 | Linear Systems and Signals (The Oxford Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering) by B. P. Lathi
Buy new: $110.42 / Used from: $68.00 A firm foundation in analog analysis and design is needed first since you still may need to design filters using Laplace and Fourier transforms.
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 | Understanding Digital Signal Processing (2nd Edition) by Richard G. Lyons
Buy new: $74.50 / Used from: $72.49 This is a good intuitive introduction to DSP. Not very rigorous but clear.
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 | Discrete-Time Signal Processing (2nd Edition) (Prentice-Hall Signal Processing Series) by Alan V. Oppenheim
Buy used from: $35.00 Get a firm foundation in digital signal processing. This book has everything in it, explains concepts well, and has many examples and exercises. A great reference.
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 | Digital Filters by Richard W. Hamming
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $5.41 Leaves out more advanced material, but what it covers it covers well.
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 | A Digital Signal Processing Primer: With Applications to Digital Audio and Computer Music by Ken Steiglitz
Buy new: $78.30 / Used from: $47.97 Covers DSP strictly from the viewpoint of audio processing. The last chapter is specifically on the application of DSP to audio processing tasks.
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 | Schaum's Outline of Digital Signal Processing (Schaum's) by Monson Hayes
Buy new: $14.93 / Used from: $7.24 Test your knowledge of DSP calculations. Problems on signals, systems, DFT,DTFT, FFT, sampling, and elementary filter design.
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 | Mastering MATLAB 7 by Duane C. Hanselman
Buy new: $70.78 / Used from: $50.00 A good general book on Matlab. You'll need this to prototype filter designs quickly and plot frequency responses of filters.
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 | Digital Signal Processing Using MATLAB (Bookware Companion Series) by Vinay K. Ingle
Buy new: $66.26 / Used from: $5.81 Shows how to use the MATLAB signal processing toolkit to do filter design. Uses Matlab 5, so it needs updating. The signal processing toolkit is essential to audio signal processing.
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 | Digital Audio Signal Processing by Udo Zölzer
Buy new: $166.50 / Used from: $79.86 The first part is on hardware and the second part is on software algorithms. Describes such effects as chorus & reverb using precise and clear language.
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 | Audio Signal Processing and Coding by Andreas Spanias
Buy new: $87.14 / Used from: $75.13 Splits the difference between an academic & a practical approach. Talks much about history of various audio representations, & it has some derivations, but it also has practical numerical examples inserted into the narrative that help explain some of the audio concepts. Chapter exercises stress numerical problems and MATLAB.
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 | DAFX:Digital Audio Effects by Udo Zölzer
Buy new: $140.00 / Used from: $188.94 Zolzer's second book on digital audio deals with special effects with implementation in Matlab.
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 | Signals, Sound, and Sensation (Modern Acoustics and Signal Processing) by William M. Hartmann
Buy new: $124.56 / Used from: $109.00 Joins the disciplines of acoustics, psychoacoustics, and signal processing. Best book for explaining the mathematics of the intersection of these disciplines.
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 | Introduction to Data Compression, Third Edition (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Multimedia Information and Systems) by Khalid Sayood
Buy new: $66.26 / Used from: $52.00 To know audio signal processing you need to understand data compression. This is the latest edition of Sayood's classic text. Includes info on MP3 algorithm.
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 | Data Compression: The Complete Reference by David Salomon
Buy new: $87.00 / Used from: $13.43 A dictionary of all data compression methods plus algorithm details.
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 | Introduction to Digital Audio Coding and Standards (The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science) by Marina Bosi
Buy new: $142.34 / Used from: $63.05 Describes PQMF and MDCT in continuation which is rare in books. Almost all the standard audio codecs are described with comparisons.
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 | Principles of Digital Audio by Ken Pohlmann
Buy new: $40.46 / Used from: $34.99 A good book on the hardware involved in audio signal processing systems.
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 | Design of Analog Filters by Rolf Schaumann
Buy new: $119.57 / Used from: $39.99 Analog filter structures and design methods including transform methods and opamp info. Some audio signal processing is still analog.
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 | INTRODUCTION TO ELECTROACOUSTICS AND AUDIO AMPLIFIER DESIGN by LEACH WM
Buy new: $73.10 / Used from: $73.09 Aimed at electrical engineers interested in the analysis and design of acoustic systems. Deals with the front end of audio processing systems.
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 | Acoustics (Schaum's Outline) by W. W. Seto
Buy used from: $59.49 Actually entitled "Schaum's Outline on the Theory and Problems of Acoustics", Shows electric circuit modeling of acoustic devices, so it is good for understanding/modeling microphones.
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 | High-Power Audio Amplifier Construction Manual by G. Randy Slone
Buy new: $24.39 / Used from: $19.93 How to design circuits for the power-end of your audio application, if it's required. Assumes a strong knowledge of electronics. This is not a hobbyist book.
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 | Real Sound Synthesis for Interactive Applications (Book & CD-ROM) by Perry R. Cook
Buy new: $49.00 / Used from: $62.99 Much good stuff on programming sound effects plus DSP behind them in this thin volume. Describes elementary and advanced techniques to simulate the audio components of dynamic systems using physics.
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 | Audio Anecdotes: Tools, Tips, and Techniques for Digital Audio (v. 1)
Buy new: $89.00 / Used from: $41.98 Inspired by "Graphics Gems", a series of books consisting of articles on all aspects of audio processing. Currently vols. 1&2 are in print. Vol 3 due out summer 2006.
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 | DSP Filter Cookbook (Electronics Cookbook Series) by John Lane
Buy new: $61.38 / Used from: $29.62 Deals mainly with IIR filters and C++ code examples for them. IIR filters are very useful in audio applications. Look elsewhere for theory.
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 | Game Programming Gems 6 (Book & CD-ROM) (Game Development Series) by Mike Dickheiser
Buy new: $44.07 / Used from: $33.50 There are six of these books out ranging in publication date from 2000 to 2006. All have a section on audio tricks and effects.
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 | Killer Game Programming in Java by Andrew Davison
Buy new: $37.79 / Used from: $21.75 Contains four chapters on programming and processing sound with Java. Also "Java Examples in a Nutshell" has details on programming MIDI in Java.
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 | Digital Audio Processing (with CD-ROM) by Doug Coulter
Buy new: $42.86 / Used from: $21.35 AVOID THIS BOOK! It is pure garbage. Even if someone offers to sell it to you for $1, don't buy unless you want to use it as a booster seat. Easily one of the most useless books I've ever read!
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