Audio Information and Media Flashcards
sound, especially when recorded,
transmitted or reproduced
AUDIO
Media communication that uses audio or
recordings to deliver and transfer
information through the means of sounds.
AUDIO MEDIA
ADVANTAGES OF AUDIO MEDIA
- Audio is inexpensive
- They are reproducible
- It can provide message to non readers
- It can convey meaning, providing an extra
channel of information. - Audio can add a sense of realism.
- It can add interest to a presentation or program.
- Ease of communication - users may respond
better to the spoken word than other media.
DISADVANTAGES OF AUDIO MEDIA
-Files can be large.
- It does not monitor attention
- Audio is not as memorable as visual media.
- Good quality audio can be difficult to produce
- Users must have appropriate hardware and
software.
SOUND FORMATS
MP3 (MPEG AUDIO LAYER 3)
MP4 A/AAC
WAV
WMA (WINDOWS MEDIA AUDIO)
a standard of digital audio
compression for the transfer
and playback of music on most
digital audio players
MP3 (MPEG AUDIO LAYER 3)
an audio coding standard
for lossy digital audio
compression.
MP4 A/AAC
is a Microsoft audio file format
standard for storing an audio
bitstream on PCs. It has become a
standard file format for game
sounds
WAV
an audio data compression
technology developed by
Microsoft and used with
Windows Media Player
WMA (WINDOWS MEDIA AUDIO)
TYPES OF AUDIO INFORMATION AND MEDIA
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
recording of an interview,
meeting, or any sound
from the environment
SOUND RECORDING
any sound artificially
reproduced to create an
effect in a dramatic
presentation
SOUND CLIPS / EFFECTS
a 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 a computer
AUDIO PODCAST
WAYS OF STORING AUDIO MEDIA
Tape
CD
Flashdrive
Memory Card
Computer Hard Drive
Internet/Cloud
magnetic tape on which sound
can be recorded
TAPE
a plastic-fabricated, circular
medium for recording, storing,
and playing back audio, video,
and computer data
CD
an external flash drive, small
enough to carry on a key ring,
that can be used with
anycomputer that has a USB
port.
FLASHDRIVE
is a small storage medium used
to store data such as text,
pictures, audio, and video, for
use on small, portable, or
remote computingdevices.
MEMORY CARD
secondary storage devices for
storing audio files.
COMPUTER HARD DRIVE
websites or file repositories for
retrieving audio files, and more
precisely the files are stored in
some datacenter full of servers
that is connected to the
Internet
INTERNET/CLOUD
CHARACTERISTICS OF A SOUND
Volume
Loudness
Tone
Pitch
intensity of a sound
VOLUME
refers to the magnitude
of the sound heard.
Loudness is measured in
decibel (dB)
LOUDNESS
the audible characteristic of a sound
TONE
is how high or low a sound is
PITCH
ELEMENTS OF SOUND DESIGN
Dialogue
Sound Effects
Music
Silence
speech, conversation, voice-over
DIALOGUE
any sound other than music or dialogue
SOUND EFFECTS
vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in
such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony,
and expression of emotion
MUSIC
absence of audio or sound.
SILENCE
PRINCIPLES OF SOUND DESIGN
Mixing
Pace
Stereo Imaging
Transition
the combination, balance and control of
multiple sound elements
MIXING
time control, editing, order of events
PACE
TYPES OF PACE
Linear
Non-linear
Multi-linear
Using left and right channel for depth. This
refers to the aspect of sound recording and
reproduction.
STEREO IMAGING
how you get from one segment or element to
another
TRANSITION
one element stops, the next begins (“cut” in film)
SEGUE
one element fades out, the next fades in, and
they overlap on the way.
CROSS-FADE
First element fades to inaudible before the
second element begins.
V-FADE
As first element fades out, the second element
begins at full volume.
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