A Level Music Technology Latest Version

A Level Music Technology Latest Version

(A/D) Conversion - CORRECT ANSWER-Analogue to digital conversion.

ADSR - CORRECT ANSWER-An acronym that stands for Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release.

Amplitude - CORRECT ANSWER-the fluctuation or displacement of a wave.

Analogue - CORRECT ANSWER-Recording audio in a format of continuous vibrations.

Attack on a Compressor - CORRECT ANSWER-The time it takes for the compressor to complete the gain reduction.

Balanced Cable - CORRECT ANSWER-An audio cable, most commonly an XLR, which has two conduction channels surrounded by metallic shielding that reduces unwanted noise.

Bounce - CORRECT ANSWER-The process of exporting several tracks in an audio mix to one mono track or two stereo tracks.

BPM - CORRECT ANSWER-a unit typically used as a measure of tempo in music and heart rate.

Byte - CORRECT ANSWER-A unit of digital value which consists of 8 bits.

Cardioid Microphone/Pattern - CORRECT ANSWER-A microphone pickup pattern that picks up mainly from the front

Channel - CORRECT ANSWER-For passing data or digital audio.

Metronome - CORRECT ANSWER-The click to keep a musician in time

Clipping - CORRECT ANSWER-When the amplitude of a signal exceeds the maximum possible level of a device, resulting in a distortion of the sound.

Chorus - CORRECT ANSWER-A voice doubling effect created by layering two identical sounds with a slight delay and slightly modulating the frequency of one or both of the sounds .

Compressor - CORRECT ANSWER-Device designed to reduce the dynamic range of audio signals by reducing the level of signals by a ratio above threshold.

Condenser/Capacitor Microphone - CORRECT ANSWER-Best mic for instruments with medium to low SPL's

Controller - CORRECT ANSWER-Lets you enter or change events on a computer or other digital device.Examples include keyboards, pitch and modulation wheels.

DAW - CORRECT ANSWER-Digital Audio Workstation

dB (decibel) - CORRECT ANSWER-A measure of sound pressure level.

De-Esser - CORRECT ANSWER-Signal processing device used to cut down on sibilance or "hissy 'S' sounds" in vocal recording.

Delay - CORRECT ANSWER-An effect that is used to add depth or space to an audio signal by repeating the input one or more times after a brief pause.

Digital - CORRECT ANSWER-The use of Binary data to represent information.

Distortion - CORRECT ANSWER-A form of audio signal processing used to alter the sound of electric musical instruments, usually by increasing their gain.

Dry (Signal) - CORRECT ANSWER-A signal that has had no effects added.

Overdubbing - CORRECT ANSWER-The ability to record one sound on top of another.

Ducking - CORRECT ANSWER-Ducking is used to automatically reduce signal levels when the level of a source signal exceeds a specified threshold.

Dynamic Microphone - CORRECT ANSWER-Microphone which works through a diaphragm being attached to a coil, used for instruments with high SPL's or live vocals.

Dynamic Range - CORRECT ANSWER-Difference in signal level between the loudest and quietest parts of a performance / recording etc. Measured in dB

Echo - CORRECT ANSWER-A very basic effect produced by repeating a sound with a delay long enough to be heard as a separate event.

Effect - CORRECT ANSWER-A device for treating an audio signal in order to change it in some creative way.

Envelope - CORRECT ANSWER-Creates changes in a sound over time, including alterations in a sound's amplitude, frequency and timbre.

Equalisation - CORRECT ANSWER-boosting or reducing the levels of different frequencies in a signal.

Exciter - CORRECT ANSWER-A circuit designed to enhance the presence of an audio signal by synthesizing new high frequency harmonics to make it sound more clear, punchy, bright, or loud.

Expander - CORRECT ANSWER-A device designed to decrease the level of low level signals and increase the level of high level signals.

Fade in/out - CORRECT ANSWER-Allows the user to fade the volume

Fader - CORRECT ANSWER-Volume control

Flanger - CORRECT ANSWER-An effect created by layering two identical sounds with a slight delay and slightly modulating the delay of one or both of the sounds.

Formant - CORRECT ANSWER-Frequency component or resonance of an instrument or voice sound that doesn't change with the pitch of the note being played or sung

FM Synthesis - CORRECT ANSWER-These produce sounds by generating a pure sine wave (carrier) and then mixing it with a second waveform (modulator). When the two waveforms are close in frequency, a complex waveform is produced.

Frequency - CORRECT ANSWER-The rate per second at which an oscillating body vibrates. Usually measured in Hertz (Hz), humans can hear sounds whose frequencies are in the range 20 Hz to 20kHz.

Frequency Response - CORRECT ANSWER-A graph which shows how a system or piece of equipment or even an environment such as a room responds to different frequencies.

Gain - CORRECT ANSWER-The level of amplification of a given signal.

Glissando - CORRECT ANSWER-A rapid slide through a series of consecutive tones in a scale like passage.

Global Editing - CORRECT ANSWER-The editing of MIDI or audio events which affect an entire file or sequence.

Hard disk - CORRECT ANSWER-A storage medium for digital data which can hold more information and can be accessed faster than a floppy disk.

Harmonics - CORRECT ANSWER-All of the sounds that we hear gain their essential "character" through the presence of harmonics, which are sound waves whose frequency rises in incremental steps from a Fundamental frequency.

Harmony - CORRECT ANSWER-Occurs when multiple pitches are being played simultaneously. (Chords)