Audio Video Vocab Flashcards
what is the term for music or sounds playing continuously in the back ground under a speech or scene?
bed
what is a tool that lets you combine multiple sounds into a single recording?
board
what is the word for when audio becomes distorted because it exceeds what the equipment can capture?
clipping
what is it called when you simplify music but keeping its quality?
compression
what is the term for a image to a sine wave as sound?
pixel
what is the term for evening out sound in a audio file?
compressor
what is the equipment called that sets a minimum sound level before recording?
gate
what is the beginning of something (usually filled with audio or a clip) called that usually shows sponsors and other things?
intro
what is the part of a mp3 player that allows the file to be stored?
1D3 tag
what is the most popular audio file format?
MP3
what is the clip/audio at the end of something called?
outro
what type of microphone only records sound from the front and back?
bi-directional
what is the term for how much data a program can use at a time?
buffer size
what type of microphone records audio from all sides?
omnidirectional mic
what is it called when you put different recordings together?
layering
what is it called when you gradually change one thing to another?
fade
what is it called when you fade from one audio track to another?
cross fade
what is the sample rate work that determines the audio resolution called?
bit depth
what is a unwanted transfer of signals called?
cross talk
what is the rate of sound called?
frequency
what is finalizing a audio called?
mastering
what is a multimedia container that holds audio, animation, videos or audio called?
MP4
what is a single stream of recorded sound called?
track