Audio Editing

Question 1

is the process of manipulating audio to alter length, speed, and volume or to create additional versions such as loops.

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Audio Editing

Question 2

means reproduction of sound

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Audio

Question 3

means to the frequencies detectable by human ear specifically 20HZ and 20 KHZ.

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Sound

Question 4

is the production, recording, manipulation and reproduction of sound waves.

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Audio Editing

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the first device to record sound waves for visual study only as it did not have the capabilities to playback what was recorded

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Phonautograph

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-a cylinder covered with material that could be etched upon with a stylus
-Perfected by “Mr. Light Bulb,” Thomas Edison (who also patented the first American motion picture camera)
-play-back possible by tracing a needle through the grooves and amplifying the sound vibrations

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Phonograph

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-much like a phonograph, but used a flat disc instead of a round cylinder
-instead of depth etching as on the phonograph, sound-waves on the gramophone were etched with differing widths -Emile Berliner (inventor) called these discs “gramophone records” and Americans called them “phonograph records”

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Gramophone

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-increased the flexibility of the process and the sound quality of the recordings
-made it possible to record one part (track) to a disc record, then play it back

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Electric Microphone Recording Process

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-involves the use of a magnetizable medium (tape), moving at a constant speed past a recording head,
sound waves are electrified through microphones

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Magnetic Tape

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-the tape is divided into multiple tracks parallel with each other
-the induction of STEREO sound

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Multitrack Recordings

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-Alesis 1991
-machine that uses VHS video tape to record 8-tracks of digit audio

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Alesis Digital Audio Tape Recorders (ADAT)

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-Sony 1987
-much like a cassette tape but recorded digital
audio at 16-bits instead of analog audio

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Digital Audio Tape (DAT)

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-music can be stored on and distributed through a personal computer with ease
-no more need of “tape” of any kind as the rec orded music can now be saved as computer “memory”

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Hard Disc Recorders

Question 13

-are any sounds produced by non-human organisms as well as those
-generated by natural, non-biological sources within their normal soundscapes
-human voice

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Natural sounds

Question 14

-meaning any sound with a source caused by human

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Man-Made sound