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9. Digital Audio 9.1 What is the heart and soul of a multimedia project?  Give three examples.
9.2 What is digitizing?
9.3 What are six benefits of digital sound?
9.4 What is the basic function of your computer's sound hardware?
9.5 What are the three sources of digital sound that you can record from on your computer, and how can you make sure that your sound input device is correctly selected on a Windows computer?
9.6 When you are digitizing sound, what two factors determine the quality of the resulting digital sound file?
9.7 What happens to file size and sound quality when you convert a 16-bit sound file to an 8-bit one?
9.8 What is typically the lowest-quality sound file acceptable?
9.9 What is the leading sound editing software application for the PC?
9.10 What is sound file cropping, and why is it particularly handy when editing recorded sound?
9.11 What is normalizing?
9.12 What are common sound file formats for PCs and Macs, and what should you be sure to check before committing to a sound format?
9.13 Skill Display #2: Create a 30-second audio commercial for the Digital Media course.  Be sure to mix background music and voice narration.
9.14 Skill Display #3:  Regardless of which design option you choose (see top of page),  please mix narration with music for your HOME (or INTRO) slide and configure the sound file to play as that slide appears via the SLIDE TRANSITION menu.  
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