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Intro to Music Tech
Final Exam Study Cards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which type of MIDI entry mode allows you to "play along" before the section you record? | Punch In/Punch Out Mode |
| Which type of MIDI entry allows you to enter MIDI notes using a pencil tool? | Manual Entry |
| A MIDI message that expresses the attack-strength of a note. | velocity |
| A MIDI message that expresses the pressure on a keyboard key after a key has been played. | aftertouch |
| A MIDI control change message that triggers a note to be held after it's release. | sustain |
| A ___________________ receives MIDI data from a computer and produces sound. | module |
| _____________ stores program instructions and temporary data. | RAM |
| One difference between a solid state hard drive and a hard disk hard drive is that a solid state hard drive _____________ . | has no moving parts |
| 1 gigabyte is approximately equal to 1 ___________ bytes. | 1 Billion |
| Sound synthesis involves creating sound from ____________. | the ground up |
| Sampling uses stored _______________ triggered by MIDI messages to generate sound. | audio |
| VCF stands for ____________________. | voltage-controlled filter |
| On a synthesizer, the boost at the cutoff frequency of a filter causes ________________. | resonance |
| On a synthesizer the amplifier applies a[n] _______________ to the amplitude of the audio. | envelope |
| According to the video clip featuring Ralph Murphy, your job as a songwriter is to create something that never existed, in a place that never was, doing something that never happened, and making a listener believe it in ____________ . | 60 seconds |
| According to Diane Warren, the key to her successful process is ___________ . | showing up |
| According to the article on Diane Warren, one of the keys to the success of "Unbreak my Heart" was that _____________ . | Diane began with a good title and expanded on that |
| According to the Nashville Songwriters Association checklist, many industry professionals focus on the following elements when evaluating the potential success of a song. | Theme, Lyrics, Melody, Overall Impact |
| According to the Nashville Songwriters Association checklist, when evaluating the success of a song's theme many industry professionals will NOT take this question in consideration. | Is the lyrical content one that includes complex words? |
| Relative to innovations in music technology, CAI stands for _________________ . | computer-assisted instruction |
| Some CAI programs deal with matching and comparing two notes in terms of their audible pitch. As a 'Musicianship' skill, this would be considered a[n] __________________ activity. | ear training |
| When learning general information about the orchestra, a student may use a CAI program focused on _________________ . | instruments |
| Composition and improvisation are addressed through many CAI programs. They are considered ________________ activities. | creative |
| A[n] _________________ can slow down a recording during playback with minimum quality degradation so that music can be more easily transcribed. | transcription aid |
| architecture | Physical structure of the integrated circuit chip (motherboard/processor) |
| clock speed | The time that a CPU takes to execute an instruction |
| FSB | front side bus Determines how fast information is transferred from various processing components |
| RPM | revolutions per minute (has to do with Hard Disk Drives) |
| fragmentation | when parts of various files are spread of over many different regions on a disk (has to do with Hard Disk Drives |
| Solid State Drives | faster than HDDs but have less capacity |
| optical storage | uses a laster |
| Oscillator | generates basic waveform through a continuous electrical circuit (movement) VCO = voltage-controlled oscillator |
| filter | adjusts the EQ of the basic waveform VCF = voltage-controlled filter |
| amplifier | applies an envelope to the amplitude of the audio VCA = voltage-controlled amplitude |
| Low Frequency Oscillator | applied to an audible oscillating pitch; becomes a modulator of the original sound, frequency below hearing |
| glide control | slide between notes |
| cutoff filter | frequency high cut |
| frequency modulation | add harmonics |
| voices | how many keys can be played at once |
| oscillators | tone generators |
| mix | adds multiple elements together |
| rate | pulse speed |
| chorus | vibrato |
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