Music

Question 1

Clipping

Answer 1

Or sometimes referred to as “peaking”. This is when a channel or track in a DAW has too much volume or signal, therefore the sound starts to distort and get ‘ugly’.

Question 2

Doubling

Answer 2

tracks (often vocal) needs to be recorded on top of eachother so that the sound is extra “full” and “strong”

Question 3

Latency

Answer 3

The amount of delay between the input and the output of a signal.

Question 4

EQ

Answer 4

“Equalizing” a track or an entire song, you are making sure that overall sound balance is quality. This is almost always determined by 3 controls. The Bass (or low), The Middle, and High (or Treble).

Question 5

Reverb

Answer 5

Elec Echo

Question 6

Key Signatures

Answer 6

Every song, melody etc. that ever existed is written in a “key” whether the artist or engineer knows it or not. There are 2 types of key signatures….

Major Keys: Songs or melodies written in major keys generally sound uplifting or “happy”.

Minor Keys: Songs or melodies written in minor keys sound sad or intense.

Question 7

Bars & Time Signatures

Answer 7

These determine how many beats are in a ‘bar’ of music. 4/4 time - the first number is the important one. It tells you how many beats are in a bar.
Bars: A single unit of time containing a specific number of beats.

Question 8

Quantize

Answer 8

artist doesn’t perform the ‘take’ perfectly. An audio engineer can ‘quantize’ the track to make the rhythm’s like up perfectly and to change the pitch if there is a glaring error.

Question 9

“Pan” and Compression

Answer 9

Quite simply, this is to move or adjust the sound from L to R speaker or L to R headphone.

Question 10

Transposition

Answer 10

‘transpose’ means to pitch shift or alter the pitch

Question 11

DAW

Answer 11

Digital Audio Workspace