audio and information media Flashcards
it refers to something that is consciously chosen to do and requires concentration.
listening
act of perceiving sound by the ear
hearing
live or recorded audio sent through radio waves to reach a wide audience
radio broadcast
vocal and/or instrumental sounds combined in a such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion
music
music of renaissance period
mass and madrigal
period of renaissance
1400-1600
recording of an interview, or any sound from the environment
sound recording
any sound other than music or speech, artificially reproduced to create an effect
sound clips/ effects
digital audio or video file recording, usually part of themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer
audio podcast
different file formats
mp3, m4a/aac, wav, wma
a common format for consumer audio, as well as a standard of digital audio compression for the transfer and playback of music on most digital audio players
MP3 or MPEG Audio Layer 3
audio coding standard for lossy digital audio compression. it is designed to be the successor of the MP3 format, it generally achieves better sound quality than MP3 at similar bit rates
M4A, AAC (MPEG-4 Audio /Advanced Audio Coding
microsoft audio file format standard for storing an audio bitstream on PCs. it has become a standard file format for game sounds, among others
WAV
audio data compression technology developed by microsoft and used with windows media player
WMA (Windows Media Audio)
elements of sound design
dialogue, music, silence,