Fault and solution

Question 1

Acoustic recording (fault)

Answer 1

microphone placement too far away
microphone placement too close
spillage from headphones

Question 2

Acoustic Recording (solution)

Answer 2

move microphone closer
move microphone further away
turn down headphone monitoring level

Question 3

DI Instrument

Answer 3

Distortion - turn down the gain on one channel
Peaking - balance two channels

Question 4

Drumkit

Answer 4

Over compressed - reduce the compression ratio/adjust the threshold.