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Audio
Term | Definition |
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Sound wave | An audible vibration that travels through air or water |
Frequency | Number of waves to pass a point in one second. |
Amplitude | Distance from rest to crest to trough |
Wavelength | Distance from crest to crest |
Crest | Point that exhibits maximum amount of upward |
Trough | Point that exhibits maximum amount of downward displacement from the rest postion |
Pitch | The quality of the sound determined by the rate of vibration |
Sampling | Process used to convert analog sound waves into digital data to be used by computers |
Sample rate | The number of samples taken per second, often measured in Kilohertz |
Bit rate | The number of computers bits process per unit of time |
Sample Size | The number of bits used to save one sample |
Channel | Single audio is a single channel, where sound comes from a single direction |
Mono | One channel, audio is a single channel where sounds come from a single direction |
Stereo | Two channels, create the impression of sound being heard from various direction |
Audio file size | determined by the sample rate, sample size and numbers of channels |
MP3 file | MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 |
WAV file | Waveform file |
OGG File | Ogg Vorbis |
AIFF file | Audio Interchange File format. |