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