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Music Tech

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Microphone Types
What is a diaphragm,
What happens as sound waves make ...,
Describe how the plates work in a...
23  cards
Microphone characteristics
What are pickup polar patterns,
Why are polar patterns useful,
What is spill
5  cards
Pickup/Polar patterns
What are the advantages of an omn...,
What are the disadvantages of an ...,
What are the common uses of an om...
16  cards
Microphone construction
Give an example of a high sound p...,
What are plosives,
What can be used to prevent plosi...
6  cards
Frequency response
What is the range of frequencies ...,
What is produced when you sing or...,
Why are overtones important
5  cards
Microphone examples
What can the shure sm58 be used f...,
What can the akg d112 be used for...,
What can the akg c414 be used for...
8  cards
Keywords: A-B
Alternating current ac,
Amplify,
Amplitude
7  cards
Keywords - C
Cable,
Capacitor,
Capacitor microphone
5  cards
Keywords - D
Decibel,
Diaphragm,
Di box
8  cards
Keywords - E
Effects unit,
Effected,
Electromagnet
4  cards
Keywords - F
Fader,
Foldback,
Frequency
4  cards
Keywords - G-H-I-J
Gain,
Hertz hz,
Insert point
4  cards
Keywords - L-M
Loop,
Loudspeaker,
Mastering
8  cards
Keywords - N-P
Normalisation,
Pan,
Peak
9  cards
Keywords - Q-R-S
Quantisation,
Reverberation reverb,
Roll off
10  cards
Keywords - T-U-W-X
Tape,
Tracking,
Transistor
7  cards
Synths
Describe subtractive synthesis,
How is subtractive synthesis achi...,
Describe additive synthesis
12  cards
MIDI
What is midi an acronym for,
What does midi allow electronic i...,
Why was midi developed
16  cards
Signal flow
What is signal flow,
Describe the first stage or input,
What happens after the signal goe...
10  cards
past paper 1
What is the sample rate and bit d...,
Explain the difference between a ...,
What does a limiter intend to limit
21  cards
Noise Gate
What is a noise gate,
When might a noise gate be effective,
Describe the threshold of a noise...
7  cards
Audio Tech paper 1
A high shelving filter is equival...,
In terms of audio filters a highe...,
In what circumstances might a sou...
30  cards
Audio tech - background and history
Describe the acoustics in ancient...,
What was the earliest known devic...,
What was the first recording and ...
23  cards
Audio fundamentals and the time domain
Describe a transverse wave,
Describe a longitudinal wave,
What is the speed of sound
21  cards
Frequency and pitch
What is frequency,
What is the voice band for intell...,
What frequencies surround sub bass
37  cards
Amplitude and level
What does the term amplitude refe...,
What does the term volume refer to,
What does the term gain refer to
15  cards
Intro to digital audio
How does digital audio differ to ...,
Why is digital audio easier to tr...,
When was the first computer based...
32  cards
MIDI and sequencing
List 3 things that describe seque...,
Build on the idea that a sequence...,
Build on the idea that a sequence...
16  cards
Algorithmic composition and minimalism
What is automated composition,
What is an algorithm,
Describe a formal algorithm
7  cards
DAWS
How does dsp digital signal proce...,
Why do digital audio systems proc...,
Why are buffer sizes normally pow...
15  cards
Introduction to synthesis
What are the three stages of a ty...,
Describe the oscillator,
Describe the filter
32  cards
modulation synthesis
What is additive synthesis,
What did thadeus cahill s telharm...,
What can additive synthesis require
25  cards
Subtractive and sample based synthesis
What is subtractive synthesis,
What is the result of filtering o...,
What does each instrument or voic...
20  cards
Synthesis and effects
Give an example of a signal flow ...,
Oscillator describe the oscillato...,
Filter how are sound waves create...
21  cards
Digital audio formats
What is audio data commonly store...,
What is bit depth,
What is pcm
22  cards
Spatialisation and surround sound
How have the ears of humans and a...,
What do humans and animals use th...,
How does the mass of the head act...
21  cards
audio tech paper 2
In what circumstances might a lis...,
What does a modern daw use to ena...,
Which of the following daw user i...
37  cards
Coding - practical 1
What should comments be used for,
What should you use for,
What should you use for
13  cards
Coding - practical 2
Give an example of a variable dec...,
How many parts does a variable de...,
What can you use after the variab...
11  cards
Coding - practical 3
What are the two opposing princip...,
What is the difference between vo...,
Describe the 4 parts of void iap ...
5  cards
Coding - practical 4
What is the general form of a bas...,
What happens if the condition in ...,
What are comparison operators
10  cards
Coding - Practical 5
What do functions enable,
What are the two steps in making ...,
What does the function declaratio...
15  cards
Coding - Practical 6
What is the code to print the add...,
What symbol is used to get the ad...,
What are shared variables
4  cards
coding - Practical 7
Why might a programme never exit ...,
How can the programme be controll...,
Describe std string name
13  cards
Coding - practical 8
What is the general form of a whi...,
Describe what the condition state...,
When does the condition of the wh...
10  cards
Coding - practical 9
What is the class keyword used for,
What follows the class keyword,
What comes after the class keyword
12  cards
Coding - practical 10
What do arrays allow us to do,
Give an example of an array for 4...,
What is the general form of an array
11  cards
Coding - practical 11
What is a vector,
How do you declare a vector type,
How do you add data to a vector
16  cards
Coding Exam
Declare a comment with your stude...,
Declare a variable for storing th...,
Declare a variable for storing th...
39  cards
Coding - files
What do fstreams provide,
What are the two classes of file ...,
How do you use a file stream
20  cards

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