References for Chapter 8

Books

• Ken C Pohlmann, Principles of Digital Audio (McGraw-Hill: 5th ed., 2005)

  An excellent technical introduction to digital audio.

• Joseph Rothstein, MIDI: A Comprehensive Introduction (Oxford University Press: 1992)

  The description of MIDI software is out of date in the details, but overall, this is a straightforward, accurate and accessible description of the MIDI protocol and how it is used.

Web Pages

• MPEG.ORG - MPEG Home

  Mpeg.org describes itself as “the most complete and comprehensive index of MPEG resources on the Internet”, but doesn’t really go beyond MPEG-2. It does include links to material about MP3 and AAC, though.