AUDIO INFORMATION AND MEDIA Flashcards

1
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Refers to a sound made or created by various platforms

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Audio

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2
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Refers to instruments, applications, programs, etc., use to convet information to help learn the uses of sound.

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Audio Information and Media

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3
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Purpose of Audio

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  • Give instruction or Information
  • Provide feedback
  • To personalize or customize
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4
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Types of Audio Information

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  • Radio broadcast
  • Music
  • Sound recording
  • Sound clips/effects
  • ## Audio podcast
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5
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Live or recorded audio sent through radio waves to reach a wide audience.

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Radio broadcast

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6
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Refers to sounds that are made vocally, sometimes combined with instrumental sounds, to create harmony that is performed or composed to express thoughts, feelings, or emotion, for artistic, ceremonial, entertainment, or religious purposes.

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Music

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7
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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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8
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Refers to sounds that is synthetically produced to make an effect in a composition or presentation.

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Sound clips/effects

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9
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A recording of a story or a radio program, typically released or can be downloaded in series or episodes.

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Audio podcast

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10
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Ways to store audio

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  • Tape
  • CD
  • USB Drive (flashdrive)
  • Memory card
  • Computer Hard Drive
  • Internet/Cloud
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11
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Refers to a magnetic tape that can store audio or sound.

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Tape

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12
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Refers to circular plastic-fabricated medium used for keeping and playing computer data

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CD

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13
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A type of external storage that is portable and can be connected to any device that has a USB port.

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USB Drive

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14
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Also known as storage card or flash memory card; usually connected to a device

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Memory Card

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15
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Secondary storage device for storing audio files.

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Computer Hard Drive

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16
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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.

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Internet/Cloud

17
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Formats of Audio

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  • MP3 (MPEG Audio Layer 3)
  • M4A/AAC
  • WAV (Waveform Audio File Format)
  • WMA (Windows Media Audio)
18
Q

Standard audio format for transferring or playing audio.

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MP3

19
Q

An audio format that is considered to be the successor of the MP3 audio format that has better sound quality.

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M4A/AAC

20
Q

A standard audio format for Microsoft for storing audio or for the playback of game sound effects, etc.

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WAV

21
Q

A technology developed by Microsoft for compressing audio and is used with Microsoft’s Windows Media Player.

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WMA

22
Q

Characteristic of Sound

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  • Volume
  • Tone
  • Pitch
23
Q

Refers to the volume of the sound

A

Volume

24
Q

Refers to the quality of sound

A

Tone

25
Q

Refers to the highness or the lowness of the sound or tone

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Pitch

26
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Elements of Sound

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  • Music
  • Silence
27
Q

Refers to sounds that are made vocally, sometimes combined with instrumental sounds

A

Music

28
Q

Absence of audio or sound

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Silence

29
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Principles of Sound

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  • Mixing
  • Pace
  • Stereo Imaging
  • Transitions
30
Q

The blend, symmetry, and control of multiple audio

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Mixing

31
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Refers to timely order of events. This may be linear, non-linear, or multi-linear.

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Pace

32
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Using left and right channel for depth.

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Stereo Imaging

33
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How one element shifts to another

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Transitions

34
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Types of Transition

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  • Segue
  • Cross-fade
  • V-fade
  • Fade to black
35
Q

An audio begins as soon as another stops. Also refers to “cut” in films.

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Segue

36
Q

An audio fades in volume just as another fades out volume, making both elements overlap.

A

Cross-fade

37
Q

An audio begins after the first one fades to silence.

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V-fade

38
Q

Similar to V-Fade but a silence is included between elements.

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Fade to Black