Sound

SOUND

This project we will explore sound, find places to obtain  sounds and find places that we can get sound and store onto our computers to use later in video projects.


There exists many different forms of sound on the Internet. We are going to discuss 3 different types of sound files.
1. MIDI
2. WAV
3. MP3

I am sure you all are familiar with the .mp3 file. It is the standard of the Internet now, but not many years ago, before the .mp3 files wav and midi files ruled the Internet.

 Definition of: MIDI: MIDI. (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) A standard protocol for the interchange of musical information between musical instruments, synthesizers and computers. MIDI was developed to allow the keyboard of one synthesizer to play notes generated by another.

Definition of: WAV.: A Wave file is an audio file format, created by Microsoft, that has become a standard PC audio file format for everything from system and game sounds to CD-quality audio. A Wave file is identified by a file name extension of WAV (.wav). Used primarily in PCs, the Wave file format has been accepted as a viable interchange medium for other computer platforms, such as Macintosh. This allows content developers to freely move audio files between platforms for processing, for example.
In addition to the uncompressed raw audio data, the Wave file format stores information about the file's number of tracks (mono or stereo), sample rate, and bit depth.

Definition of MP3:   MP3 is the name of the file extension and also the common name of the type of file for MPEG-1 audio layer 3. Today, it is a common audio format for consumer audio streaming and storage, and the standard for the transfer and playback of music on most digital audio players. Because MP3 files are small, they can easily be transferred across the Internet.

1.  For this assignment I would like you to download 7 sounds. One of the sounds must be in the WAV format, the rest can be in mp3.

1.Lightning
2. Applause
3. Background sound
4. An animal sound
5. A sound of your choice

2. One site that you will be able to get sound from is Sounddogs.com. There are many sites that offer sound. At Sounddogs once you find a sound that you want, simply click on the MP3 button while holding down the OPTION KEY on your keyboard.

3. Create a folder on your desktop and name it SOUNDS, place your downloaded sounds into the folder.

4. Open your Google Drive and place the SOUND folder with the sounds into the drive.

5. Open your Google Classroom and download the sounds into the Classroom.

Other sites with Sound:  Sound Bible,