Audio Information and Media

What is Audio?

sound, especially when recorded,

transmitted, or reproduced
Audio Media

Media communication that uses audio or

recordings to deliver and transfer
information through the means of sound
Different Audio Channels
Different Audio Channels

1. Radio Broadcast- can either be live or

recorded audio which travels through radio
waves for a magnified audience.
2. Music- uses vocal or instrumental sounds
blended to produce harmony and evoke
emotions.
Different Audio Channels

3. Sound Recording - is used when conducting

interview, meeting, or sounds coming from the
surroundings.
4. Sound Clips/Effects - provide a theoretical effect
where sound can “artifiially produced” such as
cascading falls, creaking of door, sounds of
thunder and many others.
Different Audio Channels

5. Audio Podcast - can be copied from a

website to a computer where digital files
and recording are stored.
Storing Audio Media
Storing Audio Media

• Magnetic Type - is one of the oldest ways to record

sounds especially hatby journalist in conducting
interviews.
• Compact Disk - is an optic data that can store audio,
video, and computer data.
• Universal Serial Bus - is an external flash drive that save
files through the use of a computer with a USB port.
Storing Audio Media

• Memory Card - serves as an electronic memory card

that stores pictures, text, audio, video.
• Computer Hard Drive - stored a large amount of text,
audio and video files from the computer.
• Internet/Cloud - stores all types of files through
website and can be retrieved anytime as long as there
is an internet.
Types of Audio File Formats
Types of Audio File Formats

 MP3 (MPEG-1 or MPEG- 2) - is a common format for the

transfer and playback of music on must digital audio
players.
 M4A/AAC (MPEG 4 Audio Advanced Audio Coding) - is
an audio coding standard for lossy digital audio
compression.
Types of Audio File Formats

 Waveform Audio File Format (Wave or Wav) - is a

Microsoft and IBM audio file structure that stores
audio files from the computer.
 WMA(Windows Media Audio) - is a file extension that
has audio format and audio code used with Windows
Media Player.
Listening Vs. Hearing

Hearing - is a physiological progression that

begins from the eardrums until it reaches the
brain.
Listening - is a physiological and internal process
where the starts to decode the sound signals
and makes meaning from it.
Sound Characteristics and Purpose
Sound Characteristic and Purpose

 Element of sound design

• Dialogue - are conversations, speech, and voice over.
• Sound Effects - are sounds other than dialogue or
music.
• Music - can be taken from vocal or instrumental sounds
to create harmony.
• Silence - means the nonexistence of music or
conversation.
Sound Characteristics and Purposes

Principle of Sound design

• Mixing - gives, blend, and regulation of various sound
features.
• Pace - gives time management, ability to edit, and
provide sequencing such as linear, not linear, or multi-
linear.
Transition gives a bridge from one segment to anoher.

a. Segue takes place when one segment ends, the next section also
begins.
b. Cross-Fade takes place when one segment fades away, the next
section comes and overlaps happens along with it.
c. V-Fade takes place when the “ first element fades to anaudible
before the second element begins.”
d. Fade-to-back-V-Fade happens when there is silence between the
sections and effects.
Stereo Imaging takes place when on employs depth suing the left
and right channels.
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