Revision 1 National 5 Music Technology

Question 1

When sound from one instrument spills over into another microphone it is known as...

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Spillage/Leakage

Question 2

What microphone polar pattern does this picture represent?

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Cardioid

Question 3

To 'squash' the sound to limit the distance between higher and lowest sound levels.

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Compression

Question 4

Signal-activated switch. If it reaches a pre-set threshold it opens, allowing signal to pass

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Noise Gate

Question 5

Which instrument has had distortion added?

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Electric Guitar

Question 6

Rhyming lyrics performed in time to a beat.

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Rapping

Question 7

What does EQ stand for?

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Equalisation

Question 8

Placing a mono signal in the stereo sound field from left to right.

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Panning

Question 9

Short 'click' in digital audio. Can be caused by a poor sound file edit.

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Glitch

Question 10

Which side is the male vocal panned to?

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Left

Question 11

A high, sharp 's' noise on vocal recordings.

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Sibiliance

Question 12

What microphone polar pattern does this picture represent?

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Figure of Eight

Question 13

What effect is used on the vocals?

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Reverb

Question 14

Short delays are added to a signal to make it sound 'thicker'

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Chorus

Question 15

What effect is used on the vocal?

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Reverb

Question 16

The opposite of compression.

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Expansion

Question 17

When a microphone is positioned between 2 cm and about 30 cm from an sound source.

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Close mic'd

Question 18

Effect usually used on electric guitars. Makes the instrument sound fuzzy.

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Distortion

Question 19

Audible pops and thumps in a vocal recording.

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Popping/Blasting

Question 20

What is being used, along with the microphone, in this recording?

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pop shield

Question 21

This is an example of

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Dance Music

Question 22

What effect is used on the guitar?

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Distortion

Question 23

This is an example of

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Synth Pop

Question 24

Linear, sliding control to adjust a channels output.

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Fader

Question 25

When all tracks have been balanced and bounced to a stereo master.

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Final Mix

Question 26

Effect where a noise gate is applied to output of a reverb processor. Commonly used on drum kit

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Gated Reverb

Question 27

This is an example of

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60s pop

Question 28

This genre of music is recognised through mainly using samples and loops.

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Hip Hop

Question 29

To capture a new track of material in sync with one previously recorded.

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Overdub

Question 30

This is an example of

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Electronica

Revision 1 National 5 Music Technology

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