Audio Video Vocab Flashcards

1
Q

what is the term for music or sounds playing continuously in the back ground under a speech or scene?

A

bed

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2
Q

what is a tool that lets you combine multiple sounds into a single recording?

A

board

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3
Q

what is the word for when audio becomes distorted because it exceeds what the equipment can capture?

A

clipping

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4
Q

what is it called when you simplify music but keeping its quality?

A

compression

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5
Q

what is the term for a image to a sine wave as sound?

A

pixel

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6
Q

what is the term for evening out sound in a audio file?

A

compressor

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7
Q

what is the equipment called that sets a minimum sound level before recording?

A

gate

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8
Q

what is the beginning of something (usually filled with audio or a clip) called that usually shows sponsors and other things?

A

intro

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9
Q

what is the part of a mp3 player that allows the file to be stored?

A

1D3 tag

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10
Q

what is the most popular audio file format?

A

MP3

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11
Q

what is the clip/audio at the end of something called?

A

outro

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12
Q

what type of microphone only records sound from the front and back?

A

bi-directional

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13
Q

what is the term for how much data a program can use at a time?

A

buffer size

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14
Q

what type of microphone records audio from all sides?

A

omnidirectional mic

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15
Q

what is it called when you put different recordings together?

A

layering

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16
Q

what is it called when you gradually change one thing to another?

A

fade

17
Q

what is it called when you fade from one audio track to another?

A

cross fade

18
Q

what is the sample rate work that determines the audio resolution called?

A

bit depth

19
Q

what is a unwanted transfer of signals called?

A

cross talk

20
Q

what is the rate of sound called?

A

frequency

21
Q

what is finalizing a audio called?

A

mastering

22
Q

what is a multimedia container that holds audio, animation, videos or audio called?

A

MP4

23
Q

what is a single stream of recorded sound called?

A

track