1710 Index
test and measurement 1622
DAW internal audio paths
consoles 984
DAW limitations
consoles 985
dB
Audio and Acoustic DNA 10
dBA
VI meters 997
dBC
VI meters 997
what’s the ear for? 1639
dBf
VI meters 997
dBm
VI meters 997
dBr
VI meters 997
dB-SPL
VI meters 997
dBu
sound system design 1299
VI meters 997
dBV
sound system design 1300
VI meters 997
dBW
VI meters 997
dc blocking series capacitors
consoles 868
Dc loads
relays 379
dc power supplies 672
DDL program module
computer aided sound system
design 1360
DDP
optical disc formats 1134
Debouncing
consoles 926
Decay rate
delay 808
Decibel (dB)
fiber optics 480
units of measurement 1655
Decibel conversion
fundamentals of audio and
acoustics 24
Decibel formulas
fundamentals of audio and
acoustics 26
Decibel references
fundamentals of audio and
acoustics 25
Decimation
delay 814
Decimation filter
optical disc formats 1144
Decoder
psychoacoustics 48
Dedicated line
intercoms 1561
Definition measure C50
acoustics for auditoriums and
concert halls 154, 158
Definitions
wire and cable 412
Degree of definition
acoustics for auditoriums and
concert halls 154
Degree of diffusivity d
acoustics for auditoriums and
concert halls 180
Delay 805
acoustic 809
aliasing 811
all-pass amplifier 809
analog 812
analog shift register 810
analog to digital 813
anti-alias filter 812
anti-aliasing 811
anti-imaging 811
aperture time 812
brightness 808
character 808
charge coupled device 810
charge transfer device 810
comb filter 805
consoles 961
CTD 810
decay rate 808
decimation 814
Delta Modulation 813
delta modulator 813
digital 810
digital shift registers 811
distortion 813
DSP 811
dynamic range 810Energy Time Curve 808
envelopment 808
flange 809
flutter echo 808
idling noise 814
Initial Time Gap 808
metal oxide-semiconductor ca-
pacitor 810
metal-oxide-semiconductor
junction FET capacitor 810
MOSC 810
MOSJC 810
most significant bit 813
Nyquist frequency 811, 814
over-sampling 812, 814
perceived room size 808
phase shift 809
Pulse Code Modulation 813
quantization noise 813–814
random access memory 811
reticulating path 809
reverberation 808
reverberation synthesis 808
sample and hold 812
sampling 811, 813
Sigma-Delta Modulation 814
Sigma-Delta Modulator 814
SNR 810, 814
sound system design 1288
tape 810
tapped delay 809
virtual systems 1451
wire and cable 431
Delay line
consoles 966
Delay skew
wire and cable 416, 431
Delayed impulses
DSP technology 1164
Delta Modulation
delay 813
Delta modulator
delay 813
Demagnetizing
audio transformers 306
demagnetizingrding 1064
Dennis Gabor 18
Dense wavelength division multi-
plexing
fiber optics 480