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Take a 14 question quiz to test and certify your knowledge of the tutorial-video course
Audio Concepts 105 - Sound Recording.
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1
The Neumann U47 is ___________ microphone.
a condenser
a ribbon
a dynamic
2
Which statement is incorrect?
The conversion from analog to digital occurs at the quantizing stage
ADC and DAC are the two main components of audio interfaces
In playback, the original analog wave is recreated from scratch and the conversion is handled by the analog to digital converters
A PCM wave is a series of ultrasonic pulses that represent the binary numbers which describe the actual audio wave
3
What's the advantage of using the X-Y miking technique?
All answers are correct
To improve the stereo image
To avoid phasing issues
4
Which microphone pattern responds to sound coming directly from the front and back?
Omni-directional
Bi-directional
Uni-directional
5
The Shure SM-58 is ___________ microphone.
a dynamic
a ribbon
a condenser
6
What does the Nyquist rule say?
The sampling rate must be equal to the highest audio frequency to be recorded
The sampling rate must be at least 2x as high as the highest audio frequency to be recorded
The sampling rate must be at least 3x as high as the highest audio frequency to be recorded
The sampling rate must be equal to the lowest audio frequency to be recorded
7
What is the dynamic range of CDs?
96 dB
144 dB
128 dB
384 dB
8
What does the 3 to 1 rule say?
That when 3 microphones pick up the same source, they should be at the same distance from each other as they are from the source
That when more than one microphone picks up the same source, they should be at least 3x as far from each other as they are from the source
That when more than one microphone picks up the same source, they should all be at the same distance from the source
That when 3 microphones pick up the same source, they should all be at the same distance from the source
9
At the sampling stage, the "staircase" wave is still an analog wave. True or false?
True
False
10
Omni-directional microphones are great for stereo recording of large ensembles when the sound of the room is part of the sound you want to capture. True or false?
False
True
11
Large-diaphragm condenser microphones are commonly used to record __________.
drums
bass amps
guitar amps
vocals
12
Which of the following is NOT a transducer?
Microphone
Loudspeaker
Audio interface
13
A direction mic's null points are perfect rejections. True or false?
False
True
14
A device that converts a sound wave to one physical form to another is called ______________.
A transducer
An audio Interface
A preamp
An A/D converter
Audio Concepts 105
Sound Recording
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