Music with Technology S3 (terms, effects and processes)

What concept can you hear in the guitar part?

• Sequence

• MIDI

• Distortion

• Delay

What is "Frequency"?

• The number of times you repeat a task on GarageBand

• The rate per second at which a sound wave vibrates

What term would you use to describe a track with no effect added?

• Dry

• Wet

• Normalised

• Sampled

Name the effect

• Reverb

• Echo

• Delay

• Frequency

What TWO ways are acceptable ways of avoiding Clipping?

• Move the microphone further away from the sound source

• Turn down the volume on the track after you've recorded.

• Turn down the volume on the studio monitors.

• Turn down the microphone gain before you record.

Which of the following statements are true about MIDI?

• A MIDI keyboard can be played without being plugged into a computer.

• MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface.

• MIDI uses a digital language of 1s and 0s that correspond to musical notes.

• MIDI stands for Musical Input Digital Interface.

Which of the following statements are true about Stereo?

• Stereo is a two channel audio system, created because we have two ears.

• Stereo and Panning mean the same thing.

• Stereo allows for panning - when the output signal is split between two speakers (left, centre, right)

• Stereo only works when you have headphones in.

What effect would be applied to change a track's overall audio by a certain amount to reach a target level?

• EQ

• Normalising

• Frequency

• Panning

What is Delay?

• The period of time between a sound being recorded, and appearing on your computer.

• The lag experienced between giving a command on a DAW, and that command happening.

• The natural echos you might find in a large room or a concert hall.

• An electronic echo effect.

"Sampling is..."

• ... A digital 'snapshot' of sound.

• ... A MIDI sound effect.

• ... the act of recording a sound.

• ... the name given to a track that is being recorded.