Audio Editing Techniques Answers

Which method of editing audio rewrites the audio file and is used for compressing audio files to reduce size?

Which method of editing audio is used for basic copying and pasting?

the process of smoothing choppy sounds by introducing digital noise ✔ ditheringflangingnormalizingequalizing

increasing or decreasing the speed of an audio file dithering✔ changing playback ratenormalizingequalizing

a tool that removes unwanted low-level sounds reverbflanging tool✔ noise gatecutting tool

the process of creating an echo reverb✔ flangingdithercompress

re-creating acoustic ambiance flanging✔ reverbcompressdither

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Use the drop-down menus to match the description to the correct audio-editing technique or term.deleting unwanted sounds normalizingequalizing✔ cuttingdithering

Use the drop-down menus to match the example to the correct audio-editing technique or term.combining a vocalist’s audio recording with a pianist’s audio recording ✔ mixingcuttingpastingfading

A producer for a recording artist needs to purchase an audio-editing software program that provides high-quality recordings on a Mac OS X operating system. Which program(s) should the producer buy? Choose all that apply.

The post-production team for an animated movie is working on final edits for the upcoming movie release. Which audio-editing program(s) would allow the team to sync audio with video? Choose all that apply.

increasing or decreasing volume of an audio recording equalizingditheringflanging✔ normalizing

cutting a section of an audio recording that is poor quality when the sound wave crosses the horizontal axis cut-crosscross-fading✔ zero-crossingtopping and tailing

A college student working for the campus radio station is responsible for editing advertising clips. Which program(s) would allow the student to perform basic audio-editing procedures on a tight budget? Choose all that apply.

A production team for a music video uses Windows operating systems. Which audio-editing program(s) is(are) compatible with the team’s computers and will provide high-quality editing results? Choose all that apply

balancing a high-pitched soprano voice with a low-pitched alto voice normalizing✔ equalizingcompressingmixing

removing the first 20 seconds and last 30 seconds of a song to eliminate unwanted sound cuttingditheringnormalizing✔ topping and tailing

slowly reducing the volume of a melody at the end of a song fade-incross-fading✔ fade-outzero-crossing

slowly increasing the volume of a melody at the beginning of a song ✔ fade-infade-outcross-fadingzero-crossing