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| What are the three sections that make up an audio console? |
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| The I/O Modules, The Master Section, and The Patchbay |
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| What are the two signal paths of an in-line console? |
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| The channel path and monitor path |
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| During recording which path feeds the MTR? |
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| The ______ is a set of connections that allows access to the inputs and outputs for all the gear in the studio. |
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| What section contains the global controls for the console? |
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| What recieves balanced signal from an input and unbalances it? |
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| What do we call voltage sent from the console to power microphones? |
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| This is the circuit that boosts mic level to line level. |
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| This is a fixed attenuator used to lower the level of incoming signals. |
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| What do we call the control that sets the output level of the preamp? |
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| What do we use to choose what type of input will be feeding the channel path? |
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| A circuit that removes low frequencies from a circuit. |
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| A circuit that removes high frequencies from a signal. |
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| What do we call a network of amplifiers used to boost or attenuate certain bands of frequencies? |
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| The _______ allows us to place certain bands of the EQ into another signal path on the console. |
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| What do we call the logarhythmic scal located beside the faders? |
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| What do we call it when a fader is set in a position where it does not boost or attenuate the signal passing through it? |
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| A ________ can be remote controlled for automated mixing. |
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| The small fader on large format consoles is often a _________ fader with little or no circuitry. |
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| The small fader on large format consoles is often a _________ fader with little or no circuitry. |
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| What fader controls the output of the stereo bus? |
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| The _________ controls the level distributed to the individual busses within the routing matrix. |
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| _______________ combine signals while maintaining their relative volumes. |
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| Each assignment in the routing matrix is called a ________. |
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| The routing matrix can be described as what? |
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| What sets the level from the individual channels to the auxillary bus? |
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| What sets the overall output of the auxillary bus? |
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| What knob sets the listening volume? |
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| What are the three heads of an analog tape recorder? |
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| What is another name for the sync head? |
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| What are the two reels of the tape transport called? |
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| What are the three modes for controlling speed of playback? |
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| Internal, External, and VSO |
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| Variable Speed Oscillator |
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| Which mode do we use to change the pitch of playback? |
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| What two parts finaly determine the speed of the tape moving accross the heads? |
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| Capistan and Pinch Roller |
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| What are the three modes of operation for an analog tape machine? |
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| Input, Sel-rep, and Repro |
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| What are the three modes of operation for an analog tape machine? |
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| Input, Sel-rep, and Repro |
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| What are the three modes of operation for an analog tape machine? |
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| Input, Sel-rep, and Repro |
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| _______ mode monitors the signal being fed into the tape machine. |
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| __________ mode allows us to monitor previously recorded tracks and record new information on tracks that are armed. |
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| During mixdown _________ mode provides us with high fidelity audio playback. |
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| The __________ mode monitors signal from the tape during playback and the signal coming into the machine during recording. |
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| ________ mode would be used while setting levels at the beggining of a recording session. |
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| What does DASH stand for? |
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| Digital Audio Stationary Head |
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| Before we record digital tapes must be _________. |
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| The _________ is information, seperate from the audio tracks, required for proper playback of digital tapes. |
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| MDM's converted from video tape formats use __________ heads. |
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| Recording new information on a previously recorded track is refered to as ___________. |
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| What must we do to a track in order to record onto it? |
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| We can use a __________ to cycle through stored points on a recording medium. |
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| On an 8 bus console, which track(s) does bus 1 feed on a 24 track multitrack? |
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| Each time we see a bus in our signal flow it refers to a ________ in the consoles circuitry. |
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| The Dynamic range is the difference between the _________ and the __________. |
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| A compressor is used to make _______ sounds ________ and ________ sounds _________ |
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| loud; Softer; Soft; Louder |
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| The ________ is the level at which a compressor begins to work. |
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| The ________ setting determined the amount of gain reduction above the threshold. |
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| The __________ setting determines how quickly the compressor begins to work once the threshold has been crossed. |
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| The ________ setting determines how quickly the compressor will stop working once the signal drops below the threshold. |
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| The _________ control, also known as the _________ control, allows us to increase the overall levels after gain reduction occurs. |
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| Output Gain; Make-up Gain |
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| At what ratio setting does compression become limiting? |
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| What does the over easy button do? |
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| Applies compression smoothly once the threshold is crossed. Allows for smooth transitions |
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| An external source that triggers the compressor to start working |
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| Gates attenuate signals below the ___________. |
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| The ________ determined the amount of gain reduction below the threshold. |
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| The __________ controls how quickly the gate opens. |
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| The __________ controls how long the gate stays open. |
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| The _________ controls how quickly the gate will close. |
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| A gate operating in reverse, i.e: closing when the threshold is exceded |
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| Patching into the __________ gives us access to a gates detector circuit. |
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| Causing a gate to open via an external signal is called ____________. |
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| To monitor the signal going to the detector circuit you must select ___________. |
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| The Input to a channel's microphone preamp is called ________. |
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| The output of a microphone is called __________. |
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| Input to the Monitor Fader is called the _________ patch point. |
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| What patch points are commonly used to patch in Dynamics processors? |
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| Insert sends and Insert returns |
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| What patch points are commonly used to patch in Time-Based processors? |
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| The ________ patch point gives us access to the MTR's input. |
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| ____________ is the output of the MTR. |
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| ___________ is a patch into a channels line amp. |
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| End of Patchbay Questions |
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| End Of Patchbay Questions |
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| What do we call an unprocessed signal? |
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| What do we call an processed signal? |
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| _________ is an early type of delay that uses an analog tape machine. |
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| Which parameter determines the amount of time between delays? |
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| By adjusting the ___________ setting you are adjusting the number of repeats on a delay. |
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| When modulating a delay signal, the ________ determines how much the delay time will change. |
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| The _________ determines how quickly the delay time will modulate. |
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| This button doubles the delay time. |
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| What control determines the wet to dry ratio? |
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| The ________ button effectively turns off the feedback loop. |
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| What are Early Reflections? |
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| Reflected sounds that bounce off of only one boundary before returning to the listeners ear. |
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| What are Late Reflections? |
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| Reflected sounds that bounce off of multiple boundaries before returning to the listeners ear. |
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| Time Energy and Frequency Test |
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| What control determines how long the reverb lasts overall? |
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| In the past, small highly reflective rooms called ________ were used as reverb effects. |
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| What are the two types of electromechanical reverb? |
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| Spring Reverb and Plate Reverb |
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| The amount of time it takes for a sound to drop 60 dB below its original level in a given location |
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| Density and the amount of reflections that make up a reverb can be adjusted with the _________ control. |
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| The __________ setting determines how long before the reverb begins. |
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| The sound of a near boundary can be simulated using what reverb parameter? |
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| Signal from time based processors can be patched into any of these three points: |
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| Aux Return, Channel Line Inputs, or Monitor Inputs |
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| What do we call a display of amplitude at any given frequency compared to unity gain? |
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| What do we call an EQ that affects the center frequency? |
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| What do we call an EQ that affects above or below the knee frequency? |
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| A ______ button on an EQ changes from using a knee frequency to a center frequency. |
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| What are the two main types of EQ's used in music production? |
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| What are the three parameters of a parametric EQ? |
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| Amplitude, Frequency, and Bandwidth |
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| How many bands does a semi-Parametric EQ typically have? |
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| What are the typical bands of a Semi-Parametric EQ? |
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| High, High-Mid, Low-Mid, Low |
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| When measuring Bandwidth in Q, the higher number corresponds to a _______ bandwidth. |
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| How many bands are in a 1/3 octave EQ? |
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| How many bands are in a 2/3 octave EQ? |
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| How many bands are in a Full octave EQ? |
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| A __________ filter attenuates High Frequencies. |
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| A __________ filter attenuates Low Frequencies. |
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| A __________ filter attenuates High and Low Frequencies. |
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| A _____ filter attenuates a very narrow band of frequencies. |
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| The _______ of a filter measures the rate of roll off in decibels per octave. |
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| A _________ is a key element in the mix. |
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| What does left to right placement of sounds refer to? |
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| What does Front to Back placement of sounds refer to? |
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| What does Top to Bottom placement of sounds refer to? |
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| It is important to check the _______ relationship between each element in the mix to minimize cancellation. |
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| Song Structures can be emphasized using ___________ and ________. |
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| Blend and Balanced is best determined by listening at _________ volumes. |
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| Equilization and detail is better heard by listening at ________ volumes |
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| To take advantage of the most even hearing response, mixes can be monitored between ________ and ________ |
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| 5 Categories of Sound Spotted to a Picture? |
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| Dialogue, Foley, SFX, Music, Perspective |
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| What can we use to alter the speed a sound plays back at without altering its pitch? |
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| Removing pauses and breaths from a recording is called ___________. |
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| Frequency selective compression is known as ________. |
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| We can control the dynamic range of a recording by using ________. |
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| If we are adding newly recorded material to existing recording we need to match _______ and ________. |
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| What are the three categories of sound Foley Artists deal with? |
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| Cloth, Footsteps, and Accidentals |
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| What is the difference between a big Sound Effect and a small Sound Effect? |
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| What do we call a sound effect that logically fits? |
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| (0-32ms) The range of delay times where the brain percieves two sounds as a single event |
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| What do we percieve a 0-9 ms delay as? |
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| What do we percieve a 9-32 ms delay time as? |
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| Temporal Fusion (Chorus Effect) |
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| What is a reverse effect? |
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| An effect that is reversed while the sound source plays back regularly |
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| What is the opposite of time compression? |
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| What does an Aphex Aural Exciter do? |
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| Adds Even Order Harmonics |
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| What does a Sonic Maximizer do? |
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| Time aligns low and high frequencies |
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| What are the Types of Transducers in Microphones? |
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| Carbon, Crystal, Magnetic, Dynamic, Condenser, and Ribbon |
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| What is the name of AKG's first dynamic mic? |
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| What was the first Dynamic Mic with a cardoid polar pattern? |
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| What is known as the finest condenser mic ever produced? |
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| Who was commisioned by AKG to make the M251? |
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| What was the first mass produced Condenser Mic? |
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| Who invented Phantom Power and what was the first mic to use it? |
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| What was the first single element cardoid mic? |
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