894 Index
Crossover point (XOF) , 714
Crossovers , 713–714
Crown’s IQ , 279
CSS (Content Scrambling
System) , 634
Current-drive amplifi ers , 323–324
Current mirror (CM) layouts ,
202–209 , 309
Cylinder address , 550
Cylindrically symmetric
microphone , 656
D
DAM CD , 630–631
Damping factor (DF) , 326
Darlington pair , 294
Data, audio as , 409–411
Data compression , 579
intermediate compression
systems , 582
NICAM , 582–583
lossless compression , 580
MPEG-4 , 589
audio scenes , 592
SAOL , 591–592
structured audio , 590–591
MPEG layer 1 compression ,
583
discrete cosine transform ,
585–586
intensity stereo coding , 585
MPEG layer 2 audio coding ,
586
MPEG layer , 3 , 587
Dolby AC-3 , 587–588
Dolby E , 589
DTS , 589
MPEG AAC , 589
psychoacoustic masking
systems , 583
Data fi les , 600
AIFF and AIFC , 601
AU fi les , 601
MPEG , 601–602
raw PCM data , 602
VOC , 602
WAV fi les , 600–601
Data separator , 546
dBm equations , 40–42
dBV , 34–35
DC blocking capacitors, use of ,
187
DC coupled amplifi ers , 327–330
DC signal , 122–123
DCPS (Digital Copy Protection
System) , 634
De Morgan’s theorem , 443
Decades, number of:
calculation, in frequency span ,
68–69
Decibel , 26–30 , 33 , 48
in acoustics , 42–44
adding , 54–55
dBV , 34–35
levels in , 40
log multiplier , 35–37
and percentages , 77–79
as power quantity , 37
as power ratio , 35
subtracting , 55
voltage to power conversion ,
33–34
Decilog , 35
Denon , 612
Deutsches Industrie Normal
(DIN) standard , 167–168
Diaphragm profi le , 687–688
Diaphragm size , 685–687
Diaphragm/suspension assembly ,
685
Differential input impedance , 254
Diffuse fi elds , 97
Digital audio , 418–420
audio signal , 411–413
binary system , 414–418
broadcasting , 434
channel coding , 430–431
compression , 431–432data, audio as , 409–411
disk-based recording , 432
error correction and
concealment , 425–430
networks , 434–436
processes , 420–422
rotary head digital recorders ,
432–434
time compression and
expansion , 423–425
Digital audio interfaces , 567
AES/EBU standard , 568
AES3-formatted data
transmission, by
unbalanced coaxial cable ,
572–575
data , 569–571
MADI standard , 575
data format , 575–576
electrical format , 576
fi ber-optic format , 576–577
scrambling and
synchronization , 576
practical , 571–572
SPDIF interface , 568–569
TOSlink optical interface , 572
Digital audio production , 593
audio data fi les , 600
AIFF and AIFC , 601
AU fi les , 601
MPEG , 601–602
raw PCM data , 602
VOC , 602
WAV fi les , 600–601
digital audio workstations , 593
hard-disk editing , 595–596
low-cost audio editing , 597
multitrack hard-disk
recording , 599
plug-ins , 599–600
professional audio editing ,
597
digital noise generation ,
606–609