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What does FM stand for?

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Frequency modulation

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What does MIDI stand for

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Musical Instrument Digital Interface

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What does VCO stand for?

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Voltage controlled oscillator

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What does COSM stand for?

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Composite object sound modeling

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What does EG stand for?

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Envelope generator

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A bolt on neck is a guitar that is secured to the body by a series of bolts or wood screws. T/F?

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True

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A passive audio devise is one which does not use amplification circuits. T/F?

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True

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True/False
Flat swan is the term used to describe lumber that has been cut with the tree’s annual growth rings perpendicular to the surface of the finished board.

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False

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True/False
Binding is found along the front, back, and sides of acoustic, hollow, and semi-hollow-body guitars. It is commonly made of a wood, plastic, or fiber, and serves to strengthen the edges of the guitar, where the top and back meet the sides.

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True

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True/False
A cutaway is a body style of guitar that has an indentation near where the body & neck join, allowing access to the upper frets for expanded playing capabilities.

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True

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What is the name for self contained units containing the amplifier and speaker in one cabinet(two words)?

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Combo Amp

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What is the name for the part of a guitar at the “other” end of the neck from the body? It is traditionally used for supporting the mechanical assemblies used to wind the strings.

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Headstock

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What term refers to the distance between the guitars strings and the guitars frets?

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Action

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What term refers to the part of the guitar that holds the strings in place and transmits their vibrations to the instrument’s body?

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Bridge

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This person constructed his first solid body electric guitar in 1941. He has also pioneered techniques such as echo delay, close-miking, and multi tracking. He also introduced the world’s first 8-track recorder. Who is it??

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Les Paul

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What does GM stand for?

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General MIDI

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What does ROM stand for?

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Read Only Memory

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What does LFO stand for?

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Low Frequency Ocillator

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What does VCA stand for?

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Voltage Controlled Amplifier

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True/False

A tail piece is the metal bar or rod used to reinforce the neck of a guitar, bass, or other stringed instrument.

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False

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True/False

A locking tuner locks the string to the string post and thus makes string replacement easier and tuning more stable.

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True

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True/False

“Soap bar” is a common nickname for a P90-style single-coil pickup that resembles a small, rectangular bar of soap.

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True

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True/False
Stoptail bridges are used on instruments that cannot physically have a bridge permanently mounted to it due to thinness or composition of the top.

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False

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This is the frame around which the wire is wound on the pick up.

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Bobbin

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This is a hand held devise used to create the affect of bowing on an electric guitar string. The earliest examples only worked on the low e-string, but today it works on any string.
E-bow
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These are tapered strips of wood that are glued around the inside seams of a guitar.
Kerfing
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This is the ridge of wood, bone, or plastic at the top of the fingerboard or neck of a stringed instrument, over which the strings pass. It provides a fixed point where the string starts and also is a key ingredient in determining the height of the string rides above the fingerboard.
Nut
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Which manufacture makes the SR250SLB?
Ibenez
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Which guitar manufacturer makes the DRS1?
Martin
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Which guitar manufacturer makes the Baby Mhgy?
Taylor
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How many watts is the Marshall MG15CFX?
15
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How many watts is the Fender 65DeluxRev?
22
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How many watts is the Peavey MAX115V2?
300
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What does MMC stand for?
MIDI Machine Control
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What does SMF stand for?
Standard MIDI File
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What does PPQ stand for?
Parts Per Quarter
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What does ADSR stand for?
Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release
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What does BPM stand for?
Beats per minute
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True/False | A MIDI out should be connected to either a MIDI in or a MIDI thru.
False
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True/False | A sample is an analog representation of sound.
False
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True/False | MIDI is a serial communication format.
True
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True/False | A device's MIDI thru port will output data generated within that unit.
False
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True/False | Standard MIDI files are a standardized file format for transferring sounds between MIDI devices.
False
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What is the continuous controller number for midi volume?
7
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This is the ability to play more than one note simultaneously.
Polyphony
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This is midi data sent when pressure is applied to a keyboard after the key has been struck, and while it is being held down or sustained.
After touch
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This is the ability if a synthesizer to produce more than one type of sound, or timbre, at a time.
Multitimbral
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What is the name for the set of requirements for MIDI devices aimed at ensuring consistent playback on all instruments bearing its logo
General MIDI
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What does MTC stand for?
Midi Time Code
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What does VSTi stand for?
Virtual Studio Technology Instrument
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What does VAST stand for?
Variable Architecture Synthesis Technology
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What does HDMI stand for?
High-Definition multimedia interface
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True/False | When sampling, the sample rate determines the frequency that can be captured.
True
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True/False | Pitch bend, like all continuos controllers has a range of values from 0-127.
False
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True/False | A MIDI implantation chart lists the sounds that a particular sound contains.
False
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True/False Aspect ratio describes an image on a TV or movie theater screen, and is defined as the width of an image divided by the height.
True
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Which if the four midi modes is used mainly with guitar controllers?
4
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This is the musical result of modulating the pitch of an audio oscillator with an LFO.
Vibrato
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What are the two parts to each midi mode?
Omni & Poly
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What is the name of the built in midi support available in the Mac OSX operating system
CoreMIDI
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How many MIDI outs are on the roland UMOneMK2?
One
61
How many keys are on the Nektark PanoramaP4 keyboard controller?
49
62
What is the maximum polyphony of a Roland RD800(stock, unexpected unit)?
128 note polyphony
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How many keys are on the Yamaha MOXF8 keyboard controller?
88
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Native instruments KOMP9 is compatible with which platforms?
Mac & PC
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Cakewalk SonarX3Pro is compatible with which platforms
PC

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