Music Technology Quiz

Which microphone technique captures the sound of the instrument in a space such as a room or hall?

• Ambient mic'ing

• Close mic'ing

Which of the following instruments is usually amplified?

• Violin

• Timpani

• French horn

• Electric guitar

What is the benefit of close mic'ing?

• You also capture electrical noise

• You only capture the sound of the instrument

• You capture the sound of other things in the room

Which of the following squeezes the dynamics of a recording so that quiet parts and loud parts are brought to the same volume?

• Ambient mic'ing

• Distortion

• Compression

• Delay

Which of the following is a device that takes a recording of an instrument or sound and plays it back?

• Sampler

• Synthesiser

• Amplifier

• Turntable

An echo, or repetition of a sound, can be achieved with which effect?

• Distortion

• Delay

• Compression

• Phaser

A computer program used to compose and record music is called...

• Sampler

• DAW

• Phaser

• MIDI

Which effect is often applied to guitar to create an aggressive, fuzzy sound?

• Reverb

• Phaser

• Delay

• Distortion

A large electrical console used to record and mix instruments is called...

• Microphone

• Mixing desk

• Amplifier

• Sampler

Which innovation allows multiple recordings to be mixed into a song, instead of recording all the instruments at once?

• Sampler

• Turntable

• DI

• Multi-track