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| Sound in electrical form. |
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| What is Signal to Noise Ratio? |
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| How much wanted and unwanted noise. |
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| List 6 aspects of a project studio. |
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1. DAW
2. Cost effective
3. Compromised acoustics
4. Medium grade equipment
5. Bedroom, garage, closet
6. Owned by artist, producer, musician |
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Sound crashing into each other due to parallel surface.
(*Clap* Kakakakakaka [Fast]) |
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| What are two main areas of a recording studio? |
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| Recording booth & control booth |
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| Name three stages of production. |
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1. Pre Production (Everything before recording e.g. setting up.)
2. Production (Recording)
3. Post Production (Fixing and adjusting recording) |
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| Listening back to something already recorded while recording along with it |
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| List two stages of music post production. |
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1. Mixing (Adjusting levels, spectral positioning, etc.)
2. Mastering (Takes stereo file, adds signal processor, adjusts whole track) |
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| What is a signal processor? |
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| Changes or modifies a signal (compression, reverb, equalization). |
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| Changes one form of energy into another (mechanical vibration -> electrical impulses). |
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| Hoover Dam (Edison stole shit from him. He only made direct current power). |
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Microphone is a double transducer.
Sound > Mechanical Vibration (at diaphragm) > Electricity |
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What is concave?
What is convex? |
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Concave - Collects sound.
Convex - Scatters sound. |
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| What are the stages of the human ear? |
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| [Hammer, Anvil, Stirrup] > Cochleae > Cilia (Hairs) > Auditory Nerves (Impulses) |
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| What is sound caused by? What does it do? |
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| Sound is caused by vibration, displaces air molecules. |
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| The greater the vibrational disturbance, the bigger the wave. |
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What is acoustics?
What is psychoacoustics? |
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Acoustics - The scientific study of behavior of sound waves.
Psychoacoustics - The study of human perception of sound. |
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| Earphones can be used at a microphoneand vice versa (but shittily). |
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| What is amplitude, in acoustics and psychoacoustics? |
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Acoustics - How tall and big a sound wave is.
Psychoacoustics - How humans perceive a sound (Soft or loud). |
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| What is frequency, in acoustics and psychoacoustics? |
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Acoustics - Cycles per second. One cycle = One period
Psychoacoustics - Pitch (high or low). |
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| Sound travels the fastest in what? |
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How fast does sound travel in 68° Fahrenheit, C Level?
How does sound's speed change? |
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1,130 ft/s.
1.1 ft/s up if one degree hotter, down if colder. |
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| The distance for one cycle to complete |
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| What are the properties of diffraction? |
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If a wave length is longer than the obstacle, it’ll bend around it.
If a wave length is shorter than the obstacle, it’ll reflect off. |
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| What is frequency response? |
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| A range of frequencies a device can respond to. Volume relationships of frequencies. |
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| What is the audio spectrum? |
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| 20Hz-20kHz thing (equalizer). |
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| What is the equal loudness principal? |
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| The human ear hears mid-range louder than low and high frequencies. |
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| Time relationships between two or more sound waves at a given point in their cycle. |
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| A sound’s unique tonal characteristic. |
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| List three components of timbre. |
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1. Fundamentals - Lowest frequency or pitch
2. Harmonics - Exact multiples
3. Overtones (Color tones) - odd numbered, not exact multiples |
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| Acoustic lifestyle of a sound wave (ADSR). |
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| The path a signal takes from it’s source to it’s destination. |
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| What is the dynamic range of decibels? |
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| What are the two elements that basically make up audio? |
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| How many increments of sound do humans hear? |
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| Humans hear 10 trillion increments of sound. |
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| The same as or like the original. |
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| Decibel Sound Pressure Level. It's the acoustics in a room. |
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| What's a recording console/mixing/desk? |
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| A board or a desk that allows the engineer to combine, control, and distribute the input and output signals. It’s basic function is to allow for any combination of mixing, spatial positioning, routing, and switching for the multitude of audio input/output signals that are commonly encountered in an audio production facility. |
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| What would one find in a control room? |
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| A recording console, monitor speakers, tape machines, computers, chair. |
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| Explain live on-location recording. |
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| Recordings on the spot, in real time, often during a single on-stage or in-the-studio performance, with or no studio postproduction other than mixdown. |
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| What's the role of the artist? |
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| It’s the artist’s role to create the song, it’s key, melodies, harmonies, chords; the inner soul of the song. |
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| What are the aspects of studio musicians and arrangers? |
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Studio musicians provide the best possible musical support for a high-profile artist or vocalist.
Arrangers write and possibly conduct various musical parts. |
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| List four jobs of a producer. |
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1. Assists in the selection of songs.
2. Helps to focus the artistic goals and performance in a way that best conveys the music to the targeted audience.
3. Helps to translate that performance into a final, salable product.
4. Scheduling and handling the budgetary aspects of coordinating a recording project. |
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| List four jobs of an engineer. |
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1. Conceptualizes the best technological approach for capturing a performance or music experience.
2. Documents the process for other engineers or future production use.
3. Chooses and places the microphones.
4. Sets levels and balances on the recording console or DAW mixing interface. |
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| List four jobs of a studio manager. |
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1. The owner of the studio, managerial and marketing decisions.
2. Booking studio usage.
3. Competent secretarial staffing.
4. Knowledgeable in the “biz.” |
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| Describe the maintenance engineer's job. |
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| The maintenance engineer’s job is to see that the equipment in the studio is maintained in top condition and regularly aligned and repaired when necessary. |
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| Describe the master engineer's job. |
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| The mastering engineer’s job is to tweak the final master recording in terms of level, equalization, and dynamics so as to present the final “master” recording in the best possible sonic and marketable light. |
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| Describe the assistant engineer's job. |
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| The assistant engineer’s job is to help out with the basic work of pre, production, and post and assist others. |
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| List four behind-the-scene jobs. |
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1. Artist Booking Agents
2. Manufacturing
3. Distribution
4. Live Sound Tour Management |
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| Give four things the book considers preproduction. |
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1. What is the goal?
2. What is the budget?
3. Is the group practiced enough?
4. Are there any legal issues to consider? |
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