Week 9 - Additional Techniques and Advanced Modulation

Question 1

Which of the following controls a destination in the audio signal path?

1. Second-order modulation
2. Low-pass filter
3. First-order modulation
4. Matrix modulation

Answer 1

3. First-order modulation

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of first-order modulation?

1. An envelope generator controlling filter cutoff
2. Mod wheel controlling LFO amount
3. Velocity controlling a filter envelope
4. An envelope generator controlling LFO rate

Question 3

Which of the following is a destination in first-order modulation?

1. Filter cutoff
2. LFO amount
3. Envelope generator attack time
4. LFO rate

Question 4

Which of the following is a bi-polar modulation source?

1. Mod wheel
2. LFO
3. Envelope generator
4. Velocity

Question 5

The term “wavetable” refers to:

1. A list of vector positions
2. A sequence of separate waveforms
3. A type of modulation that controls an oscillator
4. A single cycle of a waveform

Question 6

True or False:
In a matrix modulation system, routings are fixed.

Question 7

Wavesequencing is a technique first pioneered by which famous hardware synthesizer?

1. Yamaha DX7
2. Roland JP8080
3. Korg Wavestation
4. Kurzweil K250

Question 8

Which of the following is not a practical way to control wavesequencing in Reason’s Thor synthesizer?

1. LFO
2. Velocity
3. Filter Envelope
4. Mod Envelope

Question 9

True or False: Matrix Modulation in Reason’s Thor can only route a single modulation source to a single destination.

Question 10

Which of the following changes wave shape by forcing an oscillator to restart mid-cycle?

1. Linear FM
2. Oscillator Sync
3. Amplitude Modulation
4. Ring Modulation

Question 11

Which of the following techniques is not available in Reason’s Subtractor?

1. Oscillator Sync
2. FM
3. Ring Modulation
4. Wave Mixing

Question 12

When 2 oscillators are “synced,” which of the following is true?

1. The source oscillator is tuned lower than the 1 being controlled.
2. 2 oscillators are tuned the same.
3. 2 oscillators are slightly detuned
4. The controlling oscillator is tuned higher than the one being controlled.

Question 13

Which of the following techniques found in Subtractor use the multiply and subtract oscillator functions?

1. Phase offset
2. FM
3. AM
4. Ring Modulation

Question 14

Which of the following is a difference between phase offset modulation in Subtractor and phase modulation in Thor?

1. Phase offset modulation changes the shape of a single waveform in Subtractor.
2. Phase offset modulation in Subtractor only produces odd harmonic partials.
3. Phase modulation in Thor affects the level of partials.
4. Phase modulation in Thor can only be controlled by an LFO.