AUDIO INFORMATION AND MEDIA

Question 1

Refers to a sound made or created by various platforms

Answer 1

Audio

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Audio Information and Media

Question 3

Purpose of Audio

Answer 3

• Give instruction or Information
• Provide feedback
• To personalize or customize

Question 4

Types of Audio Information

Answer 4

• Radio broadcast
• Music
• Sound recording
• Sound clips/effects
• ## Audio podcast

Question 5

Live or recorded audio sent through radio waves to reach a wide audience.

Answer 5

Radio broadcast

Question 6

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.

Answer 6

Music

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Sound recording

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Sound clips/effects

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Audio podcast

Question 10

Ways to store audio

Answer 10

• Tape
• CD
• USB Drive (flashdrive)
• Memory card
• Computer Hard Drive
• Internet/Cloud

Question 11

Refers to a magnetic tape that can store audio or sound.

Answer 11

Tape

Question 12

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

Answer 12

CD

Question 13

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

Answer 13

USB Drive

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Memory Card

Question 15

Secondary storage device for storing audio files.

Answer 15

Computer Hard Drive

Question 16

Websites or file repositories for retrieving audio files, and more precisely the files are stored in some datacenter full of servers.

Answer 16

Internet/Cloud

Question 17

Formats of Audio

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Standard audio format for transferring or playing audio.

Answer 18

MP3

Question 19

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

Answer 19

M4A/AAC

Question 20

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

Answer 20

WAV

Question 21

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

Answer 21

WMA

Question 22

Characteristic of Sound

Answer 22

• Volume
• Tone
• Pitch

Question 23

Refers to the volume of the sound

Answer 23

Volume

Question 24

Refers to the quality of sound

Answer 24

Tone

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Pitch

Question 26

Elements of Sound

Answer 26

- Music - Silence

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Music

Question 28

Absence of audio or sound

Answer 28

Silence

Question 29

Principles of Sound

Answer 29

- Mixing - Pace - Stereo Imaging - Transitions

Question 30

The blend, symmetry, and control of multiple audio

Answer 30

Mixing

Question 31

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

Answer 31

Pace

Question 32

Using left and right channel for depth.

Answer 32

Stereo Imaging

Question 33

How one element shifts to another

Answer 33

Transitions

Question 34

Types of Transition

Answer 34

- Segue - Cross-fade - V-fade - Fade to black

Question 35

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

Answer 35

Segue

Question 36

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

Answer 36

Cross-fade

Question 37

An audio begins after **the first one fades to silence**.

Answer 37

V-fade

Question 38

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

Answer 38

Fade to Black