Intro

Objectives

  • Understand how sound is sampled and stored in
    digital form. (1.2.2)
  • Be able to represent a short sound file in binary. (1.2.2)
  • Explain how sampling intervals and resolution affect the size of a sound file using the terms (1.2.2) :
    • sample rate;
    • sample resolution (bit-depth).
  • Explain the trade-off between file size and the accuracy of the recording. (1.2.2)

Resources

Video

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Slides

Extension activity