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What does FM stand for?

A

Frequency modulation

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What does MIDI stand for

A

Musical Instrument Digital Interface

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What does VCO stand for?

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Voltage controlled oscillator

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What does COSM stand for?

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Composite object sound modeling

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What does EG stand for?

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Envelope generator

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A bolt on neck is a guitar that is secured to the body by a series of bolts or wood screws. T/F?

A

True

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A passive audio devise is one which does not use amplification circuits. T/F?

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True

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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.

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False

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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.

A

True

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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.

A

True

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10
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What is the name for self contained units containing the amplifier and speaker in one cabinet(two words)?

A

Combo Amp

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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.

A

Headstock

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12
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What term refers to the distance between the guitars strings and the guitars frets?

A

Action

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13
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What term refers to the part of the guitar that holds the strings in place and transmits their vibrations to the instrument’s body?

A

Bridge

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14
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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??

A

Les Paul

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What does GM stand for?

A

General MIDI

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16
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What does ROM stand for?

A

Read Only Memory

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17
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What does LFO stand for?

A

Low Frequency Ocillator

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18
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What does VCA stand for?

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Voltage Controlled Amplifier

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True/False

A tail piece is the metal bar or rod used to reinforce the neck of a guitar, bass, or other stringed instrument.

A

False

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True/False

A locking tuner locks the string to the string post and thus makes string replacement easier and tuning more stable.

A

True

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21
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True/False

“Soap bar” is a common nickname for a P90-style single-coil pickup that resembles a small, rectangular bar of soap.

A

True

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22
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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.

A

False

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23
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This is the frame around which the wire is wound on the pick up.

A

Bobbin

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24
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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.

A

E-bow

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25
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These are tapered strips of wood that are glued around the inside seams of a guitar.

A

Kerfing

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26
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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.

A

Nut

27
Q

Which manufacture makes the SR250SLB?

A

Ibenez

28
Q

Which guitar manufacturer makes the DRS1?

A

Martin

29
Q

Which guitar manufacturer makes the Baby Mhgy?

A

Taylor

30
Q

How many watts is the Marshall MG15CFX?

A

15

31
Q

How many watts is the Fender 65DeluxRev?

A

22

32
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How many watts is the Peavey MAX115V2?

A

300

33
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What does MMC stand for?

A

MIDI Machine Control

34
Q

What does SMF stand for?

A

Standard MIDI File

35
Q

What does PPQ stand for?

A

Parts Per Quarter

36
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What does ADSR stand for?

A

Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release

37
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What does BPM stand for?

A

Beats per minute

38
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True/False

A MIDI out should be connected to either a MIDI in or a MIDI thru.

A

False

39
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True/False

A sample is an analog representation of sound.

A

False

40
Q

True/False

MIDI is a serial communication format.

A

True

41
Q

True/False

A device’s MIDI thru port will output data generated within that unit.

A

False

42
Q

True/False

Standard MIDI files are a standardized file format for transferring sounds between MIDI devices.

A

False

43
Q

What is the continuous controller number for midi volume?

A

7

44
Q

This is the ability to play more than one note simultaneously.

A

Polyphony

45
Q

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.

A

After touch

46
Q

This is the ability if a synthesizer to produce more than one type of sound, or timbre, at a time.

A

Multitimbral

47
Q

What is the name for the set of requirements for MIDI devices aimed at ensuring consistent playback on all instruments bearing its logo

A

General MIDI

48
Q

What does MTC stand for?

A

Midi Time Code

49
Q

What does VSTi stand for?

A

Virtual Studio Technology Instrument

50
Q

What does VAST stand for?

A

Variable Architecture Synthesis Technology

51
Q

What does HDMI stand for?

A

High-Definition multimedia interface

52
Q

True/False

When sampling, the sample rate determines the frequency that can be captured.

A

True

53
Q

True/False

Pitch bend, like all continuos controllers has a range of values from 0-127.

A

False

54
Q

True/False

A MIDI implantation chart lists the sounds that a particular sound contains.

A

False

55
Q

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.

A

True

56
Q

Which if the four midi modes is used mainly with guitar controllers?

A

4

57
Q

This is the musical result of modulating the pitch of an audio oscillator with an LFO.

A

Vibrato

58
Q

What are the two parts to each midi mode?

A

Omni & Poly

59
Q

What is the name of the built in midi support available in the Mac OSX operating system

A

CoreMIDI

60
Q

How many MIDI outs are on the roland UMOneMK2?

A

One

61
Q

How many keys are on the Nektark PanoramaP4 keyboard controller?

A

49

62
Q

What is the maximum polyphony of a Roland RD800(stock, unexpected unit)?

A

128 note polyphony

63
Q

How many keys are on the Yamaha MOXF8 keyboard controller?

A

88

64
Q

Native instruments KOMP9 is compatible with which platforms?

A

Mac & PC

65
Q

Cakewalk SonarX3Pro is compatible with which platforms

A

PC

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