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1
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Chronological order of these inventions

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telegraph, phono autograph, telephone, phonograph

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Year 1877 significant in recording because

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telephone

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1st device to successfully record and playback sound

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phonograph

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While Edison and other companies competed with rivals for cylinder other competed to create the disc

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Emile Berliner

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5
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In the acoustic era engineers used ____ to record

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horns

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Type of music recorded and sold in the acoustic era was determined by..

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all of the above

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A sound wave is made up of a series of

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all of the above

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8
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Speed of sound at sea level and 170 degrees farenheit

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1,130ft/sec

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9
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Hertz is the measurement of

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frequency

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What is the relationship between 2 tones which one is an octave above the other

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frequencies differ by a factor of 2

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11
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The unit of measurement for amplitude is …

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dB (decibels)

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12
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The external structure of the ear

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pinae

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13
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The threshold of hearing is defined as

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0dB

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14
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Timbre is determined largely by

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overtones

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15
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A single pure tone that contains no harmonics or overtones

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sine waves

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16
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The lowest frequency found in a complex note is

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fundamental

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17
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Lower frequencies have

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long wave lengths

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18
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2 identical sound waves that are exactly 180 degrees out of scale will

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cancel each other out

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19
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As sound bends around an object or surface it is said to be

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diffracted

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20
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Sensitivity of human hearing in relation to frequency

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equal loudness curve

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21
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The development of the _______ defined the electrical era of recording

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microphone

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22
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1st type of microphone

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carbon

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23
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LP records and 45 RPM singles both had

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microgrooves

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24
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LP records were originally conceived for recording and computing what musical genre

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classical

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The LP disc changed the record business because
shifted from singles to album collection
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Microphones and loudspeakers are both
transducers
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Which of the following best describes a moving coil microphone?
Coil wire attached to receiving mechanism suspended within magnetic field
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The SHURE SM-57 is an example of
moving coil
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most rugged and durable microphones are
moving coil
30
which best describes a capacitor/condesnor microphone
2 Electrically charged place, one fixed, one suspended that changes in response to air pressure
31
Phantom power is
all of the above
32
Which type of mic is considered most appropriate for recording soft instruments
condenser
33
Mic selection and positioning depend upon
all of the above
34
Close micing
all of the above
35
What mic technique results in natural blend of space with the direct sound?
x/y
36
The 3:1 ratio states
When using multiple mics they must be at least 3x father away from each other than the sources they are recording
37
What console allows us to place things from left to right
pan control
38
What console feature permits patching on an EQ or compressor
insert
39
Who pioneered multitrack tape recording allowing tracks over tracks
Les Paul
40
What studio did Beatles use?
Abbie Roads
41
As recording engineer, bass sound muddy what would you use?
equalizer
42
Producer says vocals too loud/too soft at times... use?
compressor
43
Snare sounds like it’s in a closet but want to make it sound like it’s in a big church.. use?
reverb
44
Put echo on.. use?
delay
45
make vocalists sound like 2 people are singing.. use?
chorus
46
Effects such as plate reverb and tape echo used during
Analog Era
47
Professional analog tape recorders 3 magnetic heads in the following order
none of the above (erase, record, playback)
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What happens to audio every time analog copy of recording is made
noise increases
49
Measurement of tape speed labeled as..
IPS
50
Without sel-sync we could not...
Overdub
51
A device that changes the signal from line level to speaker level
power amp
52
Tames peaks of track by controlling dynamic range
compressor
53
Digital delay and reverb
Time processors
54
Analog processor
plate reverb
55
Plug-ins by their nature are
digital processors
56
Harry Nyquist figure out..
sample rate must be at least twice the highest recorded frequency
57
The most revolutionary aspect of digital recording is
Recording can be created that has the potential to exist for forever
58
Which of the following comparisons is step backwards for sound quality?
CD to MP3
59
One of the biggest advantages digital recording offers
recording is exactly the same from on copy to the next
60
In comparison to the DAW what feature is not available with tape
Nondestructive editing
61
A DVD can store more data than a CD because..
all of the above
62
MIDI arrived in the studio in the
digital period
63
First to edit electric sound by cutting and splicing
analog period
64
microphones and vacuum tube amplifiers first had wide spread use during...
the electric period
65
First commercial recordings
acoustic period
66
During the digital recording process, the # of measurement taken per second is called
sample rate
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If a Nyquist limit limit was the sample rate would have to be
20 kHz
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what bit depth provides most accurate measurement
24 bit (the highest)
69
standard audio CD
red
70
increasing the sample rate also increases..
the audio bandwidth
71
Increasing bit depth also increases
dynamic range
72
Which of the following format holds the most data..
Blu-Ray
73
128 kilobits/second MP3 digital audio is able to increase file size by ratio of
10:1
74
Lostless compression works by
Encodes redundant information
75
Lossy compression works by
discarding sounds human auditory system is not sensitive to
76
Technology introdcued in early 1980s allowed synthesizers to transform performance data with each other/with computers
MIDI
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Surround sound 5.1 systems contain a total of how many channels?
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