Outboard Theory Review Questions (Stack #26211)
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| What is outboard gear? | Equipment NOT built-in to the board that is designed to CONTROL or MODIFY our signal.
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| Name the 5 domains of outboard gear. | Frequency
Spatial
Tonal
Time
Dynamics
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| Name the 3 devices used to change frequency. | Tape Speed or Pitch Changes (VSO),
Digital Pitch Changers (Pitch Shifters, Harmonizers),
and Autocorrectors
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| To what domain do Autopanners and 3D Processors belong? | Spatial
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| What do we call the place where all equipment's inputs are connected? | The Patch Bay
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| To what domain does delay belong? | Time
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| How do we generally measure delay time? | In milliseconds and seconds
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| What parameter of delay adds an increased number of repeats? | Feedback
or Regeneration
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| Name 3 type of delay devices. | Tape
Analog
Digital
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| Name 2 effects which are achieved by using very short, modulated delays. | Flange and Chorus
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| What type of delay uses the distance between the record and repro heads to achieve delay? | Tape delay
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| Name 4 means of achieving reverb. | Acoustic Chamber or Echo Chamber,
Plate,
Spring,
and Digital
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| What type of effect uses a room dedicated to producing reverb? | Echo Chamber
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| What type of reverb uses a piece of sheet metal? | Plate
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| What type of reverb uses complex formulas called algorithms? | Digital
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| Which type of reverb uses a metal spring? | Spring
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| What do we call the amount of time it takes reverb to drop by 60 dB? | RT60,
Reverb Time,
or Reverb Delay
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| What reverb parameter delays the reverb? | Pre-delay
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| To what domiain does reverb belong? | Time
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| Name the 3 parameters of EQ. | Boost/Cut
Frequency
Bandwidth or "Q"
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| What parameter isn't found on a semi- or quasi-parametric EQ? | Bandwidth or "Q"
(it's preset by the manufacturer)
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| What do we call a PASSIVE tone control? | a Filter
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| What do we call an ACTIVE tone control? | an EQ
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| To what domain do EQs and filters belong? | Tonal
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| What type of EQ has all 3 parameters? | Parametric EQ
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| What type of filter removes lows? | Hi-pass (Low Cut)
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| What type of filter removes highs? | Lo-pass (High Cut)
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| What type of EQ boosts or cuts a range of frequencies around a center frequency? | Peaking EQ
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| What type of EQ affects all frquencies above or below the selected frequency equally? | a Shelving EQ
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| What parameter of EQ determines the width of the frequency range being boosted or cut? | Bandwidth or "Q"
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| What domain do compressors, limiters, expanders and gates belong to? | the Dynamic domain
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| Which devices decrease dynamic range? | Compressors and Limiters
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| What parameter is the level where dynamic devices are activated? | Threshold
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| What parameter of a dynamic device determines how much its output changes compared to its input? | Ratio
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| What is the difference between compression and limiting? | Limiting is a ratio of 10:1 or more
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| What is a key or side chain input? | It allows a signal other than the one being contolled to activate a gate or compressor.
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| Except for patch bays with outboard gear, is the top row usually an in or an out? | an Out
{the most important connections are always at the top}
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| What are the 4 types of patches? | Normalled
Half-Normalled
Non-Normalled (Open)
Parallel
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| Which type of patch mults or splits output connections but breaks inputs when patched? | Half-normalled
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| Which type of patch breaks contacts on output AND input when patched? | Normalled
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| Which type of patch has no internal connection between top and bottom connectors (must be patched)? | Non-normalled
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