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| The specific sounds that define a room or place (such as the squeak in the air conditioning) |
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| what does suspension mean in sound design? |
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| The selective elimination of sounds. When sounds we naturally expect, disappear. |
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| Famous man who coined the phrase Sound Designer. Worked with George Lucas. |
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| what are archetypal sounds? |
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| Sound references that we identify with on an almost universal level |
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| Sound FX that are added in real time with the film/picture (Designed Sounds) |
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| Sound effects in a background or atmosphere |
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| A very special scream sound has been used in movies since the 1950s. What is the name used to describe this special scream? |
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| recordings made on location that may include editorial sound effects as well as background ambience |
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| What emotion or idea do lion roars commonly convey? |
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| What does the sound of running water commonly convey? |
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| What are ambiences and backrounds? |
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| Long continuous recordings that set the mood without calling attention to the track |
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| Character identity. musical phrases and themes that identify characters and recurring themes |
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| A radio is playing in the background of a movie scene. The music the radio is playing is good example of which of the following types of music? |
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| Music is often licensed for use in a specific project. What is the name we use to refer to this music? |
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| In a soundtrack, which type of music is designed to provide the basic emotional context for the audience? |
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| In the movie Say Anything, John Cusack plays the Peter Gabriel song “In Your Eyes” to Ione Skye on a boombox. Which music type best describes “In Your Eyes?” |
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| What are the individual pieces of music created for a project called? |
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| In movies and video games, music often is synchronized to specific visual events. What are these synchronized spots called? |
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| What type of music involves clearly telling a specific story? |
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| One effective method of scoring involves contrasting the music with the visuals. Which type of music may this describe? |
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| Counterpoint/Juxtaposition |
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| What is the musical version of conflict? |
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| What is Quadraphonic Sound? |
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| 4 Channel surround system (vinyl, 8-track, cassette recordings) |
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| Which of the following best describes a mono mix? |
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| Single playback channel, same program information in both speakers |
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| What are the elements of a 5.1 surround system? |
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5 channels of sound with one subwoofer. Right, left, center, Rear left, rear right
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| What surround sound listening perspective provides the illusion of being at a concert? |
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| Which surround sound format(s) utilize(s) a 5.1 speaker system? |
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| Dolby Digital and DTS (AC3) |
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| Which surround sound format(s) utilze(s) a 6.1 speaker system? |
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| Which surround sound format(s) utilize(s) a 7.1 speaker system? |
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| SDDS (Sony Dynamic Digital Sound) |
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| What surround sound listening perspective creates the illusion of being a member of the music ensemble? |
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| "Middle of the band" perspective |
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| According to lecture, what sounds are commonly placed in the center channel of a 5.1 surround system? |
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| In class, we discussed that surround sound systems often route bass frequencies to a special speaker. What is the name for this speaker? |
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| Subwoofer OR better yet, the LFE (Low Frequency Emitter) |
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| What speakers are commonly used to play back ambiences, accents and stingers? |
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| applications that are used to determine how to compress files (what to take away) |
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| Instantaneous access to technology |
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| When a dropout occurs. Computer sends message to server, requesting missing data packet. Once RAM buffer is full, received data begins to playback. |
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| Digital audio files are quite large. Data compression is used to reduce the file size. What is the average file size for a 1 minute stereo, CD quality audio file before data compression? |
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| 10MB, 1.4112 MILLION bits per second |
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| What is Lossy Compression? How does it work? |
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| Type of compression which permanently discards data. Used by MPEG, MP3, Quicktime, Flash, OGG, WMA, and Real. (if you wanna know how it works, refer to the phrase Pinsky used in class by JFK) |
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| What is Lossless compression? How does it work? |
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| No loss in audio quality. Uses "placeholder" values to represent information. FLAC, .SHN, .APE |
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| How does streaming audio work? |
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| Compression, Division, Transmission, Decompression, then Reconstruction |
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| Nobody, its free in many applications such as Windows Media Player, Apple iTunes, Nullsoft Winamp, etc. |
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| MPEG 1 Layer 3 is a high fidelity audio format that is capable of producing near CD quality files designed for transfer on the internet. |
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| what do layers represent in an MPEG file? |
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| different families of coding algorithms for different types of multimedia |
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| What do phases of MPEG files represent? |
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| They define the multimedia standards for each MPEG. |
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| What does an .mp3 files bit rate refer to? |
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| Number of bits sampled from the original every second. Sample of a sample. (8kbps-320kbps) |
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| What bit rate is commonly used for internet music? |
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| What bit rate is used for HI FI voice recordings? |
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| MPEG 2 AAC files provide the audio element for which of the following formats? |
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| MPEG 4 AAC files are associated with which music distribution service? |
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| Continuous sine wave is used to transmit information. |
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AM=Amplitude Modulation
Amplitude of the modulator affects the amplitude of the carrier. |
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| What are some of the issues (cons) surrounding AM radio broadcasts? |
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| Secceptable to atmospheric interference. Daytime vs. night time (groundwaves vs. skywaves) |
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| Apmlitude of the modulator affects the frequency of the carrier. |
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| When two radio stations occupy the same broadcast frequency, a tuner will "capture" the louder frequency. |
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| why are FM broadcasts heavily compressed? |
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| To minimize carrier frequency variations. |
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| How does satellite television transmission work? |
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| We beam a signal up to a satellite in space, and it bounces off and comes back down to a satellite in a viewers home. |
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| A subscription based downloadable broadcast of audio/video with open ended content (Named by Adam Curry) |
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| What is a podcast "episode"? |
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| Each seperate file from a podcasting source |
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| What programs may be used to create podcasts? |
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| ANY PROGRAM that you may create audio or video with. Long as you format it for the web. (Most commonly made by DAW's) |
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| What programs may be used to access podcasts? |
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| iTunes, Yahoo, the internet, and Podcatchers (to search for RSS feeds) |
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| What is the recording time limit on a Red Book CD? |
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| What is the max amount of tracks allowed on a Red Book CD? |
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| what is the default time gap between tracks on a Red Book CD? |
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| What is the official storage capacity of a Yellow Book CD? |
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| Enhanced CD (Multisession disc) |
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| What do pits and land represent on a CD or DVD? |
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| Binary data is encoded as pits and lands |
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| What information do P and Q Subcodes represent? |
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P = Track locator
Q = Track number, Time, Index number, ISRC Codes, and UPC Codes |
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| What is the actual storage capacity for a DVD-5 disc? |
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| How many total layers can a DVD contain? |
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DVD-5 = 1 side, 1 layer
DVD-9 = 1 side, 2 layers
DVD-10 = 2 sides, 1 layer = 2 layers
DVD-14 = 2 sides, 1.5 layers = 3 layers |
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| How is DSD different from PSM? |
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| It uses a 2.8 MHz sample rate with a 1-bit quantization value to more faithfully reproduce the analog audio signal |
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| what is the resolution of a SACD? |
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| What book standard do SACD's fall under? |
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SACD (Scarlet book) Layer
CDDA (Red Book) Layer |
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