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05/02/2007

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Properly emphasized, the lower parts of which octave would be used to improve speech intelligibility
Definition
8 the lower part
Term
What is the Bacilar Membrane?
Definition
Contains little hairs of different lengths that correspond to different freq
Term
What is the Stapedus Reflex and why is it important
Definition
Thin layer protects from loud sustained sounds
Term
What are the four static cues for human localization
Definition
1. Pinna Response
2. Shoulder echo
3. ITD (Interaural time difference)
4. IID (Interaural Intensity Difference)
Term
The shorter the sound the _________ the sound needs to be
Definition
louder
Term
What are the parts of the ear
Definition
basilar membrane
Cochies
Oval Window
Term
Which octave range is said to give a tinny sound
Definition
Octave 7
Term
Brought up on the console from tape or DAW to be mixed
Definition
Principal production dialogue
Term
Sub band coding with linear production
Definition
DTS
Term
What is an API
Definition
Programming the behavior and creating location into the game
Term
Four plus one channel predub
Definition
four tracks wide that feeds four tracks called "corners"
Term
Wha The three Principal cues for determing or simulating distance
Definition
High Frequency Presence
Reverb
intensity
Term
What would u find in the middle ear
Definition
Mallus
Insuc
Stapes
Term
Who writes the score music for a film
Definition
Music Composer
Term
what is reducing sound transmission
Definition
Stapedius Muscle
Term
If i place a fade in in the left channel of a stereo track and a fade on the right channel.
Definition
a pan
Term
The steps made by non principal character that need to be panned
Definition
pan steps
Term
what is the mono track that feeds the center channel
Definition
+ 1
Term
what term describes the crowning of a wavefront around a moving sound source
Definition
doppler effect
Term
what term describes the crowning of a wavefront around a moving sound source
Definition
doppler effect
Term
Which static cue is most effective when frequency content is between 270 HZ and 500 Hz
Definition
ITD
Term
Who is responsible for all the routing
Definition
The recordist
Term
occurs when the mixer pans the dialoge to match the perspective on the screen
Definition
Ping Pong Effect
Term
in terms of post production what is the importance of understanding the coctail effect on a piece of audio
Definition
so the audience doesnt loose attention on the main picture
automates long delays of high frequency content
Term
what is the difference between intensity and loudness
Definition
Loudness= perceptual
Intensity= Mesurable
Term
what are the three main cues with regards to the basics of psycoacustics
Definition
pitch
time
loudness
Term
what are the three delivery formats the film editor has available to edit with
Definition
cutting on film, cutting digitaly
Term
When cutting on film which takes are transferred to mono mag stock
Definition
circle takes
Term
what is mag stock
Definition
film backing with magnetic oxicide
Term
List the three types of mag stock available, and what they will be used for
Definition
Mag Strip, Mag 3 strip, full coat mag
Term
what is telecine
Definition
converting film to video
Term
when cutting digitally what does the film editor recieve from the film lab
Definition
Digi Beta with no sound only all footage
Term
What is the purpose of cutting digitally with film to conform
Definition
test audiences
Term
with regards to omf why is it very important to make sure everything is properly named
Definition
it makes it useless
Term
what is the standard reference tone for the film industry
Definition
1k at -20 db
1k at ovu tape
Term
when doing a digital audio transfer for film, what level should your regerence tones to be set to
Definition
-20dB
Term
What are the nine things you need to be sure when doing a video transfer
Definition
29.97ND Framerate. Time code channel 2 and production audio on channel 1
Term
how many fields are there in each frame of video
Definition
2
Term
List three common terms to describe how fast the media is moving
Definition
rate, clock, and speed
Term
List three common terms to describe how fast the media is moving
Definition
rate, clock, and speed
Term
List three common terms to describe how fast the media is moving
Definition
rate, clock, and speed
Term
what is spotting
Definition
it is the first step in the art of telling a story of a film through sound.
Term
In your own words, describe the technical aspect of spotting?
Definition
Idea, what sfx we can use, what music to use , how much money and time is bneeded to be spent on making the movie
Term
What is the first rule of sound for motion pictures
Definition
hea a sound see a sound
Term
in your own words describe what a concious sound is and give three examples of conscious sounds
Definition
see a sound hear a sound
Term
what is considered to be the content, and drives the story of the motion picture
Definition
dialouge
Term
what is considered to be the content, and drives the story of the motion picture
Definition
dialouge
Term
what is said to add the realism to a motion picture soundtrack
Definition
sfx
Term
What are the three things you can do in lab to ensure you dont lose audio files
Definition
save session copy, offline drive, proper label, back up , documentation
Term
who has the responsibility of loading the production sound from film editor into the editing system and phase up the dats to the film edited sound
Definition
digital assistant
Term
who is responsible for splitting the dialogue to different tracks in a logical format so the mixer can blend it back togeather
Definition
Dialogue editor
Term
at what level is dialogue most intelligible
Definition
70-90dB
Term
what is important about the frequency range between 1khz-3.1khz
Definition
most prominent frequencies of the human voice
Term
In the world of dialogue what is important about 600hz
Definition
distribution of spectral content. consonants are above 600hz vowels are below 600
Term
what are the fundamental frequencies of the human voice
Definition
males 80hz-240
females- 140-500
Term
how much space is between each line of animation dialogue when they are laid back to dat
Definition
10 frames between each line
Term
who is responsible for splitting the dialogue to different tracks in a logical format so the mixer can blend it back togeather
Definition
dialogue editor
Term
what track would i split the dialogue to if the characters were sharing the same space
Definition
master track
Term
Which octives are said to give intensity
Definition
octave's 5-7
Term
which person is responsible for levels going to tape during a foley session
Definition
foley mixer
Term
What would foley replace, that would be missing from the M&E mix
Definition
footsteps
Term
What are the benifits of using a large cap microphone for foley
Definition
wider pickup of room tone
Term
What are the benifits of using a large cap microphone for foley
Definition
wider pickup of room tone
Term
what could u use to subsitue hardwood floor
Definition
tile
Term
what are the three types of sound effects editors and what are their hierachy
Definition
backround editor, design fx editor, hard fx editor
Term
what are three ways to concepturlize a sound effect
Definition
original sound source, analgus visualization, sounds with out visual concruents
Term
what would be a good definition for re recording
Definition
blending of all the edited sound elements into one continuous sound track
Term
What is an M&E and why is it important
Definition
music and effects mix gives life and realism
Term
where is the only place i would be most likely to find audio on a digital rerecording stage
Definition
credenza
Term
What would you find at either end of the console on a re recording stage and why are they there
Definition
superviser desk and sound effects to change, take notes, communicate to mix
Term
How would you explain pinking the room to a friend who had no studio experience
Definition
use pink noise to tune the levels of our speakers.
Term
what would i find in the control room of an average re recording stage
Definition
recording machines, dsp core, and converters
Term
what term would describe the precess of blending source material into smaller stereo sub-mixes
Definition
pre-dubbing
Term
how many channels would panned dialogue or general walla be sent to
Definition
five
Term
how many channels is a panned foley predub
Definition
3
Term
which channel would you send all principal characters dialogue
Definition
center
Term
how many channels is a small sound effects predub
Definition
LCR
Term
which channels would you be most likely to send your large sound effects to when creating a large sound effects predub
Definition
all
Term
what is mixed to create a printmaster
Definition
stems
Term
who mixes on a re recording stage
Definition
re recording mixer
Term
what is the purpose of the chain
Definition
clean up production dialogue
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