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| When a Mastering Assistant is "Loading-In" the audio to prepare it for the Mastering Engineer, what would be something that they definitely would not do and leave for the mastering engineer? |
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| ___ expansion is typically applied to a mix when we want to add clarity and definition to the loudest parts |
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| ____ compression if used very subtly can help to draw out the quiet more ambient sounds in a mix while leaving the louder sound alone |
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| ____ compression is the most common type of compression used in individual elements within a mix |
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| ____ expansion can help to reduce unwanted noise in a mix |
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| Why do you have to be more musical when setting Attack and Release times across an entire mix, specifically when dealing with the low-band of a multi-band compressor? |
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| the low band will have an effect on the rest of the bands. |
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| In the world of mastering when a producer wants you to deliver a louder master, he or she may use the term ______ ______ to describe making it as loud if not louder than other records in the same genre. |
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| What is the primary technical factor that has made it possible for producers and engineers to push the limits of loudness since the early 1980's? |
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| Compact disk allows more head room |
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| What is the correct term for the other type of equalizer that has a more obvious phase distortion to the frequency or band that is cut or boosted |
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| The digital artifacts left by overusing a de-noiser could be described as a ______ sound. |
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| Define Ratio as it pertains to compression in this example: compressor set with a 5/1 ratio means? |
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| if the incoming signal exceeds the threshold by 5 units then the output of the compressor will be 1 unit above the threshold |
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| Define Threshold as it pertains to compression: |
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| the level at which gain reduction begins |
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| Please list the three methods of compression used in the examples you worked on in lab_5 and describe how each one was achieved or could be in the lab room. |
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q. optical compression - compresses only the rms signal.
r. FET compression - faster & less color
s. VCA compression - strict most transparent |
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| If we want our compressor to catch only sharp incoming peak transients, we probably will not choose an ____ compressor for that job. |
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| If we want our compressor to work primarily on the RMS signal, we will probably not choose a __ __ __ compressor for that job. |
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| which type of compressor is known for it's strict and precise controls? |
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| If we use too much _____ on our material during mastering the result will always be masking and reduced overall level. |
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| Where is a good place in a track to take a sample of the noise to use in any of the restoration plugins and what part of the De-noiser in Sequoia helps you to analyze the sample? |
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| Usually at the beginning of the song or the end |
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| What is one thing Bob mentioned about using dual subwoofers in the reading from chapter 6? |
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| As long as the phase relationship is properly calibrated there is no detrimental effects. |
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| In the diagram below we can see a filter that cuts a fundamental and then cuts as it moves up the harmonic series. in restoration what process or type of plugin uses this? |
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| Name three facts about the redbook CD standard: |
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a. 16/44 PCM
b. up to 99 tracks
c. uses the P&Q code channels |
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| Since program loudness can not be measured, because it is a perception inside each listeners ears, the mastering engineer must often use other mastered mixes as a reference to get close to the clients desired loudness. when using this method it can be helpful to use a ____ ____ inside the DAW to get a starting point. |
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| when old tapes arrive at a mastering studio often the tapes themselves need some maintenance before they are loaded into the machine. list two things that are done to make old tapes transfer better |
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| disk description protocol |
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| why is it recommended that we send a DDP off for replication rather than a CD-R Pre-Master like we may have ten years ago? |
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| there are essentially no errors on a DDP |
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| what is ISRC code used for? |
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| tracking royalty collection |
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| What is the UPC code used for? |
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| if we were setting the attack and release on the low band lets say below 200 Hz to try and deal with a bass guitar the settings would sound more natural if they were? |
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| What is the best method to figure out competitive level for any given genre or era of music? |
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| reference a track that is already mastered in that genre and look at an rms meter |
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| what is the difference between a high pass filter and a shelf filter? |
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| a high pass filter is more aggressive than a shelf when used to reduce low frequency content |
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