SOUND AND MUSIC PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH IN USE FOR COMPUTER

 

PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH IN USE FOR COMPUTER 16.SOUND AND MUSIC

 

A Audio files on the Web All the people above describe different types of webcasts, broadcasts on the Web. These require either suitable audio player software (e.g. WinAmp or iTunes) that allows streaming a technique that means you can listen to an audio file while it’s being downloaded: or plug-in (e.g. RealPlayer or Windows Media Player), a program that interacts with your web browser or play audio files through the browser interface. B Digital audio players The different types of digital audio players are often referred to as MP3 players. MP3 is short for MPEG audio layer 3, a type of compression used to reduce large files, such as songs, to manageable sizes. They come in different formats. Broadly speaking, hard drive versions, which include iPods, store greater amounts of music. C Other audio applications 1.           Music can be composed, mixed, recorded, and played back using MIDI, musical instrument digital interface, a standard protocol that enables computers and synthesizers to communicate with each other exchanging musical information. DAWs, digital audio workstations, record, edit and play back digital music. EXERCISES 16.1 Solve the clues and complete the puzzle with words from A opposite. Across: 1. Auxiliary programs used to play multimedia files. 2. Students may be interested in this type of book and lecture. 6. The type of site where you can find and exchange music files. 16.2 Complete this text about digital audio players with words from B opposite. Before buying your digital player, or (1)_______ _______ as they are usually known, you should take certain things into account. 16.3 Which audio application in C opposite are these people interested in? 1 I was fed up with typing long documents or dictating them to someone else. Now I just have to speak to my computer. 2 I enjoy manipulating the sounds I create with a synthesizer

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