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MAWD Lesson 3.01
Understand Principles of Audio
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sounds | Vibrations that travel through the air or some other medium. |
| Sound Wave | An audible vibration that travels through air or water. |
| Decibels | Measurement of the loudness or intensity of a sound; (dB). |
| Crest | Point that exhibits maximum amount of upward displacement from the rest position. |
| Trough | Point that exhibits maximum amount of downward displacement from the rest position. |
| Wavelength | Distance from crest to crest. |
| Frequency | Number of waves to pass a point in one second. (How Fast) |
| Pitch | Quality of a sound determined by the rate of vibration. The degree of highness or lowness of a tone. (How High) |
| Analog | a continuous phenomena, such as microphones, video cameras (continuous-valued voltages) |
| Sample Rate | The rate or frequency at which a sound is sampled to digitize it. Measurements of a sound wave over time measured in Hz (cycles/sec). |
| Bit Rate | Depth; the number of computer bits that are conveyed or processed per unit of time. |
| Waveform | a visual representation of an audio signal. |
| Clip | is a short segment of audio. It can be combined with others to make an audio tack. |
| Track | Channel; an area upon which audio moves. |
| Trim | Removes everything from the left and right of selected audio. |
| Amplify | change the volume of selected audio |
| Capture | to record audio, video, or still images as digital data in a file |
| WAV | Developed by IBM and Microsoft for Windows; High Quality (Lossless) Large File Size |
| AIFF | Developed by Apple; High Quality (Lossless) Large File Size |
| MP3 | Compressed format Popular for music (MP3 Players) Well suited for Internet |
| .avi (Audio Video Interleave) | Developed by Microsoft Stores both Audio and Video Files |
| .ogg (Ogg Vorbis) | Open Source Compressed format Well Suited for Internet Popular with Gaming Industry |
| Amplitude | Distance from rest to crest to trough |