Four Kinds of Audio and Radiolab
The Four Kinds of Audio Up until now I have never realized the importance of podcasts and everything that actually goes into them. I have previously never even listened to many podcasts except for the ones that my dad would attempt to make me watch but would result in me leaving halfway through. In the article "10 Tips for Using Audio More Effectively in Multimedia Stories" I have learned that there are four types of audio. The four types as well as building blocks include interview clips, voice-overs, natural sound, and ambient sound. The podcast I chose to listen to on This American Life is titles "Hoaxing Yourself". The podcast mainly focused on voice-overs, layers, and varying the loudness of audio. Within the podcast many different interview were conducted as well as voice overs in order to push the storyline forward. This allowed the listener to remain interested. Layers such as music were also included when moving onto the next subject at hand, I found thi...