MIL Flashcards
sound, especially when recorded, transmitted, or reproduced
Audio
media communication that uses audio or recordings to deliver and transfer information through the means of sound
AUDIO MEDIA
live or recorded audio sent through radio waves to reach a wide audience
Radio Broadcast
vocal or instrumental sounds combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion
Music
recording of an interview, meeting, or any sound from the environment
Sound Recording
any sound artificially reproduced to create an effect in a dramatic presentation (ex. sound of a storm, or a door)
Sound Clips / Effects
a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or a computer
Audio Podcast
magnetic tape on which sound
Tape
a plastic-fabricated, circular medium for recording, storing, and playing back audio, video, and computer data
CD (Compact Disc)
an external flash drive, small enough to carry on a key ring, that can be used with any computer that has a USB Port
USB Drive
is a small storage medium used to store data such as text, pictures, audio, and video, for use on small, portable, or remote computing
Memory Card (aka Flash Memory Card or Storage Card)
secondary storage devices for storing audio file
Computer Hard Drive
websites or file repositories for retrieving audio files, and more precisely the files are stored in some datacenter full of servers that is connected to the Internet
Internet / Cloud
a common format for consumer audio, as well as a standard of digital audio compression for the transfer and playback of music on most digital audio players.
MP3 (MPEG Audio Layer 3)
an audio coding standard for lossy digital audio compression. Designed to be the successor of the MP3 format, AAC generally achieves better sound quality than MP3 at similar bit rate
M4A/AAC (MPEG4 Audio / Advanced Audio Coding)
is a Microsoft audio file format standard for storing an audio bitstream on PCs. It has become a standard file format for game sounds, among others
WAV
is an audio data compression technology developed by Microsoft and used with Windows Media Player
WMA (Windows Media Audio)
- or simply dB
- noise of sound measurement
Decibel
- or simply Hz
- unit of sound frequency
Hertz
- unit of subjective loudness
Phon
intensity of a sound
Volume
the audible characteristic of a sound
Tone
is how high or low a sound is
Pitch
refers to the magnitude of the sound heard
Loudness
speech, conversation, voice-over
Dialogue
any sound other than music or dialogue
Sound Effects
vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion
Music
the combination, balance and control of multiple sound elements
Mixing
time control, editing, order of events (linear, non-linear or multi-linear)
Pace
Using left and right channel for depth. This refers to the aspect of sound recording and reproduction.
Stereo Imaging
how you get from one segment or element to another
Transition
