This concise book builds upon the foundational concepts of MIDI, synthesis, and sampled waveforms. It also covers key factors regarding the data footprint optimization work process, streaming versus captive digital audio new media assets, digital audio programming and publishing platforms, and why data footprint optimization is important for modern day new media content development and distribution.

Digital Audio Editing Fundamentals is a new media mini-book covering concepts central to digital audio editing using the Audacity open source software package which also apply to all of the professional audio editing packages. The book gets more advanced as chapters progress, and covers key concepts for new media producers such as how to maximize audio quality and which digital audio new media formats are best for use with Kindle, Android Studio, Java, JavaFX, iOS, Blackberry, Tizen, Firefox OS, Chrome OS, Opera OS, Ubuntu Touch and HTML5.

You will learn:

Industry terminology involved in digital audio editing, synthesis, sampling, analysis and processingThe work process which comprises a fundamental digital audio editing, analysis, and effects pipelineThe foundational audio waveform sampling concepts that are behind modern digital audio publishingHow to install, and utilize, the professional, open source Audacity digital audio editing softwareConcepts behind digital audio sample resolution and sampling frequency and how to select settingsHow to select the best digital audio data codec and format for your digital audio content applicationHow to go about data footprint optimization, to ascertain which audio formats give the best resultsUsing digital audio assets in computer programming languages and content publishing platforms

Wallace Jackson, Apress Author of a dozen new media content and programming titles. He specializes in integrating and optimizing media as well as Android and Java programming/development.

1. The Foundation of Digital Audio: The Wave.- 2. The History of Digital Audio: MIDI Synthesis.- 3. The Accuracy of Digital Audio: Sample Resolution.- 4. The Clarity of Digital Audio: Sampling Frequency.- 5 The Compression of Digital Audio: Data Formats.- 6. The Isolation of Digital Audio: Trimming Tools.- 7. The Cleanup of Digital Audio: Noise Removal.- 8. The Algorithms of Digital Audio: Audio Processing.- 9. The Automation of Digital Audio: Plug-in Filters.- 10. The Work Process of Digital Audio: Editing.- 11. The Wow Factor of Digital Audio: Special Effects.- 12. The Data Footprint of Digital Audio: Optimization.- 13. The Automation of Digital Audio: Programming. 14. Publishing Digital Audio: Delivery Platforms.-