Audio Information and Media

Question 1

sound, especially when recorded,
transmitted or reproduced

Answer 1

AUDIO

Question 2

Media communication that uses audio or
recordings to deliver and transfer
information through the means of sounds.

Answer 2

AUDIO MEDIA

Question 3

ADVANTAGES OF AUDIO MEDIA

Answer 3

• Audio is inexpensive
• They are reproducible
• It can provide message to non readers
• It can convey meaning, providing an extra
  channel of information.
• Audio can add a sense of realism.
• It can add interest to a presentation or program.
• Ease of communication - users may respond
  better to the spoken word than other media.

Question 4

DISADVANTAGES OF AUDIO MEDIA

Answer 4

-Files can be large.
- It does not monitor attention
- Audio is not as memorable as visual media.
- Good quality audio can be difficult to produce
- Users must have appropriate hardware and
software.

Question 5

SOUND FORMATS

Answer 5

MP3 (MPEG AUDIO LAYER 3)
MP4 A/AAC
WAV
WMA (WINDOWS MEDIA AUDIO)

Question 6

a standard of digital audio
compression for the transfer
and playback of music on most

digital audio players

Answer 6

MP3 (MPEG AUDIO LAYER 3)

Question 7

an audio coding standard
for lossy digital audio

compression.

Answer 7

MP4 A/AAC

Question 8

is a Microsoft audio file format
standard for storing an audio
bitstream on PCs. It has become a
standard file format for game

sounds

Answer 8

WAV

Question 9

an audio data compression
technology developed by
Microsoft and used with
Windows Media Player

Answer 9

WMA (WINDOWS MEDIA AUDIO)

Question 10

TYPES OF AUDIO INFORMATION AND MEDIA

Answer 10

Radio Broadcast
Music
Sound Recording
Sound Clips/Effects
Audio Podcast

Question 11

live or recorded audio

sent through radio waves

to reach a wide audience

Answer 11

RADIO BROADCAST

Question 12

vocal and/or instrumental
sounds combined in such a
way as to produce beauty
of form, harmony, and
expression of emotion.

Answer 12

MUSIC

Question 13

recording of an interview,

meeting, or any sound

from the environment

Answer 13

SOUND RECORDING

Question 14

any sound artificially
reproduced to create an

effect in a dramatic

presentation

Answer 14

SOUND CLIPS / EFFECTS

Question 15

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

Answer 15

AUDIO PODCAST

Question 16

WAYS OF STORING AUDIO MEDIA

Answer 16

Tape
CD
Flashdrive
Memory Card
Computer Hard Drive
Internet/Cloud

Question 17

magnetic tape on which sound
can be recorded

Answer 17

TAPE

Question 18

a plastic-fabricated, circular
medium for recording, storing,
and playing back audio, video,
and computer data

Answer 18

CD

Question 19

an external flash drive, small
enough to carry on a key ring,
that can be used with

anycomputer that has a USB
port.

Answer 19

FLASHDRIVE

Question 20

is a small storage medium used
to store data such as text,
pictures, audio, and video, for
use on small, portable, or
remote computingdevices.

Answer 20

MEMORY CARD

Question 21

secondary storage devices for
storing audio files.

Answer 21

COMPUTER HARD DRIVE

Question 22

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

Answer 22

INTERNET/CLOUD

Question 23

CHARACTERISTICS OF A SOUND

Answer 23

Volume
Loudness
Tone
Pitch

Question 24

intensity of a sound

Answer 24

VOLUME

Question 25

refers to the magnitude of the sound heard. Loudness is measured in decibel (dB)

Answer 25

LOUDNESS

Question 26

the audible characteristic of a sound

Answer 26

TONE

Question 27

is how high or low a sound is

Answer 27

PITCH

Question 28

ELEMENTS OF SOUND DESIGN

Answer 28

Dialogue Sound Effects Music Silence

Question 29

speech, conversation, voice-over

Answer 29

DIALOGUE

Question 30

any sound other than music or dialogue

Answer 30

SOUND EFFECTS

Question 31

vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion

Answer 31

MUSIC

Question 32

absence of audio or sound.

Answer 32

SILENCE

Question 33

PRINCIPLES OF SOUND DESIGN

Answer 33

Mixing Pace Stereo Imaging Transition

Question 34

the combination, balance and control of multiple sound elements

Answer 34

MIXING

Question 35

time control, editing, order of events

Answer 35

PACE

Question 36

TYPES OF PACE

Answer 36

Linear Non-linear Multi-linear

Question 37

Using left and right channel for depth. This refers to the aspect of sound recording and reproduction.

Answer 37

STEREO IMAGING

Question 38

how you get from one segment or element to another

Answer 38

TRANSITION

Question 39

one element stops, the next begins (“cut” in film)

Answer 39

SEGUE

Question 40

one element fades out, the next fades in, and they overlap on the way.

Answer 40

CROSS-FADE

Question 41

First element fades to inaudible before the second element begins.

Answer 41

V-FADE

Question 42

As first element fades out, the second element begins at full volume.

Answer 42

WATERFALL