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1
Q

What is an an echoing chamber

A

Opposite of an echo chamber

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2
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What is a DAW

A

Digital audio workstation eg cubase

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3
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What is a midi?

A

Using a keyboard to input sounds

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4
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What is a Leslie speaker?

A

Rotating wah wah souf effect

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5
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What is an LFO

A

Low frequency ocelator used to add FXs

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6
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What is a melletron

A

An electronic keyboard instrument where a key plays a pre recorded sound

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7
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What is a portamento

A

A slide

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8
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What is dry and what is wet

A

Dry=no reverb

Wet=reverb

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9
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What is a limiter

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It limits the amount of sound that is allowed through

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10
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What is normalising

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Raises average amplitude to a certain peak

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11
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What is a threshold

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A certain area of frequency

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12
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What is a tremolo arm

A

A lever on an electric guitar

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13
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What is slap back echo

A

Tape delay but longer delay time

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14
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What is a condenser mic

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A studio mic

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15
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What is a dynamic mic

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A live mic

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16
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What is a plosives

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A p sound

17
Q

What is a HPF

A

It allows high frequencies through but not low ones

18
Q

What is an LPF

A

A filter which allows low frequencies through

19
Q

What’s is a cardioid mic

A

A circle in front of the mic

20
Q

What is a hyper cardioid mic

A

A narrower cardioid mic

21
Q

What’s is an omnidirectional mic

A

A circle around the whole mic

22
Q

What is a super cardioid mic

A

A wider cardioid mic

23
Q

What’s is a figure of 8 mice

A

A mic that picks up sound on a figure of 8

24
Q

What is ADT?

A

Use of tape delay to create chorus in a vocal track

25
Q

What is aliasing

A

Makes signals indistinguishable when sampling

26
Q

What is after touch

A

The pressure after having been applied to the keyboard on a midi device

27
Q

What is attack

A

The time taken for a processor to act or the initial sound reaching max amplitude

28
Q

What is but depth

A

More bits more sound resolution

29
Q

What is a cd rom

A

Compact disc read only memory

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