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Lesson 1: Sound and Signal Flow
Quiz: Propagation
Question 1
Sound’s movement through a medium is called:
Your Answer Score
Propagation
✔ 1.00
Spectrum
Frequency
Amplitude
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 2
The “speed of sound” refers to:
Your Answer Score
How fast sound moves through air
✔ 1.00
The Doppler effect
How fast sound moves in a vacuum
How fast sound moves through water
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 3
The speed of sound can be impacted by (check all that apply):
Your Answer Score
The medium through which sound is traveling
✔ 0.33
Temperature
✔ 0.33
Elevation
✔ 0.33
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 4
A good way to remember the speed of sound is (check all that apply):
Your Answer Score
340 meters per second
✔ 0.25
One foot per millisecond
✔ 0.25
One mile in five seconds
✔ 0.25
One kilometer in three seconds
✔ 0.25
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 5
The exact timing of sound has a direct impact on:
Your Answer Score
The sound's location within a space
✔ 1.00
The sound's amplitude
The spectrum of the sound
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 6
Which category of effects is related to sound propagation?
Your Answer Score
Delay effects
✔ 1.00
Distortion effects
Dynamic effects
Filter effects
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Quiz: Amplitude
Question 1
Sound in air is what kind of wave?
Your Answer Score
Transverse
Longitudinal ✔ 1.00
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 2
Sound traveling through a guitar string is what type of wave?
Your Answer Score
Longitudinal
Transverse ✔ 1.00
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 3
The degree of compression and rarefaction of air is called:
Your Answer Score
Amplitude ✔ 1.00
Frequency
Propagation
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 4
Sound pressure is measured in:
Your Answer Score
Decibels ✔ 1.00
Hertz
Frequency
Amplitude
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 5
The threshold of hearing is:
Your Answer Score
0 dB Sound Pressure Level ✔ 1.00
0 dB Full Scale
-20 dB Full Scale
120 dB Sound Pressure Level
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 6
The maximum amplitude inside the computer is:
Your Answer Score
0 dB Full Scale ✔ 1.00
120 dB Full Scale
0 dB Sound Pressure Level
-60 dB Sound Pressure Level
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 7
The human perception of amplitude is:
Your Answer Score
Loudness ✔ 1.00
Frequency
Level
Pitch
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 8
Lowering amplitude is know as:
Your Answer Score
Amplification
Attenuation ✔ 1.00
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 9
Dynamic range in a piece of musical equipment is:
Your Answer
The amplitude range in decibels between the noise floor and distortion
How often a wave repeats within a fixed amount of time
The amplitude range between −60 dB FS and 0 dB FS
The frequency range between 20 Hz and 20,000 Hz
Total
Question 10
Which audio effects manipulate the dynamic range?
Your Answer Score
Compressors, limiters, expanders, and gates ✔ 1.00
Delays
Filters
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Quiz: Frequency
Question 1
Frequency is:
Your Answer
How often a wave repeats within a fixed amount of time
The degree of compression and rarefaction of air
The amplitude range in decibels between the noise floor and distortion
Total
Question 2
Hertz is:
Your Answer Score
A measurement of frequency
✔ 1.00
A measurement of propagation
A measurement of amplitude
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 3
1 Hertz is:
Your Answer Score
Once per second
✔ 1.00
One foot per millisecond
Once per minute
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 4
The range of human frequency perception is roughly
Your Answer Score
-120 dB SPL to 0 dB SPL
0 Hertz to 120 Hertz
20 Hertz to 20,000 Hertz
✔ 1.00
-120 dB FS to 0 dB FS
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 5
Timbre is:
Your Answer
The relative levels of the partials in a sound
✔
The highest amplitude frequency component in a sound
The lowest frequency component in a musical sound
Total
Question 6
Which effect category manipulates timbre and spectrum?
Your Answer Score
Filter effects
✔ 1.00
Dynamic effects
Delay effects
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Quiz: Visualizing Sound
Question 1
The oscilloscope display shows:
Your Answer Score
X-Amplitude Y-Time
X-Time Y-Amplitude
✔ 1.00
X-Frequency Y-Amplitude
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 2
When air is less dense than atmospheric pressure due to sound traveling through it, the
air is:
Your Answer Score
Compressed
Rarefied
✔ 1.00
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 3
Though sound in air is a _____ wave, an oscilloscope diagrams it as a ____ wave:
Your Answer Score
Transverse, Longitudinal
Longitudinal, Transverse
✔ 1.00
Voltage, Sound
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 4
The spectrum analyzer shows:
Your Answer Score
X-time Y-Amplitude
X-Frequency Y-Amplitude
✔ 1.00
X-Amplitude Y-Time
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 5
The Spectrogram/Sonogram shows:
Your Answer Score
X-Amplitude Y-Frequency Z-Time
X-Time Y-Frequency Z-Amplitude
✔ 1.00
X-Time Y-Amplitude Z-Frequency
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 6
The typical waveform shown in a DAW track is like which display?
Your Answer Score
Spectrum analyzer
Oscilloscope
✔ 1.00
Spectrogram/Sonogram
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 7
Which display shows how timbre evolves over time?
Your Answer Score
Oscilloscope
Spectrogram/Sonogram
✔ 1.00
Spectrum Analyzer
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 8
Vowel sounds are primarily variations of:
Your Answer Score
Amplitude
Spectrum
✔ 1.00
Frequency
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Quiz: Microphones
Question 1
The movement of sonic information through a music studio is:
Your Answer Score
Amplitude
Binary
Input transducer
Signal flow
✔ 1.00
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 2
A microphone is:
Your Answer Score
An output transducer
An input transducer
✔ 1.00
A pickup
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 3
A microphone:
Your Answer
Converts from analog to digital
Samples an audio signal
Converts an audio signal into sound pressure variations
Converts sound pressure variations into an audio signal
✔
Total
Question 4
An audio signal is:
Your Answer Score
Binary information
Voltage variations
✔ 1.00
A microphone's input
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 5
A microphone preamp:
Your Answer
Converts an audio signal into sound pressure variations
Amplifies a low signal up to the standard line level
✔
Converts from analog to digital
Total
Question 6
An Analog to Digital Converter:
Your Answer
Converts an audio signal into sound pressure variations
Samples an audio signal
✔
Amplifies a low signal up to the standard line level
Total
Question 7
Once an audio signal has passed through an Analog to Digital converter:
Your Answer Score
It goes to the microphone preamp
It is a line level signal
It is pressure variations
It is represented as a stream of binary words
✔ 1.00
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 8
Binary means:
Your Answer Score
Continuous
Represented by ones and zeros
✔ 1.00
Infinitely variable
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 9
Speakers are:
Your Answer Score
Output transducers
✔ 1.00
Input transducers
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 10
A transducer:
Your Answer Score
Converts from a continuous signal to a discrete one
Converts from one form of energy to another
✔ 1.00
Samples an audio signal
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 11
A microphone converts:
Your Answer Score
Voltage variations to pressure variations
Air pressure variations to voltage variations
✔ 1.00
Audio signals to binary information
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 12
An audio signal is:
Your Answer Score
Voltage variations to pressure variations
Alternating current
✔ 1.00
Audio signals to binary information
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 13
The two most popular microphone types are:
Your Answer Score
Dynamic and PZM
Dynamic and condenser
✔ 1.00
Ribbon and condenser
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 14
To function, a condensor microphone requires:
Your Answer Score
Binary information
Phantom power
✔ 1.00
Alternating current
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 15
Why are dynamic microphones often used on stage in live settings? Check all that apply.
Your Answer Score
They are less prone to feedback
✔ 0.33
They are rugged
✔ 0.33
They are less sensitive than condenser microphones
✔ 0.33
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 16
A good all-around studio microphone is:
Your Answer Score
Handheld dynamic
A large diaphragm condenser
✔ 1.00
PZM
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 17
The frequency response of a microphone:
Your Answer
Is how noisy the microphone is
Is a diagram that shows from what directions the microphone is sensitive
Is how the microphone varies across the dynamic range
Is how sensitive the microphone is across the human hearing range
Total
Question 18
A condenser microphone will typically:
Your Answer
Be useful as a general purpose stage microphone
Not require phantom power
Have a worse high end frequency response than a dynamic microphone
Have a better high end frequency response than a dynamic microphone
Total
Question 19
The polar pattern of a microphone:
Your Answer
Is a diagram that shows how the microphone responds across the human frequency range
Is a diagram that shows from what directions the microphone is sensitive
Is how the microphone varies across the dynamic range
Total
Question 20
A directional microphone:
Your Answer
Is useful for capturing the sound of the environment
Is useful for isolating a sound source from its environment
✔
Requires phantom power
Total
Question 21
An omnidirectional microphone is good for:
Your Answer Score
Isolating a sound source from its environment
Capturing the sound of an environment
✔ 1.00
Doesn’t require phantom power
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 22
Which is a directional polar pattern? Check all that apply.
Your Answer Score
Super-cardioid
✔ 0.25
Unidirectional
✔ 0.25
Hyper-cardioid
✔ 0.25
Cardioid
✔ 0.25
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 23
What is the most important skill when placing a microphone?
Your Answer Score
Signal Flow
Editing
Mixing
Listening
✔ 1.00
Gain staging
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Quiz: Cables
Question 1
Line level is:
Your Answer
The standard operating level used throughout the studio
✔
The output signal of a microphone
The output signal of an electric guitar or bass
Total
Question 2
The two line level standards are:
Your Answer Score
+4(Pro) and −10(Consumer)
✔ 1.00
+4 (Consumer) and −10 (pro)
120dB SPL and 0dB SPL
-60dB FS and 0dB F
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 3
Which line level should you use when possible?
Your Answer Score
+4
✔ 1.00
-10
0dB FS
-60dB FS
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 4
The +4/-10 button next to some line inputs is a:
Your Answer Score
Gain stage
✔ 1.00
Microphone preamp
Transformer
D/A converter
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 5
A gain stage is:
Your Answer
A point in the signal flow where the signal can be boosted or attenuated
An input transducer
An output transducer
A point in the signal flow where the energy is converted from one format to another
Total
Question 6
Unity is:
Your Answer
A gain stage set so that there is no amplification or attenuation
A point in the signal flow where the energy is converted from one format to another
A point in the signal flow where the signal can be boosted or attenuated
An input transducer
Total
Question 7
An improperly set gain stage can cause:
Your Answer Score
Noise and/or distortion
✔ 1.00
Unity
A balanced signal
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 8
When possible:
Your Answer
Amplify once and use unity settings from that point on
✔
Amplify and attenuate numerous times throughout the signal flow
Total
Question 9
A 1/4 inch TS cable is also known as:
Your Answer Score
An instrument cable
✔ 1.00
An XLR cable
A MIDI cable
An RCA cable
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 10
A 1/4 inch TS cable is:
Your Answer Score
Unbalanced
✔ 1.00
Balanced
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 11
A balanced cable requires:
Your Answer Score
Two conductors and a shield
✔ 1.00
One conductor and a shield
A locking connector
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 12
A balanced cable:
Your Answer Score
Rejects noise
✔ 1.00
Is susceptible to noise
Is the input of a direct box
Is only good for short runs
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 13
When possible use:
Your Answer
Short runs of unbalanced cables and longer runs of balanced cables
✔
Short runs of balanced cables and longer runs of unbalanced cables
Total
Question 14
What is commonly used to convert from unbalanced to balanced?
Your Answer Score
Direct box
✔ 1.00
A balanced cable
A D/A converter
An A/D converter
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 15
A 1/4 inch TRS cable can be used in what two ways:
Your Answer Score
Stereo unbalanced or mono balanced
✔ 1.00
Stereo balanced or mono unbalanced
High impedance or low impedance
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 16
An XLR cable is:
Your Answer Score
Balanced
✔ 1.00
Unbalanced
Susceptible to noise
Only good for short runs
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 17
A microphone typically connects via what type of cable?
Your Answer Score
XLR
✔ 1.00
1/4 inch TS
1/4 inch TRS
RCA
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 18
To reduce electrical noise:
Your Answer Score
Use balanced cables wherever possible
✔ 1.00
Use unbalanced cables wherever possible
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 19
An electric guitar typically connects via what type of cable?
Your Answer Score
1/4 inch TS
✔ 1.00
XLR
RCA
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Quiz: Signals
Question 1
The most important thing when setting levels is (check all that apply):
Your Answer Score
Play quietly
✔ 0.33
Never go into the red
✔ 0.33
Check the meter in the computer
✔ 0.33
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 2
When setting levels you should (Choose all that apply):
Your Answer
Check levels on the exterior of the microphone preamp or interface
✔
Adjust the microphone preamp level
✔
Consider the level the sound will be in the final mix
✔
Listen for distortion
✔
Total
Question 3
A computer can understand what type of information?
Your Answer Score
Voltage
Analog
Binary
✔ 1.00
Audio
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 4
Analog to digital conversion is also known as:
Your Answer Score
Impedance
Transduction
Sampling
✔ 1.00
Gain
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 5
In a typical home studio, where is the A to D converter located?
Your Answer Score
Within the amplifier
Within the microphone preamp
Within the audio interface
✔ 1.00
Within the MIDI interface
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 6
An electric guitar pickup is:
Your Answer Score
An input transducer
✔ 1.00
Balanced
A microphone
An output transducer
Line Level
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 7
Is a guitar pickup output a line level signal?
Your Answer Score
Yes
No
✔ 1.00
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 8
What type of input is necessary when connecting a pickup (Choose all that apply)?
Your Answer Score
Hi impedance
✔ 0.25
HiZ
✔ 0.25
Instrument
✔ 0.25
DI
✔ 0.25
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 9
Connecting an electric guitar directly into an audio interface is called:
Your Answer Score
Transducer recording
Indirect recording
Direct recording
✔ 1.00
Digital recording
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 10
Monitoring, when recording, means:
Your Answer
To record directly into the audio interface without a microphone
To listen to the instrument that is being recorded in real time
✔
To view the audio signal on the computer monitor
Total
Question 11
It is best to monitor:
Your Answer Score
Inside of the computer
Outside of the computer
✔ 1.00
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 12
Sound running through the computer will always be:
Your Answer Score
Noisy
Distorted
Delayed
✔ 1.00
Analog
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 13
What are two ways to record direct while monitoring through an amp?
Your Answer
Through a microphone placed in front of the guitar amplifier
Connect the guitar to a direct box, use the XLR out to go to the computer, and use the parallel 1/4 out to go to the amplifier
Connect the guitar to the amp and use the amps line out to send signal to the computer
Connect the guitar to the interface and listen to the DAW output
Total
Question 14
An electric guitar with a pickup uses what type of cable?
Your Answer Score
1/4 inch TRS
XLR
1/4 inch TS
RCA
Total 0.00 / 1.00
Question 15
An electric guitar pickup:
Your Answer
Converts voltage variations into line level
Converts sound pressure variations into voltage variations
Converts string movement into voltage variation
Is an output transducer
Total
Lesson 2: The DAW
Quiz: The DAW
Question 1
What does DAW stand for?
Your Answer
Digital Audio Workstation
Digital Analog Workstation
Total
Question 2
What activities are performed during the pre-production stage? Check all that apply.
Your Answer Score
Mixing
✔ 0.17
Mastering
✔ 0.17
Editing
✔ 0.17
Tracking
✔ 0.17
Rehearsal
✔ 0.17
Songwriting
✔ 0.17
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 3
What is done during the production stage?
Your Answer
Mixing
Performing and recording
Songwriting and rehearsal
Mastering
Total
Question 4
“Tracking” is another term for:
Your Answer Score
Editing
Recording
✔ 1.00
Mixing
Songwriting
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 5
What is done during the post-production stage? Check all that apply.
Your Answer Score
Tracking
✔ 0.17
Songwriting
✔ 0.17
Recording
✔ 0.17
Mastering
✔ 0.17
Mixing
✔ 0.17
Editing
✔ 0.17
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 6
What is the only type of information the computer can process?
Your Answer Score
Decimal
Binary
✔ 1.00
Analog
Buffer
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 7
The conversion from Analog to Digital is known as:
Your Answer Score
Gain Staging
Sampling
✔ 1.00
Tracking
Trimming
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 8
What are the two main parameters of digital audio? Check all that apply.
Your Answer
Polar pattern
Frequency response
Trim
Gain
Word length (bit depth)
Sample rate
Total
Question 9
A 4-bit word can represent how many values?
Your Answer Score
2
32
16
✔ 1.00
64
128
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 10
What is the CD-standard word length?
Your Answer Score
10 bit
16 bit
✔ 1.00
24 bit
32 bit
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 11
What is the CD standard sampling rate?
Your Answer Score
16 bit
44,100 Hz
✔ 1.00
48,000 Hz
192,000 Hz
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 12
The choice of sampling rate has an impact on what properties of sound?
Your Answer Score
Bit depth
Frequency
✔ 1.00
Amplitude
Word length
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 13
The choice of word length has an impact on what properties of sound?
Your Answer Score
Frequency
Amplitude
✔ 1.00
Sampling rate
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 14
An audio buffer:
Your Answer
Should be set high when recording
Is a collection of samples waiting to get to the D to A converter
Is a collection of samples waiting to get to the A to D converter
Is the same as bit depth
Total
Question 15
The buffer size is:
Your Answer
A number of seconds
A number of audio samples
A number of milliseconds
The sampling frequency
Total
Question 16
Raising buffer size:
Your Answer
Is best when recording
Increases latency
Reduces the number of available tracks, plugins, and effects
Total
Question 17
What type of audio file should be used when recording in a DAW?
Your Answer
mp3
Uncompressed
✔
Compressed
mp4
Total
Question 18
Which of the following are uncompressed audio file types? Check all that apply.
Your Answer Score
mp3
✔ 0.25
Aiff
✔ 0.25
Wav
✔ 0.25
AAC
✔ 0.25
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 19
MP3 is:
Your Answer
Lossy data compression
Lossless data compression
Total
Question 20
Zip is:
Your Answer
Lossless data compression
Lossy data compression
Total
Question 21
An interleaved file:
Your Answer
Is a compressed data type
Contains both left and right audio channels in a single file
Has two separate files, one for left and another for right
Is a 24-bit recording
Total
Question 22
A project file contains:
Your Answer
all assets associated with a musical project
song information, an edit list that references external audio files, and MIDI data
song information, audio information, and MIDI data
Total
Question 23
When sharing projects:
Your Answer
share the entire project folder
Share only the project file
Total
Question 24
Saving only the project file is preferable when:
Your Answer
Sharing a project with someone else
Creating multiple versions of the same song
Backing up a project
Total
Quiz: Tracks and Files
Question 1
These tracks contain song specific information like Markers and Tempo:
Your Answer Score
Audio tracks
Global tracks
✔ 1.00
Aux tracks
MIDI tracks
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 2
These tracks are used primarily for routing audio within a DAW:
Your Answer Score
Global tracks
MIDI tracks
Aux tracks
✔ 1.00
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 3
An Audio track stores:
Your Answer Score
MIDI data
Digital audio data
✔ 1.00
Analog audio data
Song information
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 4
This track type holds a kind of “real time score”:
Your Answer Score
Global track
MIDI track
✔ 1.00
Audio track
Aux track
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 5
What is the only type of track that inputs one type of data but outputs another?
Your Answer
Global track
Instrument track or MIDI track with a software instrument
Audio track
Aux track
Total
Question 6
When recording with a single microphone, what type of track would you record into?
Your Answer Score
Stereo audio track
Mono audio track
✔ 1.00
MIDI track
Global track
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 7
This type of track would be used to send data to an external synthesizer:
Your Answer Score
Aux track
MIDI track
✔ 1.00
Stereo audio track
Global track
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 8
A new audio file is created:
Your Answer
When the project is saved
With every recording
✔
For each track
With each region or clip that is created
Total
Question 9
Recorded audio files are named:
Your Answer Score
By the computer name
By the project name
By the track name
✔ 1.00
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Quiz: Editing
Question 1
Non-destructive editing means:
Your Answer
The clip or region is changed but the referenced audio file is unchanged
Plugins have been applied to the track
The clip or region is unchanged but the referenced audio file is changed
Total
Question 2
Trimming:
Your Answer
Duplicates a region
Adjusts the edges of the region or clip
✔
Creates a new region
Moves a clip’s position on the timeline
Total
Question 3
This is used to avoid pops and clicks at the beginning or end of a region:
Your Answer Score
Trim
Fade
✔ 1.00
Normalize
Comping
Cut
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 4
When you want to move a region by a small amount but it is moving by large
amounts what must you do?
Your Answer Score
Turn on the grid
Turn off the grid
✔ 1.00
Trim the region
Duplicate the region
Quantize the region
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 5
Creating a perfect performance from a series of imperfect takes is called:
Your Answer Score
Fading
Comping
✔ 1.00
Normalizing
Trimming
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Quiz: MIDI
Question 1
What is the range of notes in the MIDI specification?
Your Answer Score
0-127
✔ 1.00
0-63
0-511
1-64
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 2
Knobs on MIDI controllers mostly send what type of data?
Your Answer Score
Control Change
✔ 1.00
Sysex
Note
Pressure
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 3
How many different channels are in the MIDI specification?
Your Answer Score
16
✔ 1.00
12
24
4
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 4
Velocity is:
Your Answer Score
The amount of pitch bend
How hard a key was hit
✔ 1.00
The channel of a MIDI note
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 5
The two data words of a note-on message indicate:
Your Answer
Note number and velocity
✔
Channel and Control Change
Velocity and Channel
Note number and modulation amount
Total
Question 6
The range of velocity in the MIDI spec is:
Your Answer Score
0-127
✔ 1.00
0-63
0-511
1-64
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 7
A 7-bit word can represent how many values?
Your Answer Score
128
✔ 1.00
256
64
512
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 8
Modulation is which Control Change?
Your Answer Score
7
74
11
10
1
✔ 1.00
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 9
A MIDI note in a DAW consists of how many MIDI messages?
Your Answer
2, Note on and note off
✔
2, Velocity and note number
1, Note on
3, Channel Velocity and note number
Total
Question 10
A sampler:
Your Answer
Plays back pre-recorded audio files
Generates sound from a geometric algorithm
Total
Lesson 3: The Mixer
Quiz: The Channel Strip
Question 1
The Trim knob:
Your Answer
Adjusts the gain of the microphone preamp
Controls the amount of signal in the right and left channel of the track’s input
Adjusts the track output level
Total
Question 2
On a mixing board, the signal flows:
Your Answer
Top to bottom, with no exceptions
Bottom to top, but there are exceptions
Bottom to top, with no exceptions
Top to bottom, but there are exceptions
✔
Total
Question 3
A Pan knob:
Your Answer
Controls the amount of signal in the right and left channel of the track’s output
Controls the level of a secondary output
Controls the amount of signal in the right and left channel of the track’s input
Total
Question 4
An insert:
Your Answer
Controls the level of a secondary output
Adjusts the track output level
Controls the amount of signal in the right and left channel of the track’s input
Allows external devices (or plugins) to be introduced into the signal flow
Total
Question 5
A send:
Your Answer
Controls the level of a secondary output
Controls the amount of signal in the right and left channel of the track’s input
Allows external devices (or plugins) to be introduced into the signal flow
Total
Question 6
Mute:
Your Answer Score
Silences a track
✔ 1.00
Routes a track to an aux send
Silences all other tracks
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 7
Solo:
Your Answer Score
Silences all other tracks
✔ 1.00
Routes a track to an aux send
Silences the track
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question Explanation
Solo:
Question 8
A Bus:
Your Answer
Combines multiple streams of audio
✔
Controls the level of a secondary output
Adjusts the track output level
Total
Question 9
Do all DAW’s require the user to manually configure busses?
Your Answer Score
Yes
No
✔ 1.00
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Quiz: Effects
Question 1
EQ belongs to which category?
Your Answer Score
Delay
Dynamic
Filter
✔ 1.00
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 2
Compressor belongs to which category?
Your Answer Score
Delay
Filter
Dynamic
✔ 1.00
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 3
Reverb belongs to which category?
Your Answer Score
Filter
Dynamic
Delay
✔ 1.00
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 4
Dynamic effects are related to which property of sound?
Your Answer Score
Propagation
Timbre
Amplitude
✔ 1.00
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 5
Filter effects are related to which property of sound?
Your Answer Score
Propagation
Amplitude
Timbre
✔ 1.00
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 6
Delay effects are related to which property of sound?
Your Answer Score
Amplitude
Frequency
Propagation
✔ 1.00
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 7
Which is a correct order for the signal flow in a mixing board:
Your Answer
Input trim —> Track Fader —> Pre Fader Sends —> Inserts —> Post Fader sends
Input trim —> Inserts —> Pre Fader Sends —> Track Fader —> Post Fader sends
Input trim —> Pre Fader Sends —> Inserts —> Track Fader —> Post Fader sends
Input trim —> Inserts —> Post Fader Sends —> Track Fader —> Pre Fader sends
Total
Question 8
Inserts are processed in what order:
Your Answer Score
Bottom to top or right to left
Top to bottom or left to right
✔ 1.00
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Quiz: Sends
Question 1
When configuring a Monitor mix, use:
Your Answer Score
Pre fader sends
✔ 1.00
Post fader sends
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 2
When configuring parallel effects, such as reverb, we commonly use:
Your Answer Score
Post fader sends
✔ 1.00
Pre Fader sends
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 3
The default location for a send in a DAW is:
Your Answer Score
Post fader
✔ 1.00
Pre fader
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 4
With Pre fader sends:
Your Answer
The send level is independent of the track fader
The send level is dependent on the track fader
Total
Question 5
A reverb used in a send and return configuration:
Your Answer
Should have Dry/Wet set to 50%
Should have Dry/Wet set to 100%
✔
Should have Dry/Wet set to 0%
Total
Question 6
What are the benefits of using a reverb in a send return configuration? Check all that
apply.
Your Answer
A single room sound can be applied to the entire mix (in varying amounts per track)
The room sound for the entire mix can be changed easily, in a single location
Reduced CPU usage when compared to using many plugins
There is a single Dry/Wet control for the entire mix
Total
Lesson 4: Dynamic Effects
Quiz: Dynamic Range
Question 1
“Dynamic Range” can mean many things, in a piece of gear it means:
Your Answer
The range in timbre from dull to bright
The range in amplitude between noise and distortion
The frequency range from lowest to highest that can be accurately represented
Total
Question 2
What unit of measure is used for amplitude in the air?
Your Answer Score
dBSPL
✔ 1.00
dBFS
Phons
Sons
Hertz
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 3
The dBSPL reference point is what?
Your Answer Score
The threshold of pain
The threshold of hearing
✔ 1.00
The absolute maximum level
The absolute minimum level
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 4
What are the two main types of noise that we try to avoid while recording?
Your Answer Score
Acoustical
✔ 0.20
Electrical
✔ 0.20
Instrument
✔ 0.20
Microphone
✔ 0.20
Musical
✔ 0.20
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 5
What is the first step in reducing acoustic noise?
Your Answer
Add blankets over windows
Listen carefully
✔
Move the computer
Place your microphone carefully
Total
Question 6
What is “self noise”?
Your Answer
The sound of human nervous system
The electrical noise that a piece of gear produces
The sound of human digestion
The sound of the fan in a computer
Total
Question 7
How do you reduce electrical noise? Choose all that apply.
Your Answer
Use short cables
✔
Use long cables
✔
Turn off appliances and dimmers
✔
Avoid unnecessary gain
✔
Use unbalanced cables
✔
Use fewer pieces of gear
✔
Use balanced cables
✔
Total
Question 8
“Drive” is:
Your Answer Score
Gain after a distortion stage
Gain before a distortion stage
✔ 1.00
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 9
Distortion (choose all that apply):
Your Answer
Turns amplitude variations into timbre variations
Is the upper end of the dynamic range of a piece of gear
Introduces upper partials
Makes a signal brighter
Increases apparent loudness
Happens when a signal gets very quiet
Is the linear portion of the dynamic range
Changes the waveshape
Total
Question 10
“Clipping” in a DAW (choose all that apply):
Your Answer
Is a soft gentle type of distortion
Is indicated by red lights at the top of the channel level
Is often referring to digital distortion
Total
Question 11
A transient is (choose all that apply):
Your Answer
Slow moving musical dynamics
A moment where amplitude changes dramatically in a short amount of time
Manipulated by compressors and gates
Total
Quiz: Dynamic Processors
Question 1
Compression:
Your Answer Score
Reduces dynamic range
✔ 1.00
Increases dynamic range
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 2
Expansion:
Your Answer Score
Increases dynamic range
✔ 1.00
Reduces dynamic range
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 3
What are the two ways to decrease the dynamic range?
Your Answer
Increase the level of the loud moments
✔
Increase the level of the quiet moments
✔
Decrease the level of the loud moments
✔
Decrease the level of the quiet moments
✔
Total
Question 4
What are the two ways to increase the dynamic range?
Your Answer
Decrease the level of the loud moments
✔
Decrease the level of the quiet moments
✔
Increase the level of the loud moments
✔
Increase the level of the quiet moments
✔
Total
Question 5
What is the downward compressor rule?
Your Answer
If the input drops below the threshold reduce the level
If the input rises above the threshold increase the level
If the input rises above the threshold reduce the level
If the input drops below the threshold increase the level
Total
Question 6
What are the two main sections of dynamic processors?
Your Answer Score
Analysis and volume control
✔ 1.00
Filter and distortion
Threshold and Sidechain
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 7
Threshold is:
Your Answer
The amount of gain reduction
The frequency at which the processor starts to function
The level at which the processor starts to function
The amount of gain amplification
Total
Question 8
Ratio is expressed as:
Your Answer Score
Input : Output
✔ 1.00
Output : Input
# of dB
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 9
A compressor with a very high ratio is also known as a:
Your Answer Score
Limiter
✔ 1.00
Gate
Expander
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 10
Attack and release control:
Your Answer
How fast the processor reacts
✔
How much reduction
The level at which the reduction starts
Total
Question 11
On dynamic effects the lower attack and release are:
Your Answer
The faster the processor reacts
✔
The slower the processor reacts
Total
Question 12
The traditional usage for a gate is:
Your Answer
Manipulate the impact of transients in the mix
Reduce the level of the loud musical moments
Remove noise that is between important musical moments
Bring out an element in a dense mix
Total
Question 13
When configuring a gate on a guitar recording set the threshold:
Your Answer
Below the noise level but above the playing guitar level
Above the playing guitar level and above the noise
Above the noise and below the playing guitar level
Below the noise and below the playing guitar level
Total
Question 14
If attack is set too high on a gate:
Your Answer
The transients will be softened as the volume swells in
The end of the sound will be chopped off
Total
Question 15
Usually a gate attack is set:
Your Answer
Low, but related to the sound itself
✔
High, but related to the sound itself
Total
Question 16
On a gate, release is usually set:
Your Answer
Low, but related to the sound itself
✔
High, but related to the sound itself
Total
Lesson 5: Filter and Delay Effects
Quiz: Delay
Question 1
When talking about delays, “wet” means:
Your Answer
The unprocessed version of the input signal
The effected version of the input signal
Total
Question 2
When the dry/wet balance is set to 0% on a simple delay unit:
Your Answer
The output is the same as the input
The delays last for a very long time
The output consists of only the delayed signal
Total
Question 3
In a delay, “feedback” means:
Your Answer
The volume at which the delay processor starts functioning
The output of the delay unit is routed to the input of the delay unit
The proportion of processed and unprocessed signal at the output of the delay unit
The input of the delay unit is routed to the output of the delay unit
Total
Question 4
With high feedback:
Your Answer
The delays will continue on for a long time
The output will consist only of the wet signal
The delays will fade away quickly
Total
Question 5
Comb filtering is:
Your Answer
A complex filter with a series of evenly spaced notches across the frequency spectrum
A gentle boost of the bottom end used to add weight or thump to a track
A gentle boost of the high end used to add presence to a track
Total
Question 6
Comb filtering happens:
Your Answer
When a signal is amplified above the distortion threshold
When a signal is combined with a slightly delayed copy of itself
When dry/wet is set to 100% wet
When a signal is attenuated below the noise floor
Total
Question 7
A 2 millisecond delay sounds like:
Your Answer Score
Flamming
A held pitch
Comb filtering
✔ 1.00
Echo
Reverb
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 8
A short delay with very high feedback sounds like:
Your Answer Score
Comb filtering
A held pitch
✔ 1.00
Echo
Reverb
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 9
When a short delay with very high feedback produces a tone, increasing the delay
time:
Your Answer
Raises the frequency of the pitch
Lowers the frequency of the pitch
✔
Lowers the amplitude of the pitch
Raises the amplitude of the pitch
Total
Quiz: Filters
Question 1
Why would you disable a band in an EQ?
Your Answer
To attenuate a specific frequency
To save CPU resources
✔
To increase the width of a boost or cut
To amplify a specific frequency
Total
Question 2
A Low Pass filter:
Your Answer
Allows the high frequencies to pass through
Allows the low frequencies to pass through
Allows the high amplitudes to pass through
Cuts the low amplitudes
Total
Question 3
A High Pass filter:
Your Answer
Boosts the high frequencies
Cuts the low frequencies
✔
Boosts the midrange frequencies
Cuts the midrange frequencies
Total
Question 4
A High Pass filter is best for:
Your Answer
Adding high end presence to a track
Removing rumble and noise from a recording
Gently boosting the low frequencies
Removing unwanted midrange resonances
Total
Question 5
In a pass filter the cutoff frequency:
Your Answer
Is the frequency at which the filter is reducing the amplitude by 6dB
Is the frequency at which the filter is reducing the amplitude by 3dB
Is the frequency at which the filter starts reducing the amplitude
Total
Question 6
The steepness of a pass filter is measured in:
Your Answer Score
Sons
Hertz
dB
dB per octave
✔ 1.00
Phons
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 7
“Q” on a bell filter controls:
Your Answer
The frequency of the boost or cut
The width of the boost or cut
✔
The height of the boost or cut
Total
Question 8
2k Hertz is:
Your Answer Score
200 Hertz
2000 Hertz
✔ 1.00
20 Hertz
20000 Hertz
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Quiz: Mixing with Delay
Question 1
A Flanger is:
Your Answer
Multiple detuned copies of an input signal
A long delay put into motion
A comb filter with a changing delay time
✔
Total
Question 2
A Phaser is:
Your Answer
Multiple detuned copies of an input signal
A comb filter put into motion
A series of deep notches put into motion
✔
Total
Question 3
A Chorus is:
Your Answer
A comb filter with a changing delay time
A series of deep notches put into motion
Multiple detuned copies of an input signal
✔
Total
Question 4
These settings on a simple delay plugin would create a “slapback” sound:
Your Answer
0% wet, 80 ms delay time, 50% feedback
100% wet, 80 ms delay time, 50% feedback
20% wet, 80 ms delay time, 0% feedback
20% wet, 400 ms delay time, 0% feedback
Total
Question 5
A slapback delay is useful for:
Your Answer
Emulating the sound of the inside of a car
Emulating the sound of a canyon
Emulating the sound of a single reflection off of a nearby wall
Emulating the sound of a huge room
Total
Question 6
This type of reverb is created by sampling a real space:
Your Answer Score
Plate
Spring
Convolution
✔ 1.00
Algorithmic
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 7
The early reflections portion of an algorithmic reverb:
Your Answer
Sounds like a long wash of noise
Sounds like a collection of slapback delays
Total
Lesson 6: Synthesis
Quiz: Oscillators and Filters
Question 1
Which waveform(s) consists of energy at a single frequency? Choose all that apply.
Your Answer Score
Square
✔ 0.20
Saw
✔ 0.20
Sine
✔ 0.20
Triangle
✔ 0.20
Noise
✔ 0.20
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 2
Which waveform(s) consists of a fundamental plus odd harmonics (no even
harmonics)?
Your Answer Score
Sine
✔ 0.20
Triangle
✔ 0.20
Square
✔ 0.20
Noise
✔ 0.20
Saw
✔ 0.20
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 3
A Band Stop filter might be called:
Your Answer Score
Notch
✔ 1.00
Bandpass
Low Pass
High Pass
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 4
The standard Synth filter is:
Your Answer Score
Low Pass
✔ 1.00
High Pass
Notch
Band Stop
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 5
The most commonly modulated parameter on a synth filter is:
Your Answer Score
Cutoff Frequency
✔ 1.00
Gain
Resonance
Type
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 6
On a synth “VCF” stands for:
Your Answer Score
Voltage Controlled Filter
✔ 1.00
Variable Control Filter
Variable Control Frequency
Voltage Controlled Frequency
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 7
Lowering the cutoff frequency on a low pass filter results in:
Your Answer Score
A duller sound
✔ 1.00
A brighter sound
A louder sound
A wider sound
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 8
“Sweeping” a filter refers to changing (modulating) what synth parameter?
Your Answer Score
Filter cutoff frequency
✔ 1.00
Amplitude
Oscillator frequency
Filter resonance
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 9
High resonance: (Choose all that apply)
Your Answer
Will make the filter more obvious in your sound
Will emphasize individual partials (if any are present) as the filter moves
Can raise amplitude dramatically and possibly cause distortion
Total
Quiz: Modulation
Question 1
On an amplitude envelope these settings would create a “switch” envelope:
Your Answer
Attack time 100%, Decay time 20%, Sustain 100%, Release 100%
Attack time 0, Decay time 50%, Sustain 0%, Release 0
Attack time 0, Decay time N/A, Sustain 100%, Release 0
Attack time 50%, Decay time N/A, Sustain 100%, Release 50%
Total
Question 2
If you get a click at the beginning and end of your synth notes, what is one possible
solution?
Your Answer
Lower the amplitude envelope attack and release times slightly
Decrease the amplitude envelope decay time
Raise the amplitude envelope attack and release times slightly
Increase the amplitude envelope sustain level slightly
Total
Question 3
If you would like a sound to swell in slowly what would you do?
Your Answer
Lower the amplitude envelope attack time
Lower the amplitude envelope release time
Raise the amplitude envelope attack time
Raise the amplitude envelope sustain level
Total
Question 4
If you would like a sound to stop quickly when a note is released what would you do?
Your Answer
Raise the amplitude envelope release time
Lower the amplitude envelope decay level
Lower the amplitude envelope release time
Raise the amplitude envelope sustain level
Total
Question 5
Which of these sounds would be classified as a “sustaining” sound when thinking of
the amplitude envelope?
Your Answer
A guitar played with a pick (plectrum)
A snare drum hit with a stick
A violin played with a bow
✔
A piano note
Total
Question 6
When emulating a percussive sound:
Your Answer
Reduce sustain level to 0% on the amplitude envelope
Increase attack time to 100% on the amplitude envelope
Raise Sustain level to 100% on the amplitude envelope
Total
Question 7
When does the release phase start?
Your Answer
When the synth receives a note off event
✔
When the synth receives Control Change 2
When the synth receives a note on event
Total
Question 8
Which parameter of a standard synth envelope is a level, not an amount of time?
Your Answer Score
A
R
S
✔ 1.00
D
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 9
A cyclic variation in pitch is called:
Your Answer Score
Tremolo
LFO
Vibrato
✔ 1.00
Envelope
Total 1.00 / 1.00
Question 10
Are LFOs directly heard?
Your Answer
No, their impact on another parameter in the synth causes the audible result
Yes, the vibrations of the LFO are played directly through our speakers
Total
Question 11
Modulation always includes (Choose all that apply):
Your Answer
Modulation Source
✔
Modulation Amount and Direction
✔
Modulation Destination
✔
Total
