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AudioAnalog-to-DigitalConverterPerformanceSpecificationandTestMethodGuideline(HighLevelPerformance)Version1.
1,February2016http://www.
digitizationguidelines.
gov/audio-visual/TheFADGIAudio-VisualWorkingGroupFederalAgenciesDigitizationGuidelinesInitiativeAudioAnalog-to-DigitalConverterPerformanceSpecificationandTestMethodGuideline(HighLevelPerformance)TableofContentsNormativeReferences.
4InformativeReferences.
4Scopeandhistory.
5ADCPerformanceGuideline(HighQuality)7FrequencyResponse7TotalHarmonicDistortion+Noise(THD+N)7DynamicRange(SignaltoNoise)7Cross-Talk.
8Common-ModeRejectionRatio(CMRR)8LowFrequencyIntermodulationDistortion(LFIMD)9HighFrequencyIntermodulationDistortion(HFIMD)9AmplitudeLinearity.
9SpuriousInharmonicSignals9AliasRejection.
10SyncInputJitterSusceptibility.
10JitterTransferGain11AppendixA.
DefinitionsandSpecifications:High-Quality-LevelTestingofADCs121.
AnalyzerSpecifications.
122.
SignalGeneratorSpecifications123.
Equipment-Under-Test(EUT)Settings.
13AppendixB.
ExplanatorynotesforCMRRandAliasRejection151.
Explanatorynotere:CMRR.
152.
Explanatorycommentre:AliasRejection15AudioA-to-DConverterPerformanceSpecificationandTestMethod:Guidelinev1.
13NormativeReferencesAudioEngineeringSociety.
AES17-1998(r2009):AESstandardmethodfordigitalaudioengineering—Measurementofdigitalaudioequipment;RevisionofAES17-1991.
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org/publications/standards/search.
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FederalAgenciesDigitizationGuidelinesInitiative.
AudioAnalog-to-DigitalConverterPerformanceSpecificationandTestMethod:Guideline(HighLevelPerformance),v1.
0.
2012version.
Retrievedon2016-02-09from:http://www.
digitizationguidelines.
gov/audio-visual/documents/ADC_performGuide_20120820.
pdf.

InternationalAssociationofSoundandAudiovisualArchives(IASA)TechnicalCommittee.
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InformativeReferencesBallou,Glen,ed.
HandbookforSoundEngineers,TheNewAudioCyclopedia;2ndedition.
Boston:FocalPress,1998.
FederalAgenciesDigitizationGuidelinesInitiative.
AudioAnalog-to-DigitalConverterPerformanceSpecificationandTestMethodIntroduction.
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FederalAgenciesDigitizationGuidelinesInitiative.
ADCPerformanceTesting:ReportonProjectDevelopmentDuring2015.
ExpertConsultantReportfortheAudio-VisualWorkingGroup,Retrievedon2016-02-16from:http://www.
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gov/audio-visual/documents/ADC_report_20160216.
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AudioA-to-DConverterPerformanceSpecificationandTestMethod:Guidelinev1.
14Fielder,LouisD.
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ScopeandhistoryThisdocumentspecifiesasetofmetricsandmethodspertainingtotheperformanceoftheaudioanalog-to-digitalconverters(ADCs)usedinpreservationreformattingworkflows.
This2016version1.
1isanupdateofversion1.
0oftheguidelinepublishedinAugust2012:AudioAnalog-to-DigitalConverterPerformanceSpecificationandTestMethod:Guideline(HighLevelPerformance),v1.
0,citedbelow.
Version1.
1includesadjustmentstothemethodsandpass-failrecommendationsforseveralofthemetricsandaddsexplanatorynotesforCommon-ModeRejectionRatioandAliasRejection.
Anitem-by-itemcomparisonofv1.
0andv1.
1isprovidedinthereporttitledADCPerformanceTesting:ReportonProjectDevelopmentDuring2015,citedbelow.
ThisguidelineisoneofsixrelateddocumentspertainingtoADCsystemperformance.
Thefivecompaniondocumentsare:AudioAnalog-to-DigitalConverterPerformanceSpecificationandTestMethod:Introduction(August2012).
Thisisthemainexplanatorydocument.
ohttp://www.
digitizationguidelines.
gov/audio-visual/documents/ADC_performIntro_20120820.
pdfADCPerformanceTesting:ReportonProjectDevelopmentDuring2015.
ExpertConsultantReportfortheAudio-VisualWorkingGroup,FederalAgenciesDigitizationGuidelinesInitiative,February16,2016.
Thisreportincludesanexplanationofthechangesmadetothe2012guidelineinordertoproducethe2016guideline.
ohttp://www.
digitizationguidelines.
gov/audio-visual/documents/ADC-report_20160216.
pdf.
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