This CD contains the supplementary materials to the text book 'Digital Signal Processing: A Computer-Based Approach', 3rd Edition. by S.K. Mitra, ISBN 0073043869. ------------------------------------------------ 1. System requirements - Operation systems: Windows or Linux or Macintosh - Display resolution: 800x600 or higher - Display color: 16 bit colors or more - PDF Viewer: best viewed with Acrobat Reader - A webpage browsing software - A software player supporting wav sound format - A software player supporting avi video format 2. To view the content of this CD, please open the file index.htm in a webpage browser. 3. The directory 'programs' contains several directories with the programs used in the book chapters, written and tested under MATLAB version 7.0. For convenience, these files have been grouped and compressed into the file programs.zip. 4. The directory 'examples' contains short reviews of selected materials of topics taught in prerequisite courses. 5. The directory 'review_materials' contains a review document in PDF format to the prerequisite knowledge of each chapter. 6. The directory 'MATLAB_introduction' contains a brief introduction in PDF format to the most commonly used functions and some fundamental concepts associated with MATLAB. 7. The directory 'FAQs' contains answers to some frequently asked questions which reader may encounter when studying this book. 8. The following musical sound demos are courtesy of Prof. Curtis Roads and Mr. David Thall, Media Arts and Technology program, University of California, Santa Barbara. \demos\music_synthesis\twinkle\wavetable_piano_twinkle.wav \demos\music_synthesis\twinkle\specMod_twinkle.wav \demos\music_synthesis\twinkle\phyMod_guitar_twinkle.wav \demos\music_synthesis\twinkle\nonLinear_horn_twinkle.wav \demos\music_synthesis\other\nonLinear_bells.wav \demos\music_synthesis\other\phyMod_string_major.wav \demos\music_synthesis\other\specMod_major.wav \demos\music_synthesis\other\wavetable_piano_oldsong.wav \demos\sound_aliasing\music.wav ---------- Every attempt has been made to ensure the accuracy of all materials in this CD, including the MATLAB programs. I would appreciate readers informing me of any errors that may appear for reasons beyond my control and that of the publisher. Please send corrections or comments to me at mitra@ece.ucsb.edu.