Digitization for Everybody (Dig4E) - Audio

Welcome to Dig4E-Audio. We have designed this online course to help you learn about the present state of standards and best practices for creating archival-quality digital surrogates of analog audio resources.

1: What is Recorded Sound?

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

2: Audio Standards Overview

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

3: Audio Ethics

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

4: Audio Media Assessment

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

5: Audio Playback

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

6: Analog to Digital Converters

We learn about the characteristics of analog to digital converters.

7: Outsourcing Audio Services

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

8: Audio Digitization Standards

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

9: Digitizing Analog Materials

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

10: Metadata Standards for Audio

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

11: Sustainable Digital Formats for Audio

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

12: Embedded Metadata for Audio

We learn about documenting technical features in audio file headers.

13: Audio Distribution Formats

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

14: Future of Audio Digitization

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