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13. Answer the questions.

1. What does MP3 mean?

2. What is the difference between MP3 and WAV files?

3. How does MP3 achieve the compression?

4. What does MP3 eliminate?

5. What kind of information is included in the tag?

6. How do you play MP3 files?

7. What does the Window Media Player program do with an MP2 file?

8. What special features do players offer?

9. What information can you get by clicking on the track info button?

10. What does a skin enable you to do?

11. How do you play music from a CD-ROM on an MP3 player?

12. What hardware and software do you need to make your own audio CDs?

14. Explain how each of these actions happen. The explanations are available in the information above.

1. MP3 reduces the information stored.

2. You can alter the look of your MP3 player.

3. You can ‘rip’ the audio information from a CD.

4. You can convert a WAV file to MP3 format.

5. You can view the lyrics, notes and author data.

6. You can control how the music sounds.

7. You can access many free and legal music files for downloading.

8. You can play MP3 files through your sound system.

15. There are seven blanks. Complete them. Use the words from the box (Three of them are extra). Explain your choice.

1. _____ / MP3 / WAV

2. encoders / _____

3. skins / themes / _____

4. album / _____ / single track

5. audio books / _____ / radio shows

6. album cover / _____ / song’s lyrics

7. _____ / graphic equalizers / spectrum analyzers

a) music

b) button

c) compilation

d) rippers

e) frequency

f) frequency displays

g) wallpapers

h) sample

i) musical genre

j) CD

16. Match the words from the two columns and translate the word combinations. All of them are from the information above.

1. discrete

2. writeable

3. achieve

4. interchangeable

5. decode

6. audible

7. track

8. reduce

9. incorporate

10. randomize

11. route

12. group

13. reproduce

14. put

a) the compression

b) to the human ear

c) a file

d) code

e) songs

f) rippers and encoders

g) faceplates

h) on a website

i) the selections

j) the information stored

k) a sound

l) a signal

m) info

n) CD-ROM

Language Study. Describing a process

In English the passive voice is often used to describe processes. Study these examples.

1. Each instrument is recorded.

2. Special effects are used.

3. Copies can be made.

17. Complete the information of how to make a recording by putting each of the verbs in brackets in the correct form.

Each instrument (1) __________ (to record) using a microphone. The sound (2) __________ (to feed) to a mixing desk. The recording level (3) __________ (to control) and the EQ (4) __________ ( to adjust) by the sound engineer. The output (5) __________ (to record) on a multitrack. The sounds from the multitrack (6) __________ (to master) back through the mixer. The tape (7) __________ (to remix) until the musicians are happy with the sound. Special effects can (8) __________ (to add) on the mixing desk. The remixed tape (9) __________ (to master down) to produce a master tape. This can (10) __________ (to use) to produce copies in many different formats.

Writing.