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Digital Audio Background and Tips

How Sound Sampling Works - Understanding sampling rates and resolution. An excerpt from my Macworld New Complete Mac Handbook, 4th edition.

The Formats of Sound - Descriptions of the most common file formats in the personal computer world. An excerpt from my Macworld New Complete Mac Handbook, 4th edition. (For a technical look at sound formats, see the Audio Formats FAQ page.)

Tips for the AudioCD Player - An excerpt from my Macworld New Complete Mac Handbook, 4th edition.

Converting Audio CD tracks into QuickTime movies - It's easy, and you probably already have all the software you need. (And you download it if you don't.) An excerpt from my Macworld New Complete Mac Handbook, 4th edition.

The Mac Recording Studio - Comparisons of Mac audio tools, from $99 to over $10,000. A feature I wrote for the December 1995 issue of Macworld.

Audio Features in the Second-Generation Power Macs - Read about the enhanced audio capabilities in this feature on the Power Mac 7500 and 8500.

rec.audio FAQs - Tons of audio-related information from the rec.audio Usenet group.

Compact Disc Formats - An overview written by a Philips engineer.

AV Mac Audio FAQ - Useful information on the audio capabilities of Apple's AV Macs, with links to various sound utilities.