AUDIO VIDEO VOCABULARY

Question 1

A term in sound production referring to the music or ambiance sounds continuously playing in the background under speech or scenes.

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Bed

Question 2

A tool that allows combining multiple audio sources into one signal for recording.

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Mixer

Question 3

Occurs when an audio recording distorts because the sound level (volume/pressure) exceeds what the equipment can accurately capture

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Clipping

Question 4

A way of making an audio or video file smaller while trying to maintain sound quality.

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Compression

Question 5

A piece of hardware (often incorporated into a hardware compressor) that sets a minimum sound level before any sound is recorded.

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Gate

Question 6

A short audio or video clip placed at the beginning of a podcast/video cast that may have music and/or an announcement with the name of the show and episode and any other relevant information, such as sponsors.

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Intro

Question 7

A part of an MP3 file that allows data about the file to be stored, such as the title, author or artist, category and cover art.

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ID3 Tag

Question 8

A popular audio file format, commonly used for podcasts (episodes).

Answer 8

MP3

Question 9

A short audio or video clip placed at the end of a podcast/video cast.

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Outro

Question 10

A microphone that picks up sound from the front and back, but not the sides.

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Bi-Directional

Question 11

A microphone that picks up sound from all direction.

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Omnidirectional Mic

Question 12

Recording several copies of one musical part to be performed on top of each other.

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Layering

Question 13

Gradual appearance of an image, light, or sound, especially as a transition in a cinematic work, audio recording, or performance.

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Fade

Question 14

A fade from one audio clip or track to another.

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Crossfade

Question 15

Sample rate work together to determine the resolution of digital audio.

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Bit Depth

Question 16

Unwanted transfer of signals between communication channels.

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Crosstalk

Question 17

Describes the rate at which a sound wave vibrates, measured in cycles per second, or hertz (Hz).

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Frequency

Question 18

The process of finalizing audio for a specific medium, such as the web or an audio CD.

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Mastering

Question 19

format is actually a multimedia container that holds audio, video, images, animations and menus

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MP4

Question 20

A single stream of recorded sound with no location in a sound field.

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Track

Question 21

is to an image as a sine wave is to sound.

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Pixel

Question 22

A means of evening out the sound levels in an audio file. It can be done real-time while recording in hardware or post production via software.

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Compressor

Question 23

How much data a computer program can handle at a time. Lower buffer sizes have lower latency, but are more susceptible to crashing.

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Buffer size