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What does an outro mean?
A short audio or video clip placed at the end of a podcast/video cast.
What does frequency mean?
Describes the rate at which a sound wave vibrates, measured in cycles per second, or hertz (Hz).
What does intro mean?
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, like sponsors.
What does bed mean?
A term in sound production referring to the music or ambiance sounds continuously playing in the background under speech or scenes.
What is a Omnidirectional Mic?
A microphone that picks up sound from all direction.
What is a bit depth?
Sample rate work together to determine the resolution of digital audio.
What does clipping mean?
Occurs when an audio recording distorts because the sound level (volume/pressure) exceeds what the equipment can accurately capture.
What is a crosstalk?
Unwanted transfer of signals between communication channels.
What is a gate?
A piece of hardware (often incorporated into a hardware compressor) that sets a minimum sound level before any sound is recorded.
What is a fade?
Gradual appearance of an image, light, or sound, especially as a transition in a cinematic work, audio recording, or performance.
What is a mixer?
A tool that allows combining multiple audio sources into one signal for recording.
What is a MP3?
A popular audio file format, commonly used for podcasts (episodes).
What does buffer size mean?
How much data a computer program can handle at a time. Lower buffer sizes have lower latency, but are more susceptible to crashing.
What is a crossfade?
A fade from one audio clip or track to another.
What is a pixel?
is to an image as a sine wave is to sound.
