Test Questions Flashcards
What does FM stand for?
Frequency modulation
What does MIDI stand for
Musical Instrument Digital Interface
What does VCO stand for?
Voltage controlled oscillator
What does COSM stand for?
Composite object sound modeling
What does EG stand for?
Envelope generator
A bolt on neck is a guitar that is secured to the body by a series of bolts or wood screws. T/F?
True
A passive audio devise is one which does not use amplification circuits. T/F?
True
True/False
Flat swan is the term used to describe lumber that has been cut with the tree’s annual growth rings perpendicular to the surface of the finished board.
False
True/False
Binding is found along the front, back, and sides of acoustic, hollow, and semi-hollow-body guitars. It is commonly made of a wood, plastic, or fiber, and serves to strengthen the edges of the guitar, where the top and back meet the sides.
True
True/False
A cutaway is a body style of guitar that has an indentation near where the body & neck join, allowing access to the upper frets for expanded playing capabilities.
True
What is the name for self contained units containing the amplifier and speaker in one cabinet(two words)?
Combo Amp
What is the name for the part of a guitar at the “other” end of the neck from the body? It is traditionally used for supporting the mechanical assemblies used to wind the strings.
Headstock
What term refers to the distance between the guitars strings and the guitars frets?
Action
What term refers to the part of the guitar that holds the strings in place and transmits their vibrations to the instrument’s body?
Bridge
This person constructed his first solid body electric guitar in 1941. He has also pioneered techniques such as echo delay, close-miking, and multi tracking. He also introduced the world’s first 8-track recorder. Who is it??
Les Paul
What does GM stand for?
General MIDI
What does ROM stand for?
Read Only Memory
What does LFO stand for?
Low Frequency Ocillator
What does VCA stand for?
Voltage Controlled Amplifier
True/False
A tail piece is the metal bar or rod used to reinforce the neck of a guitar, bass, or other stringed instrument.
False
True/False
A locking tuner locks the string to the string post and thus makes string replacement easier and tuning more stable.
True
True/False
“Soap bar” is a common nickname for a P90-style single-coil pickup that resembles a small, rectangular bar of soap.
True
True/False
Stoptail bridges are used on instruments that cannot physically have a bridge permanently mounted to it due to thinness or composition of the top.
False
This is the frame around which the wire is wound on the pick up.
Bobbin
This is a hand held devise used to create the affect of bowing on an electric guitar string. The earliest examples only worked on the low
e-string, but today it works on any string.
E-bow
These are tapered strips of wood that are glued around the inside seams of a guitar.
Kerfing
This is the ridge of wood, bone, or plastic at the top of the fingerboard or neck of a stringed instrument, over which the strings pass. It provides a fixed point where the string starts and also is a key ingredient in determining the height of the string rides above the fingerboard.
Nut
Which manufacture makes the SR250SLB?
Ibenez
Which guitar manufacturer makes the DRS1?
Martin
Which guitar manufacturer makes the Baby Mhgy?
Taylor
How many watts is the Marshall MG15CFX?
15
How many watts is the Fender 65DeluxRev?
22
How many watts is the Peavey MAX115V2?
300
What does MMC stand for?
MIDI Machine Control
What does SMF stand for?
Standard MIDI File
What does PPQ stand for?
Parts Per Quarter
What does ADSR stand for?
Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release
What does BPM stand for?
Beats per minute
True/False
A MIDI out should be connected to either a MIDI in or a MIDI thru.
False
True/False
A sample is an analog representation of sound.
False
True/False
MIDI is a serial communication format.
True
True/False
A device’s MIDI thru port will output data generated within that unit.
False
True/False
Standard MIDI files are a standardized file format for transferring sounds between MIDI devices.
False
What is the continuous controller number for midi volume?
7
This is the ability to play more than one note simultaneously.
Polyphony
This is midi data sent when pressure is applied to a keyboard after the key has been struck, and while it is being held down or sustained.
After touch
This is the ability if a synthesizer to produce more than one type of sound, or timbre, at a time.
Multitimbral
What is the name for the set of requirements for MIDI devices aimed at ensuring consistent playback on all instruments bearing its logo
General MIDI
What does MTC stand for?
Midi Time Code
What does VSTi stand for?
Virtual Studio Technology Instrument
What does VAST stand for?
Variable Architecture Synthesis Technology
What does HDMI stand for?
High-Definition multimedia interface
True/False
When sampling, the sample rate determines the frequency that can be captured.
True
True/False
Pitch bend, like all continuos controllers has a range of values from 0-127.
False
True/False
A MIDI implantation chart lists the sounds that a particular sound contains.
False
True/False
Aspect ratio describes an image on a TV or movie theater screen, and is defined as the width of an image divided by the height.
True
Which if the four midi modes is used mainly with guitar controllers?
4
This is the musical result of modulating the pitch of an audio oscillator with an LFO.
Vibrato
What are the two parts to each midi mode?
Omni & Poly
What is the name of the built in midi support available in the Mac OSX operating system
CoreMIDI
How many MIDI outs are on the roland UMOneMK2?
One
How many keys are on the Nektark PanoramaP4 keyboard controller?
49
What is the maximum polyphony of a Roland RD800(stock, unexpected unit)?
128 note polyphony
How many keys are on the Yamaha MOXF8 keyboard controller?
88
Native instruments KOMP9 is compatible with which platforms?
Mac & PC
Cakewalk SonarX3Pro is compatible with which platforms
PC
