Salford City College Eccles Sixth Form Centre BTEC Extended Diploma in GAMES DESIGN Unit 73: Sound For Computer Games IG2 Task 1

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Produce a glossary of terms specific to the methods and principles of sound design and production. Using a provided template, you must research and gather definitions specific to provided glossary terms. Any definitions must be referenced with the URL link of the website you have obtained the definition. You must also, where possible, provide specific details of how researched definitions relate to your own production practice. Name: RESEARCHED DEFINITION (provide short internet researched definition

and URL link) DESCRIBE THE RELEVANCE OF THE RESEARCHED TERM TO YOUR OWN PRODUCTION PRACTICE?

SOUND DESIGN METHODOLOGY

Foley Artistry is the reproduction of everyday sound effects that are added to film, video, and other media http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foley_(filmmaking)

Using background noise in our recordings

Sound Libraries A sample library is a collection of digital sound recordings, known as samples, for use by composers, arrangers, performers, and producers of music http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sample_library

used in our work to make certain sound FX

SOUND FILE FORMATS Uncompressed Uncompressed audio formats, such as WAV, AIFF, AU or raw header-less PCM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_file_format

Converting out recordings to .WAV files

.wav Waveform Audio File Format Type of file out recordings Render into

.aiff Audio Interchange File Format used on Apple computers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_Interchange_File_Format

Type of audio file on a Apple computer

.au is a simple audio file format A simple audio file type

.smp SMP is a Sample vision sound format which for storing audio data on a computer system

Simple format of storing audio data on a screen

Lossy Compression lossy compression is a data encoding method that A term to make Audio

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compresses data by discarding (losing) some of it

smaller by cutting it down

.mp3 is an encoding format for digital audio which uses a form of lossy data compression. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3

MP3 is a digital audio file the has been edited

AUDIO LIMITATIONS Sound Processor Unit (SPU)

is an internal computer expansion card that facilitates the input and output of audio signals to and from a computer under control of computer programs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_card

Part of a computer that processes the audio

Digital Sound Processor (DSP)

is a specialized microprocessor with an architecture optimized for the operational needs of digital signal processing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_signal_processor

A part of a computer that optimises audio

Random Access Memory (RAM)

is a form of computer data storage Data storage type

Mono Audio Typically there is only one microphone, one loudspeaker, or (in the case of headphones and multiple loudspeakers) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monaural

When audio is coming from one source

Stereo Audio is a method of sound reproduction that creates an illusion of directionality and audible perspective http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereophonic_sound

When sounds appears 3D ad has a sense of direction

Surround Sound Surround sound is a technique for enriching the sound reproduction quality of an audio source with additional audio channels from speakers that surround the listener http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surround_sound

Making Stereo sound clear and more immersive

Direct Audio (Pulse Code Modulation – PCM)

is a method used to digitally represent sampled analog signals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse-code_modulation

A representation of Analog

AUDIO RECORDING SYSTEMS

Analogue is a technique used for the recording of analog signals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_recording

A way of recording Analog Signals

Digital Mini Disc is an obsolete magneto-optical disc-based data storage An unused type of data

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device for 74 minutes and, later, 80 minutes, of digitized audio http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiniDisc

storage

Compact Disc (CD) Compact disc (CD) is a digital optical disc data storage format http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_disc

The current way of data storage

Digital Audio Tape (DAT) is a signal recording and playback medium developed by Sony and introduced in 1987 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Audio_Tape

An old type of Data storage

MIDI is a technical standard that describes a protocol, digital interface and connectors and allows a wide variety of electronic musical instruments, computers and other related devices to connect and communicate with one another http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIDI

A way digital interface works with the rest of a system

Software Sequencers is a device or application software that can record, edit, or play back music, by handling note and performance information in several forms, typically MIDI or CV/Gate, and possibly audio and automation data for DAWs and plug-ins. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_sequencer

A software used to edit audio in most ways

Software Plug-ins is a software component that adds a specific feature to an existing software application. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug-in_(computing)

An Add-On to an existing software

MIDI Keyboard Instruments

is typically a piano-style user interface keyboard device used for sending MIDI signals or commands over a USB or MIDI cable to other devices connected and operating on the same MIDI protocol interface http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIDI_keyboard

A digitally produced instrument

AUDIO SAMPLING File Size Constraints - Bit-depth

bit depth is the number of bits of information in each sample, and it directly corresponds to their solution of each

The data that is used to read information in an

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sample http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_bit_depth

audio sample

File Size Constraints - Sample Rate

Sample rate is the number of samples of audio carried per second, measured in Hz or kHz http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Sample_Rates

A specific measurement in an audio sample