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Audio Information and Media Flashcards

1
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Sound that is recorded, transmitted, or reproduced.

A

Audio

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2
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Media communication that uses audio or recordings to deliver and transfer information through the means of sound.

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Audio Media

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3
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Types of Audio Information:

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  1. Radio Broadcast
  2. Music
  3. Sound Recording
  4. Sound Clips/Effects
  5. Audio Podcast
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4
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Live or recorded audio is sent through radio waves to reach a wide audience.

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Radio Broadcast

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5
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Vocal or instrumental sounds
combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion.

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Music

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6
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Recording of an interview, meeting, or any sound from the environment.

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Sound Recording

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7
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Any sound artificially reproduced to create an effect in a dramatic presentation.

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Sound Clips/Effects

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8
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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.

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Audio Podcast

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9
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Ways to Store Audio Information:

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  1. Tape
  2. CD (Compact Disc)
  3. USB Drive
  4. Memory Card
  5. Computer Hard Drive
  6. Internet/Cloud
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10
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Magnetic tape on which sound can be recorded.

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Tape

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A plastic-fabricated, circular medium for recording, storing, and playing back audio, video, and computer data.

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CD (Compact Disc)

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12
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An external flash drive, small enough to carry on a key ring, that can be used with any computer that has a USB port.

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USB Drive

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13
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A small storage medium used to store data such as text, pictures, audio, and video, for use on small,
portable, or remote computing
devices.

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Memory Card/Storage Card

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14
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Secondary storage devices for storing audio files.

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Computer Hard Drive

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15
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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.

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Internet/Cloud

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16
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Audio File Formats:

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  1. MP3
  2. M4A/AAC
  3. WAV
  4. WMA
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17
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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.

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MP3 (MPEG Audio Layer 3)

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18
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An audio coding standard for lossy
digital audio compression.

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M4A/AAC (MPEG4 Audio/Advanced Audio Coding)

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19
Q

Is a Microsoft audio file format standard for storing an audio bitstream on PCs? It has become a standard file format for game sounds, among others.

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WAV

20
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Is an audio data compression technology developed by Microsoft and used with Windows Media Player.

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WMA (Windows Media Audio)

21
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Units of Sound:

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  1. Decibel
  2. Hertz
  3. Phon
22
Q

Noise of sound measurement

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Decibel (dB)

23
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Unit of sound frequency

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Hertz (Hz)

24
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Unit of subjective loudness.

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Phon

25
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Characteristics of Sound:

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  1. Volume
  2. Tone
  3. Pitch
  4. Loudness
26
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Intensity of a sound

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Volume

27
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The audible characteristic of a sound.

A

Tone

28
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How high or low a sound is

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Pitch

29
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Refers to the magnitude of a sound heard.

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Loudness

30
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Purpose of Sound:

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  1. Give instruction or information
  2. Provide Feedback
  3. To personalize or customize
31
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Elements of Sound Design:

A
  1. Dialouge
  2. Sound Effects
  3. Music
32
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Speech, conversation, voice-over

A

Dialouge

33
Q

Any sound other than music or dialogue

A

Sound Effects

34
Q

Vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in a such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony and expression of emotion.

A

Music

35
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Principles of Sound Design:

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  1. Mixing
  2. Pace
  3. Stereo Imaging
  4. Transition
36
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The combination, balance, and control of multiple sound elements.

A

Mixing

37
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Time control, editing, order of events

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Pace

38
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Types of Pacing:

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Linear
Non-linear
Multi-linear

39
Q

Using left and right channel for depth.

A

Stereo Imaging

40
Q

How you get from one element to another.

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Transition

41
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Types of Transition:

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  1. Segue
  2. Cross-fade
  3. V-fade
  4. Fade to black
42
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One element stops, the next begins (cut).

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Segue

43
Q

One element fades out, the next fades in, and the overlap on the way.

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Cross-fade

44
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First element fades to inaudible before the second elements begin.

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V-fade

45
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V-fade with some silence between elements or effects.

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Fade to black

46
Q

The act of perceiving sound by the ear.

A

Hearing

47
Q

Requires concentration so that your brain processes meaning from words and sentences.

A

Listening

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