Music Production Vocab Terms

Cutting a single region into two separate regions is called a ___________.

• Crack

• Bad Breakup

• Split

• Fissure

What is removing unimportant passages from the start and end of your audio files called?  (Also used to remove portions of audio files that are not used by regions)

• Split

• Trim

• Tear

• Anaphylaxis

The speed at which a passage of music is or should be played, measured in BPM (Beats Per Minute).

• BPM

• It's not BPM

• Tempo

• Don't click this one

A portion of a sound recording that can be used as an instrument or sound recording in a different song or piece.

• Sample

• A Potato

• Blatant Copyright Infringement

• Bounce

An individual with the broad role in overseeing and managing the recording and production of a band or performer's music and supervising the entire process through the audio mixing of recorded music.

• Underwater Basic Weaver

• Circus Clown

• Manager

• Music Producer

A method of sound recording that allows for the separate recording of multiple sound sources or of sound sources recorded at different times to create a cohesive whole.

• Single-Track Recording

• Multi-Track Recording

• No-Track Recording

• Track and Field Recording

What is a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)

•  A computer program that is exclusively designed for the recording, editing and playing of digital audio files.

• A rare dog breed

• Differential Average Workaround

• The modulation of a parameter over time, such as an effect sweep or volume change. Usually, automation is recorded into the arrangement of a track and automatically adjusts a parameter once recorded.

  Bounce: Combining multiple recorded tracks onto a single track.

What is an Audio Interface?

• Any instrument

• The phenomena of seeing a face in the wood grain of a guitar

• A piece of hardware that expands and improves the sound capabilities of a computer by giving you the ability to connect professional microphones and instruments.

• Nothing. Mr. Martins Made it up

A type of track that can be created in a Digital Audio Workstation to record from a microphone, instrument cable, or another audio source.

• Baudio Urack

• Audio Track

• Taudio Arack

• Audio Trax

The modulation of a parameter over time, such as an effect sweep or volume change. Usually, automation is recorded into the arrangement of a track and automatically adjusts a parameter once recorded.

• Automation

• Fade In/Fade Out

• Bounce

• Don't pick this one. It isn't right