11. Sustainable Digital Formats for Audio
We learn about the Broadcast Wave File format for archival quality digitized sound files.
Lectures
Sustainable file formats for audio [in audio recording and digitization]
The BWF format (and alternative)
Resources
IASA TC-04 (2009), sec. 2.8 File Formats
EBU Tech 3285 (2001; 2011) BWF specification
EBU Tech 3306 (2018) Extended file format
AES31-2-2019 [copyrighted], sec. 0 to sec. 4, Annex A, Annex B
FADGI Guidelines: Embedded Metadata in Broadcast WAVE Files.
Sustainability of Digital Formats: Planning for Library of Congress Collections
WAVE Audio File Format
Assignment
Assignment: Determining audio file sizes
Assignment Case Study: Exercise on digitized audio file sizes. Using formulas to calculate sizes based on file specifications and duration.