Audio: Learning Units

We learn about how analog media record the sensory perception of sound.

We learn about standards and guidelines for producing archival master files.

We learn about the ethics producing archival quality digital files of audio resources.

We learn about assessing the risk and value of analog audio media and establishing priorities.

We learn about the importance of good playback equipment for digitizing analog audio resources.

We learn about the characteristics of analog to digital converters.

We learn about contracting with third-party vendors for digitization services.

We learn about the core criteria for digitizing an analog signal to archival standards.

We learn about extracting the audio signal from magnetic tapes and convert to digital.

We learn about the varieties of technical metadata for audio files.

We learn about the Broadcast Wave File format for archival quality digitized sound files.

We learn about documenting technical features in audio file headers.

We learn about formats for distributing digitized audio files in compressed formats.

We consider the overall risk to audio heritage and technical trends that address challenges at scale.