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Principles of Audio
MAWD
Term | Definition |
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Sounds | vibrations that travel through air |
Sound Wave | An audible vibration that travels through air or water |
Decibles | intensity of sounds |
Crest | Point that exhibits maximum amount of upward displacement from the rest point |
Trough | point that exhibits maximum amount of downward displacement from the rest position |
Wavelength | distance from crest to crest |
Amplitude | distance from rest to crest to trough |
Frequency | Number of waves to pass a point in one second |
Pitch | Quality of sound determined by rate of vibration |
Analog | continuous phenomena |
Sample Rate | rate or frequency is digitally recorded |
Bit Rate | number of a bits a computer can process |
Wave Form | visual of sounds |
Clip | short segment of audio |
Track | area where audio moves |
Trim | removes from left and right of selected audio |
Amplify | change volume of audio |
Capture | record audio or video or still images as digital data |
WAV | high quality lossless big file size |
AIFF | high quality lossless big file size |
MP3 | compressed format good for internet |
.avi(Audio Video Interleave) | stores video and audio |
.ogg(Ogg Vorbis) | compressed format good for internet and used in gaming |