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Summary: good DSP primer, needed more on the audio/music applications
Review: I bought this expecting a thourough primer for audio software development (soft realtime signal generation, filtering, many examples, some code). Nope. Just calculus. It reads very well, it is a great book, but it does not show you how to implement using software or even pseudocode. For easy fun-to-read coverage on theoretical DSP, and for a small taste of DSP with respect to audio (1 small chapter), this book is five stars. Since it wasn't what I needed (jeez, who does make a book like what I want anyway? I want to write a modular synth in software, lots of FX, filters, etc..), I give it only 3 stars.. :(
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Summary: good DSP primer, needed more on the audio/music applications
Review: I bought this expecting a thourough primer for audio software development (soft realtime signal generation, filtering, many examples, some code). Nope. Just calculus. It reads very well, it is a great book, but it does not show you how to implement using software or even pseudocode. For easy fun-to-read coverage on theoretical DSP, and for a small taste of DSP with respect to audio (1 small chapter), this book is five stars. Since it wasn't what I needed (jeez, who does make a book like what I want anyway? I want to write a modular synth in software, lots of FX, filters, etc..), I give it only 3 stars.. :(
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Summary: A HIGHLY, probably the MOST readable book on esoteric topic
Review: I have two-three books on DSP, all are good, but this one stands out as the most well-written and readable. I recommend anyone planning to approach DSP to start from this book. By looking at the reviews here it seems there's a disagreement amongst the readers as to the book's math content. Well, you do need to be confortable with calculus, or better put, not to feel intimidated by it (it's OK if you don't remember something, just go, pick a textbook and refresh what's forgotten.) But, friends, you really CAN'T learn about DSP without calculus, it IS based on calculus, so the complaints below about excessive math are misplaced: you gotta be able to swim before going snorkeling.
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Summary: Not bad
Review: One of my math professors said that this was not a good book for me--"a pure engineering book," "Calculus III is required," & "send this book back because it won't help you to write code." He turned out to be WRONG! You might want to refresh yourself with Calculus before purchasing this book. Afterwards, this book is not that bad at all. As a person with a limited background of Calculus, I was able to get away with only derivatives & integrals. I actually learned a great deal from this book. The author used some pretty good examples that allowed me to write my own code. The author tried to make it as simple as possible, but I understand that there is almost no easy way to explain anything that has to do with math. Thank you.
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Summary: Not bad
Review: One of my math professors said that this was not a good book for me--"a pure engineering book," "Calculus III is required," & "send this book back because it won't help you to write code." He turned out to be WRONG! You might want to refresh yourself with Calculus before purchasing this book. Afterwards, this book is not that bad at all. As a person with a limited background of Calculus, I was able to get away with only derivatives & integrals. I actually learned a great deal from this book. The author used some pretty good examples that allowed me to write my own code. The author tried to make it as simple as possible, but I understand that there is almost no easy way to explain anything that has to do with math. Thank you.
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Summary: great so far!
Review: This book is nicely written. The author takes a step-by-step approach, building up the knowledge level of the reader slowly and clearly, so that later parts of the book are easier understood. I have only read the first couple chapters, but am happy so far. I never clearly understood some of the basic DSP concepts because they tended to be taught in college by professors who were either in a rush, or didn't fully understand how to teach the basics. I'm not going to say that the book makes it super simple - the fact is DSP requires a good handle on calculus and trig, but assuming the reader is willing to stop and think a while as to what is being said and what the math means, it's approached in an intuitive manner. The only thing I found myself wanting was an answer sheet for the questions at the end of the chapter. It would be nice to have a few problems worked out so I can get a deeper intuition for how to approach problems beyond the theory, but then again, I'm only in the second chapter.
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Summary: great so far!
Review: This book is nicely written. The author takes a step-by-step approach, building up the knowledge level of the reader slowly and clearly, so that later parts of the book are easier understood. I have only read the first couple chapters, but am happy so far. I never clearly understood some of the basic DSP concepts because they tended to be taught in college by professors who were either in a rush, or didn't fully understand how to teach the basics. I'm not going to say that the book makes it super simple - the fact is DSP requires a good handle on calculus and trig, but assuming the reader is willing to stop and think a while as to what is being said and what the math means, it's approached in an intuitive manner. The only thing I found myself wanting was an answer sheet for the questions at the end of the chapter. It would be nice to have a few problems worked out so I can get a deeper intuition for how to approach problems beyond the theory, but then again, I'm only in the second chapter.
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Summary: good book for real world
Review: This is good. Of course you should be familiar with DSP and calculus. Better if you are an electronic engineer
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