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| How much a circut amplifies a signal |
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| Name the 3 Common Types of 'Reverb' |
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| Sound is limited by which two things? |
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Medium of travel
Aparatus that generates |
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| What is the speed of sound? |
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| What does 'MIDI' stand for? |
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| Musical instrument digital interface |
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| What does a 'transducer' do? |
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Definition
Changes 1 form of energy to another.
E.g. Microphone & speaker |
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Definition
| Acoustic ambience (echo) created in a confined space |
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Definition
| Bandwidth of the frequency to be modified |
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| What does 'Digital Convergance' mean? |
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Definition
| Seperate media becomes digital & is shared globaly |
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Definition
| Straight line audio volume control. |
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| What type of tone is a 'sine wave'? |
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| The art of adjusting volume, pan positions and effects applications of a songs tracks so each sound wave sits on its own space in the sonic spectrum. |
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| What is the 'Audio spectrum' |
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Definition
| Human hearing range (20Hz --> 20kHz) |
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Definition
| 0Db, input & output through control are equal. |
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| What are the two main types of microphones? And what one is powered? |
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Definition
| Dynamic, condenser (powered) |
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Definition
| The perceived frequency heard. |
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Term
What is frequency measured in?
And what does 1 Hz mean?
And what does and increase in Hz do to the sound? |
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Definition
Hz
1 cycle per second.
Increases the pitch |
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| Why should we know the frequency ranges of instruments when mixing? |
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Definition
Adjust EQ
Stop clashing
Give the instruments their own space.
Esentuate good mixes
Create artificial sounds within the mix. |
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Term
| What does an Oscillator do? |
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Definition
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Term
| What gives each sound its tonal colouring (characteristics) |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the 4 components of ADSR |
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Definition
Attack
Delay
Sustain
release |
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Term
| What is an Envelope generator? |
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Definition
| The ADSR controller that makes the sound |
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Term
| What does Additive synthesis mean? |
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Definition
| Combining sine waves to form new sounds. |
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