C3 Paper Revision

Question 1

What is an echo chamber?

Answer 1

Reverberant room. Mix is played into this room and captured by a mic and fed back into the stereo mix

Question 2

What is decay, relating to reverb?

Answer 2

The time is takes for reverb to disopate

Question 3

What is a high pass filter?

Answer 3

Cuts out the low frequencies and allows the high ones to push through

Question 4

What is a low pass filter?

Answer 4

Cuts out the high frequencies and allows the low ones to push through

Question 5

What decade was Phil spector and ‘the wall of sound’?

Answer 5

1960s

Question 6

what is bouncing down?

Answer 6

condensing a chosen amount of tracks into one track to have more space

Question 7

what is distortion?

Answer 7

The altering or deformation of an audio signal’s original waveform, often digitally clipping

Question 8

what does LFO stand for?

Answer 8

Low Frequency Oscillator - can not be heard but influences how the other parameters of the synthesiser sound

Question 9

what does SPL stand for?

Answer 9

Sound Pressure Levels - Loudness

Question 10

what is frequency?

Answer 10

The number of waves that pass a given point in a second

Question 11

What are SPL’s measured in?

Answer 11

Decibels

Question 12

Main qualities of a dynamic mic?

Answer 12

-moving coil mic​
-strong​
-can handle high SPLs​
-cheaper​
-does not require external power (phantom)

Question 13

Main qualities of a condenser mic?

Answer 13

-Needs external power (phantom)​
-more sensitive​
-detailed sound​
-good high frequency response​
-fragile and sensitive​
-Faster transient response​

Question 14

What does ADSR stand for?

Answer 14

Attack
Decay
Sustain
Release

Question 15

What is an A03 point?
What is an A04 point?

Answer 15

A03 - what you hear or see
A04 - how was it made and what does it sound like, good or bad?