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AS/A Level Music Technology: Component 1 - Recording

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Decks in this class (48)

Choosing Your Equipment: Direct Injection
Studio microphones are low and lo...,
A di box is a device that convert...,
Di boxes require power to operate...
4  cards
Balance And Blend: Bouncing Down
Bouncing down turns the multi tra...
1  cards
Balance And Blend
Dynamic processing is entirely ab...,
Balance and blend also includes t...,
Lead vocals bass guitars kick and...
3  cards
Other Effects: Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, Amp Modelling, Distortion And Pitch Shifting
Chorus is a modulation effect tha...,
The flanger modulates the length ...,
A phaser works by duplicating the...
6  cards
Effects: Delay
Delay works by playing back sound...,
A benefit of a on a daw is the ab...
2  cards
Effects: Reverb
Reverb is the effect that should ...,
There are several types of reverb...
2  cards
EQ: Parametric EQ
These are points of the frequency...,
It s useful for adjusting specifi...,
A narrow band eq cut with a high ...
3  cards
EQ: Low Shelf
The low shelf applies the changes...
1  cards
EQ: Low Pass Filter
This allows all sound below the c...,
The gain function controls how st...
2  cards
EQ: High Shelf
The high shelf applies the change...
1  cards
EQ: High Pass Filter
A high pass filter allows all sou...,
Because the can only remove bass ...,
The higher the number of decibels...
3  cards
Equalisation (EQ)
Parametric eq is the standard eq ...,
Graphic eq features a fixed set o...,
Eq can be used to remove room res...
5  cards
Other Dynamic Processors: Limiter, DeEsser, Multiband Compressor And Expander
A limiter has a ratio of infinity...,
Deesser reduces the sibilance of ...,
A is a series of compressors that...
4  cards
Dynamic Processors: Compressor
A compressor is a tool that contr...,
Once the signal goes above the th...,
If the ratio is set to 2 1 for ev...
5  cards
Dynamic Processors: Noise Gate
A noise gate is a tool that only ...,
Other controls on the gate includ...
2  cards
Post-Capture Processes: Time And Pitch Correction
A higher pitch has that are close...,
If you try to alter either the pi...,
Chops the audio into sections by ...
6  cards
Post-Capture Processes: Editing
Ensure you re moving sections of ...,
A zero crossing is the point at w...,
It can be difficult to find an ap...
3  cards
Post-Capture Processes: Comping
Is the process that a producer go...,
To begin open your take folder an...
2  cards
Post-Capture Processes: Overdubbing
Overdubbing is the addition of pa...,
To record an put an additional tr...
2  cards
Recording Drums: Planning For Phase
By making the phase difference as...,
You should check the of snare top...
2  cards
Recording Drums: Cymbals
Place a cm as close to the far ed...
1  cards
Recording Drums: Toms
Toms are loud and to spill from o...,
Use a dm placed up to from the sk...
2  cards
Recording Drums: Hi-Hat
Use a small cm above the top cymb...
1  cards
Recording Drums: Snare Drum
Put a dm to one edge of the snare...,
Place another microphone beneath ...,
You could try a small cm and acti...
3  cards
Recording Drums: Kick Drum
It s at 90 to all the other drums...,
Kick drum are normally dm s to ha...,
If the drum kit has a bass drum p...
4  cards
Recording Drums: Overheads
This is normally a pair of microp...,
Begin using a and experiment with...,
The microphones should be an equa...
4  cards
Stereo Microphone Techniques: Mid-Side Pair
This creates an adjustable stereo...,
They should be set up in the same...,
The cardioid microphone should po...
4  cards
Stereo Microphone Techniques: Spaced Pair
It involves two microphones being...,
A spaced pair can introduce probl...,
Cardioid microphones are used as ...
3  cards
Stereo Microphone Techniques: Coincident Pair
One of the most commonly used ste...,
It combines the pp of the two cap...
2  cards
Recording An Upright Piano
You should begin with a pair of c...,
Or place the microphones either s...
2  cards
Recording A Grand Piano: Single Microphone
It s common practice to position ...
1  cards
Recording A Grand Piano: Coincident Pair Overheads
Start by setting up cm s on stand...,
Position the microphones into a r...,
The use of a means that the recor...
3  cards
Recording A Grand Piano: Spaced Pair Overheads
Start by setting up two on stands...,
You would set up a spaced pair of...
2  cards
Recording A Grand Piano
Open up the lid of the piano plac...
1  cards
Recording Electric Guitar: DI
If working with a guitarist who d...
1  cards
Recording Electric Guitar: Microphone Position
The position of the affects the f...,
Capturing the sound with the micr...,
The closer a microphone with a di...
4  cards
Recording Electric Guitar
A pickup is a coil wrapped around...,
Common pedals include and delay
2  cards
Recording Electric Guitar: Capturing An Amplifier
A dm can handle a high and can be...,
Use a shure sm57 dm or a large cm...
2  cards
Recording Acoustic Guitar: Positioning The Microphone
A large diaphragm cm should be pl...,
If your room doesn t have a nice ...,
A lot of acoustic guitars feature...
4  cards
Recording The Vocals: Dealing With Ambient Sounds
Reflection filters feature heavy ...
1  cards
Recording The Vocals: Dealing With Plosives
A pop shield reduces the impact o...,
Place the pop shield around 8 12c...
2  cards
Recording The Vocals: The Microphone
Use a cm with a large diaphragm m...,
A shock mount suspends the microp...,
Start with a cardioid pp because ...
4  cards
Preparing The Equipment: Working With Cables
Most guitar amps and keyboards wi...,
When connecting something that ca...
2  cards
Preparing The Equipment: Monitoring
Most interfaces will have a setup...,
If the volume of the monitor mix ...
2  cards
Proximity Effect
Pm is the increase and decrease o...,
It s apparent when recording male...,
Directional microphones exhibit t...
4  cards
Polar Patterns: Cardioid, Figure Of 8, Omnidirectional And Hyper-Cardioid
Pp are the direction in which the...,
Cardiod is the most common pp fou...,
The figure of 8 pp has good respo...
5  cards
Microphones: Condenser Microphones
Condenser microphones cm s are th...,
Cms require additional power to m...,
Cm s are more sensitive than dm s...
8  cards
Microphones: Dyanmic Microphones
Most singers use these in a live ...,
The main disadvantage of dynamic ...,
Dms can handle a high spl
5  cards

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