrays
- 5.1.6 Removable magnetic media
- 5.1.7 Optical disks in general
- 5.1.8 CAV and CLV modes in optical storage
- 5.1.9 The magneto-optical (M-O) drive
- 5.1.10 Phase-change optical recording
- 5.1.11 Compact discs and drives
- 5.1.12 DVD
- 5.1.13 Optical disc filing structures
- 5.1.14 Tape storage media
- 5.2 Peripheral interfaces
- 5.3 Filing systems and volume partitions
- 5.4 Formatting, fragmentation and optimisation of media
- 5.5 Audio processing and synthesis hardware
- 5.6 External synchronisation interfaces
- 5.7 User interfaces
- 5.8 Serial control interfaces
- 5.9 Drivers and audio I/O software
- Useful websites
- 5.1 Storage media
- 6 Audio formats and data interchange
- 6.1 Audio file formats
- 6.1.1 Introduction
- 6.1.2 File formats in general
- 6.1.3 Sound Designer I format
- 6.1.4 Sound Designer II format
- 6.1.5 AIFF and AIFF-C formats
- 6.1.6 RIFF WAVE format
- 6.1.7 WAVE-format extensible
- 6.1.8 Broadcast WAVE format
- 6.1.9 MPEG audio file formats
- 6.1.10 DSD-IFF file format
- 6.1.11 Edit decision list (EDL) files
- 6.1.12 AES 31 format
- 6.1.13 The Open Media Framework Interchange (OMFI)
- 6.1.14 MXF – the Media Exchange Format
- 6.1.15 AAF – the Advanced Authoring Format
- 6.2 Disk pre-mastering formats
- 6.3 Interconnecting audio devices
- 6.4 Computer networks and digital audio interfaces compared
- 6.5 Dedicated audio interface formats
- 6.5.1 Digital interface types
- 6.5.2 The AES 3 interface (AES 3)
- 6.5.3 Standard consumer interface (IEC 60958-3)
- 6.5.4 Carrying data-reduced audio over standard digital interfaces
- 6.5.5 Tascam digital interface (TDIF)
- 6.5.6 Alesis digital interface
- 6.5.7 Roland R-bus
- 6.5.8 Sony digital interface for DSD (SDIF-3)
- 6.5.9 Sony multichannel DSD interface (MAC-DSD)
- 6.6 Networking
- 6.7 Streaming audio over computer interfaces
- 6.8 Digital content protection
- Further reading
- Useful websites
- 6.1 Audio file formats
- 7 Audio software
- 7.1 Sequencers
- 7.1.1 Introduction
- 7.1.2 Tracks, channels, instruments and environments
- 7.1.3 Input and output filters
- 7.1.4 Timing resolution
- 7.1.5 Displaying, manipulating and editing information
- 7.1.6 Quantisation of rhythm
- 7.1.7 Automation and non-note MIDI events
- 7.1.8 MIDI mixing and external control
- 7.1.9 Synchronisation
- 7.1.10 Synchronised digital video
- 7.2 Plug-in architectures
- 7.3 Virtual instruments
- 7.4 Librarians and editors
- 7.5 Audio editing and post-production software
- 7.6 Mastering and restoration software
- 7.7 Advanced audio processing software and development tools
- 7.8 Computer music software
- Further reading
- 7.1 Sequencers
- 8 Operational and systems issues
- Index
Titles in the Series
Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, 2nd edition (with website)
David M. Howard and James Angus
Composing Music with Computers (with CD-ROM)
Eduardo Reck Miranda
Computer Sound Design: Synthesis techniques and programming, 2nd edition (with CD-ROM)
Eduardo Reck Miranda
Desktop Audio Technology: Digital audio and MIDI principles
Francis Rumsey
Digital Sound Processing for Music and Multimedia (with website)
Ross Kirk and Andy Hunt
Network Technology for Digital Audio
Andrew Bailey
Sound and Recording: An introduction, 4th edition
Francis Rumsey and Tim McCormick
Sound Synthesis and Sampling
Martin Russ
Sound Synthesis and Sampling CD-ROM
Martin Russ
Spatial Audio
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