Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will revisit the digitisation process, in order to understand how the sampling rate and the sample size affect the size and quality of the representation. We will also use a sound editing program.

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Adult supervision recommended.

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5 Questions

Q1.
Samples taken in a second is called .................................
Correct answer: Sample rate
Sample size
Sound wave
Q2.
Number of bits in each sample is called ..............
Binary
Sample
Correct answer: Sample size
Q3.
An advantage of taking samples for every 5 minutes, instead of every 10 minutes is .................................
Increased sample size
Increased storage
Correct answer: More accurate data
Q4.
One of the disadvantage of taking samples for every 5 minutes, instead of every 10 minutes is .................................
Increased audio quality
Correct answer: Increased storage
More sound waves
Q5.
Assume that you have a digital recording of a sound. The duration is 2 seconds. The sampling rate is 4,000 samples per second. The sample size is 2 bytes per sample. Use this information to compute the number of bytes required to represent this sound. You may need to use a calculator for this task.
Correct answer: 16,000 bytes
22,000 bytes
8,000 bytes

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UnitComputing / Representations: going audiovisual

Computing