12: Motion and Information Media Flashcards
May refer to analog tape cassettes and digital CDs as well as to computer files containing audio in any number of digital format
Audio Media
Audio Formats
When was audio media founded?
1994
Who founded audio media?
T. Selvakumar
A known musician in Indian Film University who founded audio media in 1994
T Selvakumar
5 Types and Categories of Audio Information
- Radio Broadcast
- Music
- Sound recording
- Sound clips/effects
- Audio Podcast
live or recorded audio sent through radio waves to reach a wide audience
Radio broadcast
vocal and/or instrumental sounds combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion
Music
composed and performed for many purposes, ranging from aesthetic pleasure, religious or ceremonial purposes, or as entertainment product
Music
recording of an interview, meeting, or any sound from the environment
Sound recording
Any sound other than music or speech that is artificially reproduced to create an effect in a dramatic presentation
Sound clips/effects
Digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer
Audio Podcast
6 different ways of storing audio media
- Tape
- CD
- USB Drive
- Memory Card
- Computer hard drive
- Internet/Cloud
magnetic tape on which sound can be recorded
Tape
plastic-fabricated, circular medium for recording, storing, and playing back audio, video, or computer data
CD
external flash drive, small enough to carry on a key ring that can be used with any computer that has a USB port
USB Drive
other term for memory card
Flash memory card
storage card
small storage medium used to store data for use on small, portable, or remote computing devices
Memory Card
secondary storage devices for storing audio files
Computer hard drive
websites of file repositories for retrieving audio files stored in some datacenter full of servers connected to the internet
Internet/Cloud
4 Audio File Formats
- MP3
- M4A/AAC
- WAV
- WMA
MP3
MPEG Audio Layer 3
M4A/AAC
MPEG-4 Audio
Advanced Audio Coding