Mixing

Question 1

What is the order of the processing chain

Answer 1

Saturation 
Reductive EQ
Compression 
Additive EQ
Effects 
Limiting

Question 2

Frequency of the Sub, 808

Answer 2

30-100 Hz

Question 3

Frequency of the low end and kick

Answer 3

50-300 Hz

Question 4

Frequency of the low mids and bass

Answer 4

200-800 Hz

Question 5

Frequency of the mids, vocals, and synth

Answer 5

700-1600 Hz

Question 6

Frequency of the upper mids, vocals, synths, guitar, and snare

Answer 6

1500-6000 Hz

Question 7

Frequency of the high end, cymbals, percs, and synth tops

Answer 7

5,000-12,000 Hz

Question 8

Frequency of air and reverb

Answer 8

10,000-20,000 Hz

Question 9

What are the 5 global parameters on a compressor

Answer 9

Threshold 
Ratio
Attack
Release 
Make-up Gain

Question 10

What is a compressor

Answer 10

in effect, it can be thought of as an automatic fader. It is used to proportionately reduce the dynamics of a signal that rises above a user-definable level (known as the threshold) to a lesser volume range.

Question 11

Threshold, in compression

Answer 11

this setting determines the level at which the compressor will begin to proportionately reduce the incoming signal.

Question 12

Ratio, in compression

Answer 12

determines how much to reduce above the threshold

Question 13

Attack, in compression

Answer 13

determines how fast or slow the compressor will turn down signals that exceed the threshold.

Question 14

Release, in compression

Answer 14

determines how fast or slow the compressor will restore a signal to its original dynamic level once it has fallen below the threshold point.

Question 15

Make-up Gain

Answer 15

takes the whole signal and pushes it back up if needed.