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Intro to Media Arts
IMA LAB EXAM C.M.
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Undergraduate 1
05/28/2007

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Quincy Jones
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Produced Michael Jackson
Composed film soundtracks for movies The Color Purple, Roots, The Wiz, etc
Nominated for over 70 grammies
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George Martin
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Started out working for BBC
Worked for EMI
Produced artists The Beatles, Aerosmith, Elton John, etc
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Berry Gordy
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Founded MOTOWN in 1959
Produced artists Temptations, Jackson 5, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, etc
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Sam Phillips
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Opened SUN Records in 1950 in Mephis
Produced for Elvis, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis
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Bruce Swedien
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Won 13 grammy's
Got his 1st big break "Big Girls Don't Cry" by Frankie Valley and the Four Seasons
Engineered Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Muddy Waters, etc.
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Eddie Kramer
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Producer/engineer for Rock Genre.
Started recording bands at 19 in his basement
First gig for Pye Studios working with Sammy Davis, etc
Worked with Jimi Hendrix.
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Rick Rubin
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Co-founder of Def Jam
known for rap and metal
produced for beastie boys, Run DMC, public enemy, Slayer, LL Cool J, etc
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Russell Simmons
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Co founder of Def Jam
known for business/marketing, hip hop, rap
produced Run DMC, Slick Rick, etc
started Def Comedy Jam
sold Def Jam to Universal 100 million
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Nile Rodgers
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got his start playing the guitar for sesame street
house player at apollo
started Chic 1977
produced for diana ross, David Bowie, Madonna, Duran Duran
Composed soundtracks for beverly hills cop 3, coming to america, earth girls are easy
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Ahmet Ertegun
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Atlantic Records
Produced by Ray Charles, Joe Turner, BEtte Midler.
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Jerry Wexler
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Writer for billboard mag
Changed race records to r&b
Brought into Atlantic when Ahmet's partner for drafted into war.
Produced artists like Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Cher.
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PIERZ
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P=Power
I=Current
E=Elctromotive Force
R=Resistance(DC)
Z=Impedence(AC)
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WAVOO
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W=Watts
A=Amps
V=Voltz
O=Ohms
O=Ohms
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Dry Signal
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Any signal that has NOT been processed or affected
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Wet Signal
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Any signal that has been manipulated with effects
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Dynamic based effects processors
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Gate, Compresser, EQ
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Time based effects
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Flanger, Delay, Reverb
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Dialogue
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Most important part of a film/tells the story
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Foley
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Sounds effects added in real time to the picture, such as footsteps, clothing movements, other sounds not captured on set
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Creature/designed sounds
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combining everyday sounds to make new sounds
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Boom Op
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Persons responsible for capturing dialogue
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Production Audio Mixer
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Makes sure audio is being recorded set, and makes sure its at a good volume
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ADR
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Automatic Dialogue Replacement
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Dub Stage
Definition
movie theater with a large format console
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Stems
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Final elements of a sound track that when combined make the final mix
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Music
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Original and Source
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Equalizer
Definition
Frequency selective amplifiers that allow us to alter freq characteristics of a given sound. Grouped with dynamic processing cuz they deal with amplitude.
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Flangers
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By alternately slowing down one machine then the other, different cancellations occurred. Since the two signals would alternately add and subtract, the audible effect is "swishing"
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Gates
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Two basic states : open and closed. Open allows signal to pass, closed doesn't. Gates feature controls for amplitude level where it opens/closes and how quickly it changes.
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Parametric EQ
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control bandwiths and freq of a given signal or sound
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Reverb
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Mimic acoustic reflection of different sized areas
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Compressor
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Alters high/low volumes within audio signal
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Delay
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Distinct repetitions to sounds (echoes)
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