This document discusses audio information and media. It defines audio as sound, especially recorded or transmitted sound. Audio media refers to communication using sound recordings to transfer information. The document then describes different types of audio information like radio broadcasts, music, sound recordings and audio podcasts. It also discusses various formats for storing audio like tapes, CDs, USB drives and online storage. Common audio file formats like MP3, M4A, WAV and WMA are also outlined. Finally, the document covers elements of sound design, principles of sound design and types of audio transitions.

1. Audio Information
and Media
By: Mark Jhon C.
Oxillo

2. What is an Audio?
•sound, especially when
recorded, transmitted,
or reproduced

3. AUDIO MEDIA
•media communication
that uses audio or
recordings to deliver and
transfer information
through the means of
sound

4. Types of
Audio
Information

5. Types of Audio
Information
1. Radio Broadcast - live
or recorded audio sent
through radio waves to
reach a wide audience

6. Types of Audio
Information
2. Music - vocal or
instrumental sounds
combined in such a way as
to produce beauty of form,
harmony, and expression
of emotion

7. Types of Audio
Information
3. Sound Recording -
recording of an interview,
meeting, or any sound
from the environment

8. Types of Audio
Information
4. Sound Clips / Effects -
any sound artificially
reproduced to create an
effect in a dramatic
presentation (ex. sound
of a storm, or a door)

9. Types of Audio
Information
5. Audio 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 a computer

10. Ways to Store
Audio Information

11. Ways to Store
Audio Information:
1. Tape - magnetic
tape on which sound
can be recorded

12. Ways to Store
Audio Information:
2. CD (Compact Disc) - a
plastic-fabricated, circular
medium for recording,
storing, and playing back
audio, video, and
computer data

13. Ways to Store
Audio Information:
3. USB Drive - an external
flash drive, small enough to
carry on a key ring, that can
be used with any computer
that has a USB Port

14. Ways to Store
Audio Information:
4. Memory Card (aka Flash
Memory Card or Storage Card) -
is a small storage medium used to
store data such as text, pictures,
audio, and video, for use on small,
portable, or remote computing
devices.

15. Ways to Store
Audio Information:
5. Computer Hard Drive -
secondary storage devices for
storing audio file

16. Ways to Store
Audio Information:
6. 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

17. Audio File Formats

18. Audio File Formats
1. MP3 (MPEG Audio Layer 3)
- a common format for
consumer audio, as well as a
standard of digital audio
compression for the transfer
and playback of music on most
digital audio players.

19. Audio File Formats
2. M4A / AAC (MPEG4 Audio /
Advanced Audio Coding) - an
audio coding standard for lossy
digital audio compression. Designed
to be the successor of the MP3
format, AAC generally achieves
better sound quality than MP3 at
similar bit rate

20. Audio File Formats
3. WAV - is a Microsoft audio
file format standard for storing
an audio bitstream on PCs. It
has become a standard file
format for game sounds, among
others

21. Audio File Formats
4. WMA (Windows Media
Audio) - is an audio data
compression technology
developed by Microsoft and
used with Windows Media
Player

22. Units of Sound

23. Decibel
• or simply dB
•noise of sound
measurement

24. Hertz
• or simply Hz
• unit of sound frequency

25. Pho
n
•unit of subjective
loudness

26. Characteristics and
Purposes of Sound

27. Characteristics of a Sound:
1. Volume –
intensity of a sound

28. Characteristics of a Sound:
2. Tone – the
audible
characteristic of a
sound

29. Characteristics of a Sound:
3. Pitch - is how
high or lowa sound is

30. Characteristics of a Sound:
4. Loudness - refers
to the magnitude of
the sound heard

31. Purposes of a Sound:
•Give instruction or
information.
• Provide feedback.
•To personalize or
customize

32. Elements of Sound
Design

33. Elements of Sound Design:
1. Dialogue - speech,
conversation, voice-over

34. Elements of Sound Design:
2. Sound Effects – any
sound other than music
or dialogue

35. Elements of Sound Design:
3. Music – vocal or
instrumental sounds (or
both) combined in such a
way as to produce beauty
of form, harmony, and
expression of emotion

36. Principles of
Sound
Design

37. Principles of Sound
Design:
1. Mixing – the
combination, balance and
control of multiple sound
elements

38. Principles of Sound
Design:
2. Pace – time control,
editing, order of events
(linear, non-linear or
multi-linear)

39. Principles of Sound
Design:
3. Stereo Imaging – Using
left and right channel
for depth. This refers to
the aspect of sound
recording and
reproduction.

40. Principles of Sound
Design:
4. Transition – how you
get from one segment or
element to another

41. Types of
Transitions

42. Types of
Transitions:
1. Segue – one element
stops, the next begins
(“cut” in film)

43. Types of
Transitions:
2. Cross-fade – one
element fades out, the
next fades in, and they
overlap on the way

44. Types of
Transitions:
3. V-Fade – first element
fades to inaudible before
the second elements
begins

45. Types of
Transitions:
4. Waterfall – As first
element fades out, the
second element begins at
full volume. Better for
voice transitions, than for
effects

46. Hearing vs. Listening

47. Hearing
•the act of perceiving
sound by the ear

48. Listening
•requires concentration so
that your brain processes
meaning from words and
sentences. Listening leads
to learning.

49. So are you
listening or
just hearing?

50. END