MSD2013 Sound Design 1 Quiz 1

When you are adjusting the frequencies of a sound piece, your are basically adjusting the

• Tonal Balance

• Spatial Balance and Perspective

• Dynamic Range

• Intelligibility

Sound is produced by _______ that set into motion radiating waves of compression and rarefaction.

• propulsion

• vibrations

• generators

• frequencies

The number of cycles that a vibration completes in one second is expressed as its _________.

• dynamic

• wavelength

• amplitude

• frequency

Human being are capable of hearing frequencies within the range of __________.

• 20 Hz - 20 kHz

• 2 Hz - 20 Hz

• 20 Hz - 200 kHz

• 200 Hz - 20 kHz

Amplitude which is the size of a sound wave, is measured in ___________.

• Hz

• Lambda

• Kg

• decibels

The threshold of pain for a human being is ______

• 128 dB SPL

• 113 dB SPL

• 100 dB SPL

• 140 dB SPL

Attack, Decay, Sustain & Release is ​

• an audio envelope

• a signal wavelength

• a dynamic range

• a frequency response

In the basilar membrane of the inner ear are bundles of microscopic hairlike projections called ______ attached to each sensory hair cell.

• cilia

• pinna

• cochlea

• eardrum

The audio software that we will learn in this class is ____________.

• CUBASE

• ChatGPT

• REAPER

• PRO TOOLS

If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

• No

• Maybe

• Yes and No

• Yes