Digital Music Production Vocab 1

What is the process of combining two or more tracks of music or sound into one?

• Recording

• Analog

• Sampling

• Mixing

What is a sound recording that is sampled at regular intervals and expressed in binary notation (0 and 1).

• Digital recording

• Analog recording

• Studio recording

• Live recording

What is the last step in audio production to “polish” the mix to make a final copy that becomes the source for all copies of the song?

• Remix

• Mastering

• Effects

• Foley

What is the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a produced work?

• Fair use

• Recording

• Foley

• Copyright

What is recording or extracting a small piece of music or sound digitally for reuse as part of a composition or song?

• Layering

• Remixing

• Sampling

• Recording

What is producing a different version of a musical recording by 1) altering the balance of the separate tracks or 2) adding new tracks and/or changing existing tracks to create a different mix?

• Mastering

• Remixing

• Layering

• Recording

What is a continuous wave that changes over time? Phonographs and tape are examples of this.

• Foley

• Digital recording

• Analog recording

• Effects

What is adding sound effects to video/film after it is recorded?

• Foley

• Recording

• Effects

• Mixing

What is recording a performance as it actually happens in real time?

• Analog recording

• Studio recording

• Live recording

• Digital recording

What is using more than one recording of music or sound at a time to create a more complex sound or song?

• Looping

• Remixing

• Mixing

• Multi-tracking