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Music technology terms

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a music sequencer?

a)

Records music

b)

Edits music

c)

Plays music

d)

All of the above

2.

What is a track?

a)

Stores created music

b)

Is always a loop

c)

Only has singing

d)

Only stores MIDI information

3.

What does edit mean as it relates to music?

a)

Need editing software

b)

Need a music editor

c)

Change a sound within a track

d)

Only use when adding effects

4.

What is a loop in music?

a)

Found on Samsung phones

b)

Only purchased through Apple

c)

A knot

d)

Pre-recorded music

5.

What does "splice at playhead" do?

a)

Split music into sections

b)

Copy music section

c)

Erase music section

d)

Duplicate music section

6.

What does the word gain refer to?

a)

Increase or decrease sound volume

b)

Only increase volume

c)

Only decrease volume

d)

Add audio

7.

Fade In

a)

Abrupt change in signal

b)

Less professional sound

c)

Signal decreased gradually

d)

Signal increased gradually, creating a more professional sound

8.

What is a fade out?

a)

Decrease in volume, creating a more professional sound.

b)

Decrease in volume, creating a more professional sound.

c)

Increase in volume, creating a more professional sound.

d)

Increase and decrease in volume, creating a more professional sound.

9.

What happens when de-noising a track?

a)

Increasing the gain on a track

b)

Adding wanted noise

c)

Taking out unwanted noise

d)

Add an additional track

10.

What is a metronome?

a)

Keeps time by ticking

b)

Adds multiple tracks at one time

c)

Performs auto tune

d)

Adds an effect to a track

11.

What is a drum machine?

a)

Only a software device

b)

Only a hardware device

c)

Software or hardware device to create drum patterns.

d)

Only creates drum loops

12.

What is an effect?

a)

Only on guitar foot pedals

b)

Gets rid of unwanted signals

c)

No change in signal

d)

A software or hardware device that changes the signal

13.

What is the panning effect do?

a)

Sends signal to multiple tracks

b)

Sends signal to left or right speaker

c)

Sends signal to one track

d)

Adds bass

14.

What does the pitch bend effect do?

a)

Bends a pitch

b)

Removes unwanted noise

c)

Bends multiple pitches

d)

Create multiple tracks

15.

What does the reverb effect do?

a)

Simulates what a sound would be like in a room

b)

Controls the echo

c)

Controls the reflection of sound

d)

All of the above

16.

What does quantization do to a track?

a)

Lines up the music perfectly

b)

Makes the music sound more perfect

c)

Fixes the timing

d)

All of the above

17.

What is a tone generator?

a)

Creates reverb

b)

Makes sound using an electric keyboard

c)

Produces sound without the use of an electric keyboard.

d)

Makes tracks

18.

What is a sound wave?

a)

Visual of sound

b)

An effect

c)

A track

d)

A sequence

19.

What is autopitch or autotune?

a)

Fixes the pitch of only one note

b)

Fixes the pitch of singers and instruments

c)

Always used

d)

Only fixes instrument pitches

20.

What is an echo?

a)

Music and time stands still

b)

A wave

c)

The only effect used

d)

The time it takes for music to come back to your ears after the first hearing