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Audio Plugins 101 - 10 FREE Synths (That You Can't Live Without).
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1
All free soft synthesizers and effects have installers and owners manuals to help you get started. True or false?
False. Most free plug-ins available on the internet require a manual installation.
True. How could you install a plug-in without an installer?
True. If you don't get an installer with your download, you can go to www.compiler.com and have one built.
True. It is required by law that programmers have to include an installer with all .vst and .au files.
2
Podolski's arpeggiator is actually a step sequencer that attempts to behave as an arpeggiator. True or false?
False. Podolski's arpeggiator is a real arpeggiator with many features for creating sequences and arpeggiations.
True. Podolski has a step sequencer that you can play with a keyboard.
Podolski's arpeggiator only plays chords.
Podolski's arpeggiator is there for CV-based, modular synthesizers and does not work in standalone.
3
On the OBXD, Voice Variation section is used to...
introduce random peculiarities in pitch, filter and envelope similar to a real analog synth.
introduces random bursts of white noise.
turn OBXD into a vocoder.
make your voice sound like an anime cartoon character.
4
The Bend Slider controls...
the filter cutoff frequency.
the amount of pixels in the GUI.
how much control the pitch shifter on a controller has over the pitch of Mikro Prism.
the amount of bending applied to the harmonic ratios.
5
Every year, developers compete on certain websites to see who can make the best free plug-ins. True or false?
False. This has been attempted in the past, but it never worked out.
False. Nothing is free in this world.
False. Who would do such a thing?
True. There are a few websites that host a free plug-in competition to new and seasoned developers.
6
TAL stands for...
Togu Audio Line
Talent and Logic
Theoric Analog Language
Trent's Analog Lowdown
7
To say a knob is bi-polar means...
The knob controls the ‘heat' or ‘warmth' of a synthesizer like saturation.
The knob can be set to positive and negative values with the value split at the knob's 12 o'clock position.
The knob can work with either a male, or a female connection.
The knob suffers from both manic and depressive episodes.
8
OBXD has how many voices of polyphony?
Sixteen
Three
Four
Eight
9
Kairatune's Delay has which type of filters?
High Pass and Formant filters
High Pass and Band Pass filters
Granular and Formant filters
Low Pass and Band Pass filters
10
LFO means...
Low Frequency Oscillator
Legendary Flying Object
Linear Frequency Operator
Linear Filter Oscillation
11
You have to use all 16 steps in the Podolski arpeggiator in order for it to work. True or false?
True
False
12
Filter envelopes allow you to:
mail chemicals to the US and certain parts of the mediteranean.
generate white noise.
Modulate the opening and closing of the filter cutoff every time a key is pressed or triggered by a sequencer.
clean a synthesizer when it is dirty.
13
What does ADSR stand for?
Abrasive, defeat, stirring, and rolling.
Alloy, density, strength, reliability
Attack, decay, sustain and release
Attack, decline, sustain and release
14
A chorus can wash your instrument out, if you use it too much. True or false?
False. Choruses are the only way to achieve sound on a synthesizer.
False. Chorus, as an effect is good for giving crisp definition to a signal, like compression.
True. The chorus effect, if used too much, can cause your music to sound out of time and out of tune.
False. A chorus is designed to be used at max levels without consequence.
15
A low pass filter filters low frequencies so that high frequencies can ‘pass' through. True or false?
False
True
16
Free Alpha is an additive synthesizer, capable of recreating any audio file with pristine clarity. True or false?
False. Free Alpha is a subtractive synthesizer with a very cool modulation matrix.
True. Free Alpha is capable of modeling sound that you import in to it.
True. Free Alpha has been used to correct audio files, and as a sampler, at times.
True. Linplug only makes additive instruments.
17
Linplug is the soft synth branch of Roger Linn, creator of AdrenaLinn and the LinnDrum. True or false?
True. Roger Linn is a major advocate of creating free instruments for the people.
True. Roger Linn bought LinPlug.com a few years ago.
False. No one has heard from Roger Linn in years.
False. There is no connection with Roger Linn.
18
PWM stands for...
Park Wanton Machine
Pulse Width Modulation
Project Work Machine
Pulse Width Monitor
19
Reaktor Player from Native Instruments is free, but Micro Prism is not. True or false?
False. Mikro Prism is free, but not Reaktor player.
False. Mikro Prism and Reaktor Player are free downloads.
True.
False. Both of them used to be free, but they a now paid plugins.
20
Synth 1 is a monophonic synthesizer. True or false?
True
False
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