Recording

Question 1

What are disadvantages of analogue recording?

Answer 1

Everything was recorded onto a single track
Mistakes were time consuming
Microphones had to be placed carefully so everyone can be heard

Question 2

Which decades were analogue recording used in?

Answer 2

1930-1981

Question 3

What is the meaning of analogue?

Answer 3

recording by capturing sound waves by translating them into electrical signals

Question 4

What is an advantage of multi track recording?

Answer 4

Edited and mixed separately
Higher recording quality
Mistakes can be corrected easily
Record larger bands

Question 5

What are disadvantages of multitracking

Answer 5

took longer to record
reusing tape let to degradation and are more unwanted noise

Question 6

What are different types of digital tape?

Answer 6

DASH and ADAT

Question 7

What was tape eventually replaced by?

Answer 7

HARD DISK DRIVES

Question 8

What is SSD?

Answer 8

Solid State drive

Question 9

What does HDD?

Answer 9

Hard Disk Drive

Question 10

What are advantages of digital tape?

Answer 10

able to record a range of dynamic
Cheaper than analogue tape

Question 11

What are disadvantages to digital tape?

Answer 11

Data can corrupt
Lacks warmth if analogue for listeners as it can be too music

Question 12

What were good about DAWS ?

Answer 12

first type of equipment to be non destructive - meaning the audio quality wouldn’t be affected

Question 13

What are advantages of a DAW?

Answer 13

Unlimited tracks
High quality recording
Anyone can create music

Question 14

What are disadvantages of a DAW?

Answer 14

requires a powerful computer for larger projects
Have to know how to use complicated software
lacks imperfections of a live performance

Question 15

When were digital synths produced?

Answer 15

1980s

Question 16

What are the 3 sections of a Synthesiser?

Answer 16

Oscillator
Filter
Amplifier

Question 17

What are the 3 types of synthesisers?

Answer 17

Moog 55
Roland Juno 60
Yamaha DX7

Question 18

What was the Moog 55 synthesiser like?

Answer 18

a large analogue synth from 1960s
Could only play one note at a time

Question 19

What was a Roland Juno 60?

Answer 19

Analogue synth from 1980s
6-note polyphony and could store patches in memory

Question 20

What was a yamaha DX7 like?

Answer 20

a digital synth from the 1980s
Able to more closely imitate acoustic instruments

Question 21

What did an Oscillator do?

Answer 21

generate wave forms

Question 22

What is a filter?

Answer 22

remove frequencies to alter overall tone

Question 23

What does a amplifier do?

Answer 23

increases the volume of the signal for output

Question 24

What does a sampler do?

Answer 24

Use a short piece of audio to create sounds

Question 25

Why might you use a sampler?

Answer 25

This allows you to recreate certain sounds easily

Question 26

What are the consumer audio formats?

Answer 26

CD
Vinyl
MP3
Cassette tape
Streaming
Minidisc
Music videos

Question 27

When was vinyl made?

Answer 27

1948

Question 28

When were CDs made?

Answer 28

1982

Question 29

When did music videos become popular?

Answer 29

1980s

Question 30

When were MP3 invented?

Answer 30

1999

Question 31

When was Streaming services launched?

Answer 31

2001

Question 32

When were MiniDiscs released?

Answer 32

1992

Question 33

When were Cassete tapes invented?

Answer 33

1963