Term | Definition |
Clip | a form of waveformdistortion that occurs when an amplifier is overdriven and attempts to deliver an output voltage or current beyond its maximum capability. |
Decibel | used to measure sound level, but it is also widely used in electronics, signals and communication. |
Noise | the residual low-level sound (four major types: hiss, rumble, crackle, and hum) that is heard in quiet periods of program. |
Export | to save (documents, data, etc.) in a format usable by another software program. |
AUP | a file extension for a project file used by Audacity audio software. |
Hertz | the unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI) and is defined as one cycle per second. |
Mixing | the process of blending all the individual tracks in a recording to create a version of the song that sounds as good as possible – the “mix”. |
Podcast | a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer |
Track | an audio signal communications channel in a storage device, used in operations such as multi-track recording and sound reinforcement. |
Effect | artificially created or enhanced sounds, or sound processes used to emphasize artistic or other content of films, television shows, live performance, animation, video games, music, or other media. |
Sample Rate | the number of samples of audio carried per second, measured in Hz or kHz (one kHz being 1 000 Hz). |
WAV, AIFF, MP3 | Audio file formats |
Amplify | to crank up the volume. ... Amplify comes from the Old French word amplifier meaning "to enlarge or expand. |
LAME | an encoder that converts audio to the MP3 file format. |
Pitch | a perceptual property of sounds that allows their ordering on a frequency-related scale, or more commonly, pitch is the quality that makes it possible to judge sounds as "higher" and "lower" in the sense associated with musical melodies. |
TRim | used to adjust the level of the input signal as it enters the home recording sound mixer |