Digital Audio

What best describes Analog Audio?

• recorded as a series of waves reproducing approximately what the human ear hears

• is created using a series of zeros and ones, with the computer reading the variations to play back what was recorded

• the Hertz value of a sound shows the number of times each second that the wave pattern of sound repeats

What best describes Digital Audio?

• recorded as a series of waves reproducing approximately what the human ear hears

• is created using a series of zeros and ones, with the computer reading the variations to play back what was recorded

• the Hertz value of a sound shows the number of times each second that the wave pattern of sound repeats

How many channels does a piece of audio recorded in Stereo have?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

We call a recording with only one channel

What does a CODEC do? OR What does it stand for?

This type of compression does not lose any original data when compression or decompression occurs.

• Lossy

• Lossless

The lossy compression file type used most often in digital audio is

Why do we use compressed file extensions like jpg, mp3, png, mp4?

About what db level should you try to balance your digital audio levels to?

• 10 to 20

• 0 to 10

• 0 to -10

• -10 to -20

What things do you think gives a piece of digital audio a "finished product" feel?