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• Stereo Imaging – using left and right channel for depth.
• V-Fade – an audio begins after the first one fades to silence.
• Cross-fade – an audio fades in volume just as another fades in volume, making both elements overlap.
• Segue – an audio begins as soon as another stops. Also refers to “cut” in films.
• Transitions – how one element shifts to another
• Pace – refers to timely order of events. This may be linear, non-linear, or multi-linear.
• Mixing – the blend, symmetry, and control of multiple audios.
• Dialogue – speech, conversation, voice-over.
• Waterfall – refers to a state where the second audio starts with full volume just as the first audio fades out. This is commonly used in radio programs for song or voice transition.
• Sound Effects – any sound other than music or dialogue.
• Music – refers to sounds that are made vocally, sometimes combined with instrumental sounds, to create harmony that is performed or composed to express thoughts, feelings, or emotion, for artistic, ceremonial, entertainment, or religious practices.
• Silence – absence of audio or sound.
• Volume – refers to the volume of the sound.
• Pitch – refers to the highness or lowness of sound or tone
• WAV (Waveform Audio File Format) – a standard audio format for Microsoft for storing audio or for the playback of game sound effects, etc.
• WMA (Windows Media Audio) – a technology developed by Microsoft for compressing audio and is used with Microsoft’s Windows Media Player.
• Tape – refers to a magnetic tape that can store audio or sound.
• CD – refers to a circular plastic-fabricated medium used for keeping and playing computer data (e.g. video, audio, programs, pictures, or even text files).
• Memory Card – also known as storage card or flash memory card; usually connected to a device (e.g. cellphone, laptop, etc.) to store data.
• USB Drive – a type of external storage that is portable and can be connected to any device that has a USB port.
• Computer Hard Drive – secondary storage device for storing audio files.
• Radio Broadcast – live or recorded audio sent through radio waves to reach a wide audience.
• Music – refers to sounds that are made vocally, sometimes combined with instrumental sounds, to create harmony that is performed or composed to express thoughts, feelings, or emotion, for artistic, ceremonial, entertainment, or religious purposes.
• Sound Recording – recording of an interview, meeting, or any sound from the environment.
• Sound Clips/Effects – refers to sounds that is synthetically produced to make an effect in a composition or presentation.
• Audio Podcast – a recording of a story or a radio program, typically released or can be downloaded in series or episodes.
• 3 Purpose of Audio:

  1. Give instruction and information

  2. Provide feedback

  3. To personalize or customize
• Audio – refers to a sound made or created by various platforms.
• Audio and Information Media – refers to instruments, applications, programs, etc. that teachers and/or students use to convey new information to help learn the uses, assessment, and production of sound.
• Internet/Cloud – websites or file repositories for retrieving audio files, and more precisely the files are stored in some datacenter full of servers that is connected to the internet.
• M4A/AAC (MPEG-4 Audio/Advanced Audio Coding) – an audio format that is considered to be the successor of the MP3 audio format that has better sound quality.
• Fade to Black – similar to V-fade but a silence is included between elements.
• MP3 (MPEG Audio Layer 3) – standard audio format for transferring or playing audio.