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Audio

Audio is recorded sound stored as a waveform rather than as performance instructions.

Level relevance: introduced at Nat 3; tagged for every later level where the same concept remains useful.

Explanation

Audio is the actual sound signal that has been recorded or imported into a project. Unlike MIDI, audio contains the sound itself, such as a vocal recording, guitar take, field recording, or bounced drum loop. In a DAW, audio can be trimmed, faded, processed with effects, and mixed with other tracks.

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RecordingWaveformsEditing

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Waveform

A waveform is the visual shape of an audio signal over time.

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Sampling

Sampling is the use of recorded sound as musical material in a new context.

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Multitrack recording

Multitrack recording captures separate parts onto separate tracks so they can be edited and mixed independently.

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Latency

Latency is the delay between an action and when the sound is heard or recorded.

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