Technology Flashcards
Synthesised
Keyboard effect
Synthesiser
Keyboard that plays different electronic effects
Sampler/Sample
is an electronic musical instrument similar in some respects to a synthesizer but, instead of generating sounds, it uses recordings (or “samples”) of sounds that are loaded or recorded into it by the user and then played back by means of the sampler program itself, a keyboard, sequencer or other triggering device to perform or compose music.
MIDI
Musical Instrument Digital Interface
Looping
Short repeated patterns that are played over and over
Remix
Getting an original song and changing it
Sequencer/Sequence
Is a device or application software that can record, edit, or play back music
Vocoder
For voices….voices sound electronic
Reverb
Echo
Delay
A slight delay in music
Distortion
Distorted….electric guitar
Overdrive
Overdrive is a similar effect to distortion
Panning
The spread of sound through the speakers
Wah-wah
A pedal for the guitar which creates a certain effect that is supposed to sound like a human voice
Flange
An audio effect produced by mixing two identical signals together, one signal delayed by a small and gradually changing period, usually smaller than 20 milliseconds. This produces a swept comb filter effect