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Music Technology

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Decks in this class (25)

Capture Of Sound
What does a microphone do,
How does a dynamic microphone work,
What is a diaphragm
70  cards
Recording Techniques
What should you record electric g...,
What effect does placing the micr...,
What should you record acoustic g...
13  cards
Synthesisers
What is a synthesiser,
What does an oscillator do,
Describe a sine wave
42  cards
Samplers
What is sampling,
When did the technique of using e...,
What was the main instrument of e...
28  cards
The Electric Guitar
What did electric guitars start l...,
Early electric guitars had a holl...,
What do guitars use to convert th...
9  cards
Sequencers and Digital Audio Workstations
In what type of sequencing are th...,
In what decade were step sequence...,
What did early sequencers send to...
11  cards
Controlling MIDI and audio in DAWs
What is likely to come with the p...,
What does quantisation do,
What do the numbers you see on qu...
9  cards
Balance and Stereo Field in Modern DAWs
What does balancing a mix involve,
Why is automation important in ba...,
How can reverb help to blend a wh...
12  cards
Dynamic Processing
What does a compressor do,
What is the most basic way of com...,
On a compressor what is the thres...
33  cards
Equalisation
What was equalisation originally ...,
What is equalisation,
What are hardware eqs limited by
31  cards
Effects
On an effect what does the wet dr...,
On an effect what does the bypass do,
When does natural reverb occur
55  cards
Electric Guitar Effects
How was distortion originally ach...,
When valve amplifiers used almost...,
What did solid state amplifiers u...
21  cards
Vocal Effects
How does a vocoder work,
In practical use what is usually ...,
In practical use what is usually ...
6  cards
Lo-fi Effects
How can you make a part sound lik...,
How is bit distortion created,
How does a bitcrusher create bit ...
4  cards
Pitch Effects
How can you tell when pitch shift...,
When pitch is shifted by a consid...,
What are pitch shifted parts ofte...
4  cards
Acoustics, Monitoring, Leads And Signals
What kind of room will be reflective,
What kind of room will be least r...,
Finish the sentence the more refl...
38  cards
Analogue and Digital Recording
What are the only values a digita...,
What does the process of analogue...,
In analogue to digital conversion...
23  cards
Recording Media
How many tracks does a cassette t...,
How are the tracks on a cassette ...,
What do the 4 tracks on a cassett...
57  cards
Mastering
What is it called when a mix is c...,
Why may a radio edit be created,
What is a common issue with 1960s...
12  cards
Technical Numeracy
What does the graph of a waveform...,
What is a logarithmic scale used ...,
The decibel scale and the frequen...
15  cards
Jazz and Blues
When did jazz start,
Where did jazz start,
What instruments typically solo a...
21  cards
Rock'n'roll
From what decades does rocknroll ...,
Where was rocknroll developed,
What studios played a part in def...
12  cards
Britain in the 1960s
In what time period were the beat...,
Who were rivals to the beatles fo...,
In what time period were the who ...
4  cards
Rock and Pop in the 1970s
When was psychedelic rock at its ...,
What processing do the guitars in...,
What was used to create choir flu...
16  cards
Punk and New Wave
When was punk rock at its peak,
How did punk rock display its diy...,
Describe the sound of punk rock g...
8  cards

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