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Usually, my blog postings are just a “one-off” article of a single topic in a (hopefully) neat little package. Sometimes, however, I try to tackle a subject that requires more than one or two hours worth of writing, so I turn them into series. These are listed below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B&O University video series
Introduction to Acoustics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

01: Basics of Sound and Acoustics<\/a>
02: Frequency vs. Time<\/a>
03: Human Hearing<\/a>
04: Sound Source Localisation<\/a>
05: Phantom Imaging in Two-channel Stereo<\/a>
06: Beamforming<\/a>
07: Loudspeaker Driver Construction<\/a>
08: Loudspeaker Enclosures<\/a>
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Original Video series:
Introduction to Acoustics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Part 1: Basic concepts and vocabulary<\/a>
Part 2: Room Modes<\/a>
Part 3: Speed of Sound<\/a>
Part 4: Stereo Imaging<\/a>
Part 5: Basics of Sound<\/a>
Part 6: Reflections<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crossovers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Introduction<\/a>
Part 1: What is a crossover?<\/a>
Part 2: 2nd-order Butterworth<\/a>
Part 3: 4th-order Linkwitz-Riley<\/a>
Part 4: 2nd-order Linkwitz-Riley<\/a>
Part 5: Constant Voltage<\/a>
Part 6: Implications on directivity<\/a>
Part 7: Implications on power response<\/a>
Part 8: More implications on power response<\/a>
Part 9: Frequency-response considerations in real-world implementation<\/a>
Part 10: Power Response considerations in real-world implementation<\/a>
Part 11: On-axis and Power Response after corrective equalisation<\/a>
Part 12: Linear phase filtering<\/a>
Part 13: Linear phase filtering: The effect of windowing<\/a>
Part 14: Linear phase filtering: The effect on power response<\/a>
Part 15: Linear phase filtering: The effect on real-world power response<\/a>
Part 16: Conclusions and wrapping up<\/a>

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bit depth conversion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Part 1: Increasing bit depth in a fixed point system<\/a>
Part 2: Binary concatenation and bit splitting<\/a>
Part 3: Converting fixed point to floating point<\/a>
Part 4: Converting floating point to fixed point<\/a>
Part 5: Live testing with Max<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Effects of Distortion on Linear Measurements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

One measurement is worse than no measurements<\/a>
Distortion effects on Linear measurements, Part 1<\/a>
Distortion effects on Linear measurements, Part 2<\/a>
Distortion effects on Linear measurements, Part 3<\/a>
Distortion effects on Linear measurements, Part 4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Excruciating Minutiae: Exporting .wav and .flac in Matlab<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Part 1: Introduction and quantisation<\/a>
Part 2: Quantisation, Scaling and Dither<\/a>
Part 3: Dither and Probability Distribution Functions<\/a>
Part 4: Matlab’s quantisation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mixing Closed and Ported Cabinets<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Part 1
<\/a>Part 2<\/a>
Part 3<\/a>
Part 4<\/a>
Part 5<\/a>
Part 6<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dynamic Styli Correlator<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Part 1<\/a>
Part 2<\/a>
Part 3<\/a>
Part 4<\/a>
Part 5<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time response of Filters<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Part 1<\/a>
Part 2<\/a>
Part 3<\/a>
Part 4 <\/a>
Part 5<\/a>
Part 6<\/a>
Part 7<\/a>
Part 8<\/a>
Part 9<\/a>
Part 10<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Intuitive Z-Plane<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Part 1: Introduction<\/a>
Part 2: Peaks and Dips<\/a>
Part 3: More setup<\/a>
Part 4: How, not what<\/a>
Part 5: Conclusion<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

High-Resolution Audio<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Part 1: Introduction<\/a>
Part 2: Resolution<\/a>
Part 3: Frequency Limits<\/a>
Part 4: Know your limits<\/a>
Part 5: Mirrors are bad<\/a>
Part 6: Noise, Noise, Noise<\/a>
Part 7: Conversion<\/a>
Part 8a: Filter resolution<\/a>
Part 8b: Filter resolution<\/a>
Part 9: Filters at high frequencies<\/a>
Part 10: The myth of temporal resolution<\/a>
Part 11: How high can you go?<\/a>
Part 12: Outputs<\/a>
Part 13: Wrapping up<\/a>
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Typical Errors in Digital Audio<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Part 1: Introduction<\/a>
Part 2: Dither<\/a>
Part 3: Aliasing<\/a>
Part 4: Ode to Billy Joe<\/a>
Part 5: What time is it there?<\/a>
Part 6: Aliasing<\/a>
Part 7: Just a sec\u2026<\/a>
Part 8: The Weakest Link<\/a>
Wrapping up<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DFTs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Part 1: Some introductory basics<\/a>
Part 2: It\u2019s a little complex\u2026<\/a>
Part 3: The Math<\/a>
Part 4: The Artefacts<\/a>
Part 5: Windowing<\/a>
Part 6: Windowing artefacts<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jitter<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Part 1: What is jitter?<\/a>
Part 2: Phase and Amplitude Jitter<\/a>
Part 3: Classifying Jitter<\/a>
Part 4: Random Jitter<\/a>
Part 5: Deterministic Jitter<\/a>
Part 6: What is Affected?<\/a>
Part 7: Data Jitter<\/a>
Part 8.1: Sampling Jitter<\/a> (A to D)
Part 8.2: Sampling Jitter<\/a> (D to A)
Part 8.3: Sampling Rate Conversion<\/a>
Part 9: When do I care?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turntables and Vinyl<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Part 1<\/a>
Part 2<\/a>
Part 3<\/a>
Part 4<\/a>
Part 5<\/a>
Part 6<\/a>
Part 7<\/a>
Part 8<\/a>
Part 9<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Analysis of Digital Audio using Probability Density Functions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Prequel<\/a>
Part 1<\/a>
Part 2<\/a>
Part 3<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Restoration of a Telefunken Lido<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Day 1<\/a>
Day 2<\/a>
Day 3<\/a>
Day 4<\/a>
Day 5<\/a>
Day 6<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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