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Articles 4: Digital Audio
Issues related to digital recording

24-bit Field Recording FAQ (by Dan Heend - 24bitfaq.org - Nov 2001)
48 vs. 96 kHz (by Julio Alvarez & Richard Elen - Apogee Electronics - at Digital Pro Sound)
Advice for Beginners (by Gilles Rea - MacMusic.org)
Analog-to-digital converter (Wikipedia - 2007)
Analog/Digital Converters (by George Peterson - Mix Magazine - Dec 2000)
Audio Recording Using a PC Soundcard: Basic Principles (by Martin Walker - SOS - Jul 2001)
Avoiding Latency Problems in a Computer Studio (by Paul White - Sound On Sound - Aug 1999)
Backing Up Digital Audio Files (by Martin Walker - Sound On Sound - Feb 1999)
Back up your digital media (by Rick Broida - CNET - May 2006)
(The) Best 3 Pro Tools Tips Ever (by Matt Donner - EQ - October 2005)
Better Latent? Never! (by David Battino - Electronic Musician - Jun 2002)
Better Safe Than Sorry (by Mike Levine - EM - May 2006)
Bit by Bit: Digital Audio Transfers (by Brian Smithers - Electronic Musician - May 2000)

Bridging the Gap (by Michael Cooper - Electronic Musician - Nov 2002)
Building Your Own PC for Music (by Martin Walker - SOS - Sep 2001)
Conquering the DAW (by Kevin Smith - EM - June 2004)
Choosing the Right Gear for You (by DJ Dual Core - tastyfresh.com - Sept 2006)
Choosing the Right PC Soundcard (by Martin Walker - SOS - May 2001)
Choosing and Installing Today's PC Soundcards (by Martin Walker - SOS - Aug 2001)
Choosing a Multichannel Digital Audio Workstation (By Hashmi and Plumbridge - Mix - March 2006)
Choosing and Using DAWs: an outline (by Parsons Audio - 2002)
Choosing and Using PC Plug-Ins (by Martin Walker - SOS - Jul 2002)
Computers In The Studio FAQ's (by Martin Walker - SOS- Dec 2001)
CPU Recycling (by Zack Price - Electronic Musician - Sep 2002)
Cramped Quarters: Data Compression (by Gary S. Hall - Electronic Musician - Apr 2002)

Csound Comes of Age (by Dennis Miller - Electronic Musician - Jul 2002)
DAWs Detangled (by John McJunkin - Remix - Oct 2004)
Dealing with Computer Audio Latency (by Martin Walker - Sound On Sound - Apr 1999)
Debunking Digital Audio Myths (by Dan Phillips - Electronic Musician - May 2001)
Designing the Music DVD (by Gary S. Hall - Mix - Dec 2001)
Detecting and Resolving PC Hardware Faults (by Martin Walker - SOS - Jun 2002)
Digidesign's Pro Tools Explained, Part 1 (by Simon Price - SOS - Feb 2001)
Digidesign's Pro Tools Explained, Part 2 (by Simon Price - SOS - Mar 2001)
Digidesign's Pro Tools Explained, Part 3 (by Simon Price - SOS - Apr 2001)
Digital Audio Basics (from Amek.com)

Digital Audio CD and Other Selected Digital Technologies (by Michael C. McGoodwin - July 2000)
Digital Audio Editing (by David Battino - O'Reilly - Oct 2006)
Digital audio editor (Wikipedia - 2007)
Digital Audio Theory Article - (PCMus)
Digital Audio Transfers (by Martin Walker - SOS - Jul 1999)
Digital Audio: FAQs (by Paul White - SOS - Aug 2000)
Digital audio workstation (Wikipedia - 2007)
Digital Recording (Wikipedia - 2007)
Digital-to-analog converter (Wikipedia - 2007)
Digitising and Restoring Tapes & Records on Your PC (by Martin Walker - Sound on Sound - Aug 2002)
D.I.Y. DAW Guide (by Mac Bowne - streamworksaudio.com )
DVD-Audio: Graphics, Text, Video... and High-Resolution Sound (by Philip De Lancie - Mix - Aug 2001)
DVD-R: A World of Options (by Gary Hall - Electronic Musician - Aug 2001)
Fast and Cheap Backup for DAW Users (by Stephen Sherrard - music-and-technology.com - 2002)
FireWire Drives for Music, Part 1 (by Mike Watkinson - SOS - Mar 2002)

FireWire Drives for Music, Part 2 (by Mike Watkinson - SOS - Apr 2002)
FireWire: The Long, Slow Burn (by Oliver Masciarotte - Mix - Feb 2002)
Fundamentals of Digital Audio (by Brad Gallagher - just-for-musicians.com)
Getting Audio Into Your Sequencer (by Paul White - SOS - Apr 2002)
Getting Started With Computer Recording (acousticfingerstyle.com - 2006)
Great DAW Challenge, The (by Ned Mann - Mix - Oct 2002)
Hard Disk Optimization (by Jose-Maria Catena - ProRec - May 1998)
Has OS X Joined the Band? (by Daniel Keller - Electronic Musician - Jan 2003)
Helpful Tips for Users of Nuendo (by Larry Seyer - larryseyer.com - July 2003)
High-Powered Performer: MOTU's Digital Performer (by Rob Shrock - Electronic Musician - Sep 2002)
How To Build A Computer For Home Recording (by Brandon Drury - RecordingReview.com - Oct 2006)
Identifying and Solving PC MIDI and Audio Timing Problems (by Martin Walker - SOS - Mar 2001)

Keeping it Clean in the Digital Domain (by Phil O'Keefe - EQ - Nov 2006)
Introduction to mLAN, Part 1 (by Paul Wiffen - SOS - Aug 2000)
Introduction to mLAN, Part 2 (by Paul Wiffen - SOS - Sep 2000)
Introduction to mLAN, Part 3 (by Paul Wiffen - SOS - Oct 2000)
Introduction to mLAN, Part 4 (by Paul Wiffen - SOS - Nov 2000)
Jitter and its Effects (by John Siau and Allen Burdick - Benchmark Media Systems, Inc.)
Mac or PC? (by Gary Eskow - Mix - Jul 2001)
Mac OS X for Musicians (by Jim Rippie - Electronic Musician - Oct 2001)
Mac Processor Upgrades Tested for Musical Applications (by Mike Watkinson - SOS - Dec 2001)
Making the Most of PC System Resources (by Martin Walker - SOS - Dec 2001)
Making Waves (by Peter Hamlin - Electronic Musician - Apr 2002)

Managing Your PC Plug-ins More Effectively (by Martin Walker - SOS - Jun 2000)
Max Factor, The (by Gary S. Hall - Electronic Musician - Jun 2002)
Mobile Recording Studio, The (by Rich the Tweak - tweakheadz.com - 2001)
Music in the Palm of Your Hand (by Cat Taylor - Electronic Musician - Dec 2001)
Musical Protocols (by Brian Smithers - Electronic Musician - Dec 2001)
Myth of Digital Sound, The (by John Vestman - John Vestman Mastering - Feb 2001)
Multi-OS Partitioning (by Snebjorn Anderson - pcrecording.com)
OMS: What You Need To Know (by Paul Sellers - Sound on Sound - Aug 2002)
One Bit at a Time, Parts 1-5 (by Hugh Robjohns - Sound On Sound - May 1998)
Optimising PC Hard Drives for Audio (by Martin Walker - SOS - Apr 2002)

Optimising Windows XP for Music (by Martin Walker - SOS - Mar 2002)
Optimizing Windows XP for Audio Applications (from Timo - timos-welt.de - 2001)
PC Recording Q & A (by Dan E. Monk - songstuff.com - 2000)
PC Setup (by James McCanna - pcrecording.com)
PC Soundcards: A Practical Guide (by Martin Walker - SOS - Jan 2002)
Pentium 4 DAW Guide (by Mac Bowne - streamworksaudio.com)
Plug-In Plumbing (by Paul White - SOS - Feb 2002)
Plug-ins: Frequently Asked Questions (by Paul White - SOS - Oct 2000)
Pro Tools Tips (by Simon Price - SOS - August 2004)
Roland VS880 and VS1680 Masterclass (by Mike Senior - SOS - Mar 2002)

Role Your Own Thunderbird (by Pete Leoni - ProRec - Jul 2001)
Science of Voice Modeling, The: Fred Speckeen Of TC-Helicon (by Paul White - SOS - Apr 2001)
SCSI vs. IDE (by D. Glen Cardenas & Jose-Maria Catena - ProRec - Sep 2000)
Secret Encoder Ring: Encoding Dolby Digital and DTS (by Mike Sokol - Electronic Musician - Oct 2001)
Setting Up and Using Multiple Monitors for PC Music (by Martin Walker - SOS - May 2002)
Shell Game (by Geary Yelton - Electronic Musician - Aug 2002)
Snappy Chips (by Brian Smithers - Electronic Musician - Jul 2002)
Stabilising Your PC: Identifying and Solving Instability Problems (by Martin Walker - SOS - Nov 2001)
Stealth MP3s (by David Battino - Electronic Musician - Dec 2002)
Surfin' USB: USB MIDI-Controller Keyboards (by David Battino - Electronic Musician - Sep 2002)

Surviving SCSI Hell (by Rich the Tweakmeister - Tweakheadz)
Think Inside the Box (by Alexander,McJunkin and Rovito - Remix - Nov 2006)
Toe to TOE: TCP Off-load Engines (by Oliver Masciarotte - Mix - Jan 2003)
Truncation vs. Dither (by J D Mars - DigitalProSound - 2001)
Troubleshooting Audio Card Performance (by Rich the Tweak - tweakheadz.com - 2002)
Tuning Windows 2000 for Audio (by Jose-Maria Catena - ProRec - July 2001)
Tuning Windows XP for Audio/Music Applications (by Robin Webb - musicxp.net - 2002)
Tweaking Your Music Computer: CPU/Motherboard Upgrade, Part 1 (by Rich the Tweak - tweakheadz.com - 2001)
Tweaking Your Music Computer: CPU/Motherboard Upgrade, Part 2 (by Rich the Tweak - tweakheadz.com - 2001)
Tweaking Your Music Computer: CPU/Motherboard Upgrade, Part 3 (by Rich the Tweak - tweakheadz.com - 2001)
Upgrading to Windows XP for MIDI Sequencer Heads (by Rich the Tweak - tweakheadz.com - 2002)

Using Plug-ins for Professional Sounding Audio (by Rich the Tweak - tweakheadz.com - 2002)
Using Budget MIDI Hardware Controllers with a PC (by Martin Walker - SOS - Oct 2001)
Using Firewire Drives for Music: 24-bit/96kHz Operation (by Mike Watkinson - Sound on Sound - Aug 2002)
Virtual Cables (by Brian Smithers - Electronic Musician - Apr 2002)
What's the Dither All About? (by James McCanna - pcrecording.com)
When technology fuels creativity (by Jim Smith - Radio Magazine - Oct 2006)
Windows got you IRQ'd? (by James McCanna - pcrecording.com)

Windows XP: Is it Suitable for Music? (by Martin Walker - SOS - Feb 2002)
Woebegone Windows Worries Workarounds (by James McCanna - pcrecording.com)
Workstation File-Format Interchange, Part 1 (by Ron Franklin - Mix - Oct 2002)
Workstation File-Format Interchange, Part 2 (by Ron Franklin - Mix - Nov 2002)


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