TGJ 4M1 – Sound Editing Terminology Key Terms Activity
Note the following sound editing terms and definitions. Define the key terms that are missing definitions:
1. 24-bit sound - is the current standard for digital audio wherein audio is captured and played back as binary
data in a 24-bit word length.
2. Ambience -
3. Amplitude - the signal's volume or loudness.
4. Audio - is another word for sound.
5. Aux (Auxiliary) -
6. Back up - To make a copy of data and to store the copy on an external medium.
7. Bass -
8. Boost - is to increase in level.
9. Burn -
10. Bus - is a pathway down which one or more signals can travel to a common destination.
11. Compressor -
12. Cut - to reduce volume, gain or amplitude.
13. Delay -
14. Digital Audio - Sound represented as binary data.
15. Dither -
16. Doubling -
17. Equalization - is the process of altering the levels of frequency bands within an audio signal.
18. Echo -
19. Effects -
20. FX - is an abbreviation for "effects."
21. Fade In -
22. Fade Out -
23. Filter - is a device or computer algorithm that removes specified frequencies from a signal.
24. Gain -
25. Hertz (Hz) - is a unit of measurement equal to a sound wave's single cycle.
26. Hum -
27. Input - a connection that receives an incoming signal.
28. kHz - a thousand Hertz.
29. Level -
30. Limiter - is a compressor set to a ratio of 10:1 or greater. This has the effect of preventing all but the fastest
signals from exceeding the threshold volume, thus forcing them into the desired level range.
31. Mastering -
32. Meter - is a gauge or digital read-out that shows the level of a signal. Also syncopation count.
33. Mic level -
34. Microphone - is a device that converts sound waves into audio signals.
35. Mix (noun) - A signal that contains one or more other signals.
36. Mix (verb) - To create a combined signal to use a mixer
37. Mixer -
38 Mono or Monaural - a single track signal.
39. Mute -
40. Normalize - is the process by which the gain of digital audio is increased to its maximum allowable volume.
41. Output -
42. Panning - The left/right positioning of a signal within a stereo image.
43. Parameter -
44. Peak -
45. RCA connector - The connector typically used for audio cables. Also called "phono" connectors or RCA jacks.
46. Reverb -
47. A Sample - is a discrete piece of waveform data represented by a single numerical value.
48. Sampling -
49. Sound Card -
50. Stereo - A two-dimensional image created by two signals, each of which is assigned to one of a pair of
speakers arranged left and right of each other.
51. Track - A stream of recorded audio data.
52. Treble -
53. Vibrato -
54. Volume - A general term for a signal's loudness.
55. WAV -
56. White Noise - is an audio signal that contains noise at the same level at all frequencies. (Rainfall)