Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 17 views

    Digital Audio Study Guide

    Uploaded by

    Nicole Wood
    This document provides a study guide for a digital audio course, defining key terms like sampling, sample rate, and bit rate. It explains how factors like lower/higher rates can affect quality. Formats discussed include AAC, ALAC, AIFF, FLAC, MP3, and WAV, noting whether they are compressed, lossy/lossless, and typical file sizes. Conversion types are shown, with lossless conversions connected by lines and lossy conversions labeled separately.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content

    You might also like

    Digital Audio Study Guide

    Uploaded by

    Nicole Wood
    17 views2 pages
    This document provides a study guide for a digital audio course, defining key terms like sampling, sample rate, and bit rate. It explains how factors like lower/higher rates can affect quality. Formats discussed include AAC, ALAC, AIFF, FLAC, MP3, and WAV, noting whether they are compressed, lossy/lossless, and typical file sizes. Conversion types are shown, with lossless conversions connected by lines and lossy conversions labeled separately.

    Original Description:

    Quick guide to basic digital audio

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Report this Document
    This document provides a study guide for a digital audio course, defining key terms like sampling, sample rate, and bit rate. It explains how factors like lower/higher rates can affect quality. Formats discussed include AAC, ALAC, AIFF, FLAC, MP3, and WAV, noting whether they are compressed, lossy/lossless, and typical file sizes. Conversion types are shown, with lossless conversions connected by lines and lossy conversions labeled separately.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    Download as pdf or txt
    17 views2 pages

    Digital Audio Study Guide

    Uploaded by

    Nicole Wood
    This document provides a study guide for a digital audio course, defining key terms like sampling, sample rate, and bit rate. It explains how factors like lower/higher rates can affect quality. Formats discussed include AAC, ALAC, AIFF, FLAC, MP3, and WAV, noting whether they are compressed, lossy/lossless, and typical file sizes. Conversion types are shown, with lossless conversions connected by lines and lossy conversions labeled separately.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    Download as pdf or txt
    of 2

    MUS 107

    Digital Audio study guide

    Nicole Wood

    TERMS:
    Be prepared to understand the general definitions of these terms, as well as what they imply for
    digital audio. For example, will a lower or higher bit rate yield a higher-quality audio file?
    Sampling - the process of converting sound into a digital file
    Sample rate - measured in Hz, is a factor in audio quality
    Bit rate - measured in bits, is a factor in audio quality
    Compression - reducing file size
    Lossy compression - removes data from the file to reduce file size
    Lossless - does not remove data from file
    Stereo (stereophonic) - 2 waves of sound
    Mono (monaural) - 1 wave of sound
    AUDIO FILE FORMATS
    File Extension

    Compressed?

    Lossy/Lossless

    File Size (S/M/L)

    Advanced Audio Coding

    .aac

    compressed

    lossy

    Apple Lossless

    .m4a

    compressed

    lossless

    Audio Interchange File Format

    .aiff

    uncompressed

    lossless

    Free Lossless Audio


    Compression

    .flac

    compressed

    lossless

    MPEG-2 Layer III

    .mp3

    compressed

    lossy

    Wave

    .wav

    uncompressed

    lossless

    CONVERSION
    Draw a line from the compression type on the left to the appropriate compression types on the right,
    so that each line represents a conversion that would result in NO loss of quality.

    Uncompressed

    Uncompressed

    Compressed (lossless)

    Compressed (lossless)

    Compressed (lossy)

    Compressed (lossy)

    You might also like