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SOUND
By: Aiks S. Guerrero

Sound
1. the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium. 2. mechanical vibrations transmitted through an elastic medium, traveling in air at a speed of approximately 1087 feet (331 meters) per second at sea level.

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Sound
3. the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause: the sound of music. 4. any auditory effect; any audible vibrational disturbance: all kinds of sounds. 5. a noise, vocal utterance, musical tone, or the like: the sounds from the next room.
Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sound

Sound
Decibel unit of measurement of sound.

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Eye
Eye is studying intellectually

Ear is thinking; it tends to

feel things and it is more imaginative.

Generating Audio
Things to consider in human voice: tone, pitch, loudness, volume and voice texture. The lower the voice, the more effective being a DJ or a host. The higher the pitch, the tendency is for the ear to think it is coming from something small.

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Transducing
converting sound waves into electrical energy and back again. Bass sounds have fewer cycles per seconds than treble sounds which have higher frequency. Men 500 Hz Women 1500 Hz

The higher the frequency, the higher the pitch.

Channeling
routing the sound signals and send them whenever necessary.

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Mixing
combining two or more audio.

Amplifying
increasing or decreasing or changing the quality of the sound.

Monitoring
hearing or seeing indicator of the quality and volume of sound sources at various stages of control.

Recording and Playing back

retaining a sound in permanent electronic form for later use.

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Shaping
often refers to a signal processing; a process of altering the tonal characteristics of sound; both a technical and creative function.

Sound Formats
MIDI .mid The MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a format for electronic music devices like synthesizers and PC sound cards. MIDI files do not contain sound, but digital musical instructions (notes) that can be played by electronics (like your PC's sound card).

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Sound Formats
Since MIDI format only contains instructions (notes), MIDI files are extremely small. The example is only 23K in size but it plays for nearly 5 minutes. MIDI is supported by many software systems over a large range of platforms. MIDI is supported by all the most popular Internet browsers.

RealAudio .rm / .ram

The RealAudio format was developed for the Internet by Real Media. The format also supports video. The format allows streaming of audio (on-line music, Internet radio) with low bandwidths. Because of the low bandwidth priority, quality is often reduced.

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Wave .wav The Wave (waveform) format is developed by IBM and Microsoft. It is supported by all computers running Windows, and by all the most popular web browsers (except Google Chrome).

WMA .wma The WMA format (Windows Media Audio), compares in quality to MP3, and is compatible with most players, except the iPod. WMA files can be delivered as a continuous flow of data, which makes it practical for use in Internet radio or on-line music.

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MP3 .mp3/.mpga MP3 files are actually the sound part of MPEG files. The MPEG format was originally developed for video by the Moving Pictures Experts Group. MP3 is one of the most popular sound formats for music. The encoding system combines good compression (small files) with high quality. Expect future software systems to support it.

What Format To Use?

The WAVE is the most popular uncompressed sound format on the Internet, and it is supported by all popular browsers. If you want uncompressed sound (music or speech) to be available to all your visitors, you should use the WAVE format.

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The MP3 format is the newest format for compressed recorded music. The term MP3 has become synonymous with digital music. If your website is about recorded music, the MP3 format is the choice.

Microphones
1. Omni-directional absorbing sounds from all directions 2. Square-shaped placed on top of the table to reverberate

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Microphones
3. Hand-held used for mobility Boom used in TV series or sitcoms; used with a filter Lapel attached to performers clothing

Microphones
4. Stand mic

5. Cardioids used in studio-production; not picking up a background voice.

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Sound in Multimedia
Sound in multimedia creates feeling, and mood. Action Comedy Drama Musical Western Adventure Gangster Horror Science Fiction

- usually include high energy, big-budget physical stunts and chases, possibly with rescues, battles, fights, escapes, destructive crises (floods, explosions, natural disasters, fires, etc.), non-stop motion, spectacular rhythm and pacing, often twodimensional 'good-guy' heroes (or recently, heroines) battling 'bad guys' - all designed for pure audience escapism.

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ADVENTURE
- usually exciting stories, with new experiences or exotic locales. They can include traditional swashbucklers, serialized films, and historical spectacles, searches or expeditions for lost continents, "jungle" and "desert" epics, treasure hunts, disaster films, or search for the unknown.

COMEDY
- Comedies are light-hearted plots consistently and deliberately designed to amuse and provoke laughter (with one-liners, jokes, etc.) by exaggerating the situation, the language, action, relationships and characters.

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GANGSTER
- Crime (gangster) films are developed around the sinister actions of criminals or mobsters, particularly bank robbers, underworld figures, or ruthless hoodlums who operate outside the law, stealing and murdering their way through life.

DRAMA
- Dramas are serious, plot-driven presentations, portraying realistic characters, settings, life situations, and stories involving intense character development and interaction. Dramatic films are probably the largest film genre, with many subsets.

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- Horror films are designed to frighten and to invoke our hidden worst fears, often in a terrifying, shocking finale, while captivating and entertaining us at the same time in a cathartic experience. Horror films feature a wide range of styles, from the earliest silent classic, to today's monsters and deranged humans.

HORROR

- Musical/dance films are cinematic forms that emphasize full-scale scores or song and dance routines in a significant way (usually with a musical or dance performance integrated as part of the film narrative), or they are films that are centered on combinations of music, dance, song or choreography.

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SCIENCE FICTION and - Sci-fi films are often quasi-scientific, visionary

imaginative - complete with heroes, aliens, distant planets, impossible quests, improbable settings, fantastic places, great dark and shadowy villains, futuristic technology, unknown and unknowable forces, and extraordinary monsters ('things or creatures from space'), either created by mad scientists or by nuclear havoc.

WESTERN
- Westerns are the major defining genre of the American film industry. - They are one of the oldest, most enduring genres with very recognizable plots, elements, and characters (six-guns, horses, dusty towns and trails, cowboys, Indians, etc.).

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1) Feature film. 2) Short Narrative

3) Commercials
4) Multimedia TED Talks

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