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Microphone Types
What is a diaphragm,
What happens as sound waves make ...,
Describe how the plates work in a...
22
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Microphone characteristics
What are pickup polar patterns,
Why are polar patterns useful,
What is spill
5
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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
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
14
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Signal flow
What is signal flow,
Describe the first stage or input,
What happens after the signal goe...
10
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past paper 1
What is the sample rate and bit d...,
Explain the difference between a ...,
What does a limiter intend to limit
21
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Noise Gate
What is a noise gate,
When might a noise gate be effective,
Describe the threshold of a noise...
7
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Audio Tech paper 1
A high shelving filter is equival...,
In terms of audio filters a highe...,
In what circumstances might a sou...
30
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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
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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
Effects
Reverb,
Chorus,
Phaser
10
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
Keywords from A-Z
Alternating current ac,
Amplify,
Amplitude
68
cards
Lecture 1 (Summer) - Psychoacoustics
What is psychoacoustics,
How can we understand what we hea...,
What is sound localisation
18
cards
Lecture 2 (Summer) - Mix Judgements
What are the most important mix d...,
What is our dialogue reference level,
What is the minimum audible chang...
15
cards
Lecture 3 (Summer) - Room Acoustics
What are standing waves,
What is a fundamental frequency,
What is the equation for the fund...
10
cards
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