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Summary: Look Before Leaping
Review: I was enticed by the title and bought the book without first looking at it--a fifty-five dollar mistake! Doug Coulter probably knows digital audio processing. If you already know the subject, you probably won't want the book. If you're trying to learn the subject, you probably won't learn much of it here. Doug writes in the rambling chatty style of an old hand, but with many non-instructive, "It turns out that . . ." statements. If you are interested learning programming for audio processing in C++ for Windows, you may find the example code in the accompanying CD useful. The entire Help file of WavEd sums up the quality of the CD offerings: "This app written by kids. If you don't fix it, it's your fault."
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Summary: A Powerful Programmer's Toolkit wrapped in a fine book
Review: I was thrilled when I paged through my freshly delivered copy of "Digital Audio Processing". It's exactly what I was looking for. If you have struggled painfully through other DSP texts like I have, when all you really wanted was some friendly helpful text and a wealth of solid C++ code on a CD-ROM, buy this book! Apparently some people missed the prominently placed sentence: "I wrote this book mainly for Windows programmers who want to add DSP skills to their bag of tricks, and who find current DSP references obscure or unapproachable." In my case, that sentence _made_ me buy the book and I'm glad I did.If you do want to further round out your DSP theory knowledge I recommend Rick Lyons "Understanding Digital Signal Processing", also available from Amazon. It was the only DSP book I was able to work all the way through before I bought Mr. Coulter's.
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Summary: Fast Buck
Review: I was very excited about this book until I read it. It presses all the right buttons up front, but the actual content doesn't deliver. He claims to explain DSP concepts in understandable English, but every explanation is less than one page and laced with jargon like 'passband'. Even worse, he explained the one concept I was familiar with and got it WRONG! (Nyquist's limit is optimistic, but he thinks it's the highest sampling rate you'd need for a given frequency.) There were more typos and awkward sentences than usual, the guy never shuts up about how old-school and experienced he is, he uses 'affect' when he probably means 'effect', and he pads out the book with Windows programming tips and an introduction to efficient PC code. Overall, it seems like an experienced consultant with very high self-esteem trying to make a few extra bucks on the side. Please make a quality product next time!
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Summary: Could be just what you're looking for
Review: If you have a good basic understanding of sound and C++ programming, and a desire to put the two together, you may have experienced some difficulty in finding material to help you do it. If you know what I'm talking about, then this book may be exactly what you're looking for. Not only do you get good "plain English" introductions to advanced DSP subjects, but for the fidgety programmer who can't be happy just reading about it, a CD full of ready-to-run code awaits your experimentation. Not just buggy examples either, but a full-blown app written in Visual C++ 6.0 that you can examine, modify, and use as a platform to get your own ideas up and running quickly. As if that weren't enough, the author includes his own thoughts on how and where to learn more, including excellent recommendations for further reading.
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Summary: Could be just what you're looking for
Review: If you have a good basic understanding of sound and C++ programming, and a desire to put the two together, you may have experienced some difficulty in finding material to help you do it. If you know what I'm talking about, then this book may be exactly what you're looking for. Not only do you get good "plain English" introductions to advanced DSP subjects, but for the fidgety programmer who can't be happy just reading about it, a CD full of ready-to-run code awaits your experimentation. Not just buggy examples either, but a full-blown app written in Visual C++ 6.0 that you can examine, modify, and use as a platform to get your own ideas up and running quickly. As if that weren't enough, the author includes his own thoughts on how and where to learn more, including excellent recommendations for further reading.
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Summary: A good recommendation in digital audio world
Review: The book covers basic ideology behind the digital audio processing technic. It also describes the APIs used for cooledit that enhances the usability of the book. But one thing should be avoided and that is somewhat boring text that appears in the book. Overall, buy it.
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Summary: A mix of subjects you do not need to see
Review: The book includes a lot of things that I don't need to know: what the author thinks about math and mathematicians (looks like he is proud of his ignorance - "math is pretty hairy") or how bad Microsoft treated him. I will try to find another book instead of filtering this out.
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Summary: A mix of subjects you'll see nowhere else
Review: This book is a tailor-made introduction for audio DSP-centric Windows programmers. Never have I found such a contemporary mix of subjects addressed, (many with source) in such friendly manner. This book isn't enough to learn DSP from scratch, but it is enough to provide you with at least a cookbook understanding in many areas. And for advanced DSP heads, some subjects covered (tube distortion, noise reduction, compression) are rarely discussed elsewhere. Doug has a rich hardware background as well, and the mentor-ish background he gives is a hoot. Buy it, read it, and orient yourself to new possibilities. Wish I had this useful/friendly/practical an overview back in grad school.
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Summary: DSP made easy
Review: This book isnt aimed at mathematicians or DSP gurus - its aimed at the engineer/programmer/musician that wants to create DSP applications. This book is easy to read but maybe a little too peppered with authors personal views. having said that this seems to remove the dryness of most DSP books around today. DSP is a feild where there are thousands of titles available but few are actually useful, especially when it comes to Audio processing. So I say this is a good book - if not for shaking off all those 'Oh my god did you see that equation!' worries. it gives the reader the background to get stuck in to a serious bit of DSP.
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Summary: A big disappointment.
Review: This book teaches almost nothing about sound processing. The writing style is bad, actually this is a monolog of a DSP expert showing off what he knows. There's no one subject that he explains well. He assumes that the reader has technical knowledge in many subjects that are outside the scope of the book. for example, in one section were he describes quadrature sampling, he just throws that it's better then using wavelets. Wavelets are not explain anywhere in the book though... The book is filled with senteces like the above. Even worse, most of the time the autor talks about programming for windows, MFC, code optimizations and GUI - Subjects not very related to Audio DSP. The author seems to be a very talented guy, but he doesn't know how to write books. Don't buy it.
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