Audio

audire
to hear
Human Hearing
 AUDIO MEDIA
communication that uses audio or recordings
Audio formats
cassettes, CDs, computer files (digital format)
PHONOGRAPH
Invented by Thomas Edison (1877)
First recording device
 CARBON
MICROPHONE
Invented by Thomas Edison (1877)
First recording device
 GRAMOPHONE

Invented by Emil Beliner

Used a platter instead of a cylinder for recording
 MAGNETIC
RECORDING
Cassette Tape
 DIGITAL
RECORDING
Compact Disc
 CASSETTE
TAPE
invented in the late
1930s
Advantages: Disadvantages:
Reusable Prone to noise
Economical Easily tangled
Poor frequency response
Easy to use Degrades after too much
Requires little storage reusing
space Sensitive to magnets,
Portable breakage and heat.
 COMPACT
DISKS
Invented around the late
70s and early 80s
Advantages: Disadvantages:
Durable than a cassette Prone to scratches and
tape damaged if not stored
No background noise properly
Requires special drives to
Higher audio quality read and write
Portable
Larger storage space
 MP3
(MPEG-1, MPEG-2
AUDIO LAYER 3)
Refers to technology that
records, stores and
reproduces sound by encoding
an audio signal in a digital
form instead of analog
Advantages: Disadvantages:
High quality of audio files Easy file sharing may lead
Use of multiple channels to copyright infringement.
for the sound
Files do not degrade
Easily distributed
Can be played on multiple
devices
1. Can be used to improve listening skills
2. Enhances learning for verbal information
3. An ideal way for teaching foreign language
4. Useful tool for those w/ reading disabilities
or non-readers
5. Can be used for recording interviews
Readily available and simple to use
Portable
Easy to reproduce
Inexpensive
Resistant to damage
Pacing cannot be changed because audio media
follows a fixed sequence
Audio contents can be accidentally erased
Audio Books
a recording of a book or magazine being read;
first known use was in 1953
a recording of a text being read
Podcast
a converged medium bringing together audio, the
web and portable media player
a program (as of music or talk) made available in
digital format for
automatic download over the Internet
Internet radio broadcast
an audio service transmitted via the Internet
usually referred to as webcasting since it is not
transmitted broadly through wireless means.
School-on-air
(DZLB of UP Los Baos & DYAC of ViSCA)
Includes music programs and request shows,
informative segments and talk
shows and School-on-air programs.
also SOA of ATI Eastern Visayas
Learn a Language
(i.e. Spanish lessons)
site for Spanish language tutorial