audio video vocabulary

Question 1

intro

Answer 1

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.

Question 2

outro

Answer 2

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.

Question 3

ID3 tag

Answer 3

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

Question 4

MP3

Answer 4

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

Question 5

gate

Answer 5

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

Question 6

compression

Answer 6

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.

Question 7

pixel

Answer 7

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

Question 8

compressor

Answer 8

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

Question 9

clipping

Answer 9

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

Question 10

mixing board

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Bed

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Bi-directional

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Buffer size

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Omnidirectional Mic

Answer 14

A microphone that picks up sound from all direction.

Question 15

layering

Answer 15

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

Question 16

fade

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Cross fade

Answer 17

A fade from one audio clip or track to another.

Question 18

Bit depth

Answer 18

Sample rate work together to determine the resolution of digital audio

Question 19

crosstalk

Answer 19

Unwanted transfer of signals between communication channels

Question 20

mastering

Answer 20

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

Question 21

MP4

Answer 21

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

Question 22

track

Answer 22

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

Question 23

frequency

Answer 23

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