Quiz Review 4 Flashcards

1
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CD’s from Conception to Manufacturing in 10 steps

A
  1. Conception- artist and producer will collaborate. Involve A & R.
  2. Recording
  3. Mixdown
  4. Masteror
  5. Quality Control
  6. Plant- glass mastering- a disk
  7. Negative Father- Plating
  8. Positive Mother- Plating
  9. Stamper- Plating
  10. Pressing and Moulding- Raw Plastic Disc
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2
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T or F. Sample rate reduction and bit rate reduction should be done at the same time.

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F

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3
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T or F. The decibel level that begins to damage your hearing is 70.

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F

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4
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T or F. A 24 bit system has a 144 Db of dynamic range.

A

T

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5
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T or F. When preparing a CD for Mastering always convert sample rate.

A

F

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6
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T or F. Dithering is done by adding noise of a level less then the least significant bit by rounding to 60.

A

T

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7
Q

In a zero point reference mix it is better to start with ________.

A

Most dominant

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8
Q

What does MS stand for?

A

Mid Side

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9
Q

The maximum audio CD length is ______.

A

79.38

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10
Q

Audio CD use the _______.

A

Red book standard

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11
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What is the name of the document that you give the duplicator?

A

the PQ list

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12
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Using one word describe dithering.

A

noise

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13
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For every bit that you give in a given system you ______ resolution.

A

Double

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14
Q

Give three types of processing plug ins.

A

Multiband compressor
Expander
D’esser

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15
Q

After we have processed give 3 other tasks

A

sequencing
spacing
fades
dithering

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16
Q

2 types of meters with explanation…

A

Peak- real time transients
VU- delayed averages
RMS- Real time averages
Phase- Give you coherency

17
Q

list 3 lossie audio types

A

MP3
MP4
AAC

18
Q

list 3 loss less

A

WAV
AIF
BWF

19
Q

Define the term dynamic range

A

difference between the loudest and the softest levels

20
Q

What is a disadvantage of normalization?

A

Quantization distortion

Raises the noise floor