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    The document discusses sound and audio in multimedia systems. It defines sound as vibrations in air perceived as waves of pressure. Multimedia system sound is either digital audio recordings represented as samples or MIDI music stored as numeric codes. Digital audio provides consistent quality while MIDI files are smaller and require a sound synthesizer for playback.

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    SOUND

    BIT1312/BMULT1101 | Multimedia Technology


    FACULTY OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

    BIT1312/BMULT1101 | Multimedia Technology

    Overview

    • Introduction to sound.

    • Multimedia system sound.

    • Digital audio.

    • MIDI audio.

    • Audio file formats.

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    Introduction to Sound

    • Vibrations in the air create waves of pressure that are perceived as sound.

    • Sound waves vary in sound pressure level (amplitude) and in frequency or pitch.

    • ‘Acoustics’ is the branch of physics that studies sound.

    • Sound pressure levels (loudness or volume) are measured in decibels (dB).

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    Digital Audio

    • Digital audio data is the actual representation of sound, stored in the form of samples.

    • Samples represent the amplitude (or loudness) of sound at a discrete point in time.

    • Quality of digital recording depends on the sampling rate, (or frequency) that is, the
    number of samples taken per second.

    • The three sampling frequencies most often used in multimedia are CD-quality 44.1
    kHz, 22.05 kHz and 11.025 kHz.

    • Digital audio is device independent.

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    MIDI Audio

    • MIDI is a shorthand representation of music stored in numeric form.

    • It is not digitized sound.

    • A sequencer software and sound synthesizer is required in order to create MIDI


    scores.

    • MIDI is device dependent.

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    MIDI Audio

    • Since they are small, MIDI files embedded in web pages load and play promptly.

    • Length of a MIDI file can be changed without affecting the pitch of the music or
    degrading audio quality.

    • Working with MIDI requires basic knowledge of music theory.

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    Audio File Formats

    • A sound file’s format is a recognized methodology for organizing data bits of digitized
    sound into a data file.

    • On the Macintosh, digitized sounds may be stored as data files, resources, or


    applications such as AIFF or AIFC.

    • In Windows, digitized sounds are usually stored as WAV files.

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    MIDI Versus Digital Audio

    • MIDI is analogous to structured or vector graphics, while digitized audio is analogous to


    bitmapped images.

    • MIDI is device dependent while digitized audio is device independent.

    • MIDI files are much smaller than digitized audio.

    • MIDI files sound better than digital audio files when played on a high-quality MIDI device.

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    MIDI Versus Digital Audio


    • With MIDI, it is difficult to playback spoken dialog, while digitized audio can do so with
    ease.

    • MIDI does not have consistent playback quality while digital audio provides consistent
    playback quality.

    • One requires knowledge of music theory in order to run MIDI, while digital audio does
    not have this requirement.

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    Choosing Between MIDI and Digital Audio

    • When to use MIDI:

    – Don’t have enough RAM, hard disk space, CPU processing power, or bandwidth

    – Have a high-quality MIDI sound source

    – Have complete control over the machines

    – Don’t need spoken dialog

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    Choosing Between MIDI and Digital Audio

    • When to use digital audio

    – Don’t have control over the playback hardware

    – Have the computing resources and bandwidth to handle digital files

    – Need spoken dialog

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    Summary

    • Vibrations in air create waves of pressure that are perceived as sound.

    • Multimedia system sound is digitally recorded audio or MIDI (Musical Instrumental


    Digital Interface) music.

    • Digital audio data is the actual representation of a sound, stored in the form of
    samples.

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    Summary

    • MIDI is a shorthand representation of music stored in numeric form.

    • Digital audio provides consistent playback quality.

    • MIDI files are much smaller than digitized audio.

    • MIDI files sound better than digital audio files when played on high-quality MIDI
    device.

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    Reference

    Vaughan, Multimedia: Making It Work, Seventh Edition, McGraw Hill, New York.

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