Audio Production Basics: Final Assessment

Creating sound effects or an audible atmosphere

• Audio Engineers

• Mastering Engineers

• Sound Designers

• Voice-over Artist

Record narration

• Audio Engineers

• Mastering Engineers

• Sound Designers

• Voice-over Artist

Editing and finalizing a recorded project

• Audio Engineers

• Mastering Engineers

• Sound Designers

• Voice-over Artist

Recording audio or managing live performances

• Audio Engineers

• Mastering Engineers

• Sound Designers

• Voice-over Artist

Audio engineering is NOT focused on which of the following?

• Live events

• Videos

• Art

• Music

Which of the following best describes a pick-up pattern?

• The area where microphones will ‘pick up’ sound

• The best place on the microphone to lift it

• The zones in a studio booth properly mic’ed

• The amount of re-takes an artist has to do on a track

Which of the following is a true statement about dynamic microphones?

• They require phantom power

• They do not require phantom power

Which of the following best describes the pop which happens when air hits the diaphragm of a microphone?

• Exploders

• Pips

• Plosives

• Charges

Pro Tools is an example of which of the following?

• A DAW

• A Mixer

• A Microphone

• A Track

Dynamic Microphones have what kind of features

• ·        Create more unwanted noise

  ·        Produce less accurate sound

  ·        More rugged

  ·        Good for traveling

  ·        Handle louder sounds

• ·        Fragile

  ·        Sensitive to loud sounds

  ·        Capture a wide range of frequencies

• ·        Accurate sound

  ·        Capture low sounds

  ·        Expensive

  ·        Fragile