Music Tech Vocab 2

Originally, and still, can refer to only one sound source or signal derived from one sound source. For synthesizers this refers to only one note, pitch or voicing, audio or MIDI, being heard at a time.

A recording device capable of recording several parallel parts or tracks which may then be mixed or re-recorded independently.

A computer program, capable of displaying and printing MIDI information as standard musical notation. Although sequencers can include notation capability, they lack the sophistication of true notation programs which often have scanning capabilities allowing quick input of music for transposing to another key.

For microphones is means receiving sound evenly from all directions. For speakers this means an even coverage in all directions.

The ability to play many different notes at once

Match the following:

• Timbre

• The quality of a sound that distinguishes it from other sounds of the same pitch and volume. It is the distinctive tone color of an instrument or a singing voice.

• Tempo

•  a device driven by a microprocessor which contains a programmable chip. Originally, a ___________produced an audio signal by the direct manipulation of electrical signals. Now MIDI sound-generating circuitry utilizes mathematical functions which alter a stream of digital numbers.

• Reverb

• Acoustic ambience created by multiple reflections in a confined space. Also, a type of digital signal processing that produces a continuous wash of echoing sound, simulating an acoustic space such as a concert hall. Reverberation contains the some frequency components as the sound being processed, but no discrete echoes. See Echo, DSP or Delay.

• Sample

• A digital recording of a naturally occurring sound.

• Synthesizer

• The rate of speed at which a musical composition proceeds (i.e. the beat). Usually uses a quarter note as the timing reference.

 ​ (a)   Hertz is the normal Western ​ (b)   value however, this can be easily be adjusted in a ​ (c)   to suit the type of music being performed. The pitch can be altered by raising or lowering the value as plus or minus ​ (d)   . Playing non-Western music may dictate the need to adjust the tuning of a ​ (e)   .​

• 440
• cents
• tuning
• synthesizer
• synth

A 3-pin male/female connector originally developed by Canon that is commonly used to carry balanced analog audio signals for microphones

• AUX

• XLR

• MIDI

• USB

emulating the sound of an acoustical instrument by digitizing (converting to digital sound) the waveforms produced by the instrument.

 The highest point in the audio waveform on a graph of a sound wave that would look something like a mountain peak. It is the point of greatest voltage or sound pressure in a cycle.