[VIC 3001] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (26 pages long)

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Visual Commuication
• Course: VIC 3001
• Professor: Kay Tappan

Document Summary

What is sound: vibrations traveling through air or other medium, eventually causing vibrations in our eardrums. The best mics will be the ones that most accurately detect and convert the vibrations into electrical signals. Type of microphones: different mics types have different pickup patterns, omnidirectional (omnimic): picks up in all directions. Common microphone types: cardioid (cid:523)(cid:498)heart-shaped(cid:499)(cid:524, hyper-cardiod (cid:523)(cid:498)shot-gun(cid:499)(cid:524, (cid:498)stick(cid:499) mic, lavalier (cid:523)(cid:498)lav(cid:499)(cid:524) mics, shotgun mic. Stereo vs. mono audio: many video cameras have two microphones on them. Left channel (channel 1: this is stereo audio. Two different mic inputs are fed to two different speakers, and the directionality of the sound is preserved. The left channel is panned left and right channel is panned right: separate stereo into dual mono (center-panned) Modify > audio changes > change setting to mono. Drag clip 9can change to solo in task bar to listen to one: edit audio clip. Right click on clip > edit in adobe audition.