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Audio Information

and Media
Lesson 6
Audio Media
communication that uses audio or
recordings to deliver and transfer
information through the means of sound.
Audio Information and Media Types
Radio broadcast
Music
Sound recording
Sound clips/effects
Audio Podcast
Audio File Formats
MP3 (MPEG Audio Layer 3) - 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.
M4A/AAC (MPEG-4 Audio/Advanced Audio
Coding) - an audio coding standard for lossy
digital audio compression.
Audio File Formats
WAV - 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.
WMA (Windows Media Audio) - is an audio
data compression technology developed by
Microsoft and used with Windows Media Player.
Ways of storing Audio Information
and Media
Tape - magnetic tape on which sound can be recorded
CD - a plastic-fabricated, circular medium for
recording, storing, and playing back audio, video, and
computer data.
USB drive - an external flash drive, small enough to
carry on a key ring, that can be used with any
computer that has a USB port.
Memory Card - (aka flash memory card or storage
card) is a small storage medium used to store data
such as text, pictures, audio, and video for use on
small, portable or remote computing devices.
Computer hard drive - secondary storage device for
storing audio files.
Internet/Cloud - 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.
General procedure for creating an
Audio-based presentation
a) Planning - choosing a topic
b) Pre-recording - choosing your equipment and
software for recording
c) Creating your audio-based presentation - audio
recording and converting to MP3
d) Uploading your audio-based presentation - choosing
where to upload
In selecting audio-based
presentation you should consider:
a) Audience
b) What the audience need to know
c) The medium that will be used for the audio
media
d) Preparation of the media
Elements of Sound Design
a. Dialogue - speech, conversation, voice-over.
b. Sound Effects - any sound other than music or
dialogue.
c. Music - vocal or instrumental sounds (or both)
combined in such a way as to produce beauty of
form, harmony, and expression of emotion.
d. Silence - absence of audio or sound.
Principles of Sound Design
a. Mixing - the combination, balance and control of
multiple sound elements.
b. Pace - Time control. Editing. Order of events:
linear, non-linear, or multi-linear.
c. Transitions - How you get from one segment or
element to another.
d. Stereo Imaging - Using left and right channel for
depth. This refers to the aspect of sound recording.

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