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Take a 20 question quiz to test and certify your knowledge of the tutorial-video course
Audio Concepts 107 - Analog Tape Recording.
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1
As opposed to punches in a DAW, analog punches are...
faster
impossible
easier
destructive
2
Early methods of ADT (Artificial Double-Tracking)...
used a second tape machine to delay a copy of the signal
involved replaying a part on two or more tracks
were forbidden at Abbey Road studio because they damaged the recorders
involved deliberately mis-aligning a tape recorder
3
Tape is still desireable because...
subtle tape saturation adds pleasant warmth
lots of hits were recorded on tape
tape recordings have less distortion than DAW recordings
it's easier to edit with tape than with DAWs
4
The two main steps of analog tape aligment are...
repro and playback alignment
record and overdub alignment
playback and fast-wind alignment
repro and record alignment
5
A trick to avoid tape breakage when fast-winding is...
switch the machine to its slowest playback speed before fast-winding
rewind and fastforward the tape by hand
never use fastforward and rewind once audio has been recorded on the tape
slow the tape down by hitting the opposite fast-wind button before stopping
6
Tape is pulled past the heads in the following order:
erase, repro, playback
erase, record, repro
repro, playback, record
record, erase, repro
7
Storing a tape tails out means...
flip the tape over and play it backwards once before storing it
always rewind the tape after use and store it on the supply reel
don't rewind the tape—store it on the takeup reel
always store the tape upside down in the box
8
Tape noise-reduction systems were available from...
Ampex and dbx
Ampex and 3M
Dolby and Ampex
Dolby and dbx
9
The most common reel size for professional tape is...
7 inches
5 inches
10.5 inches
3 inches
10
With an analog tape recorder, varispeed...
changes speed while preserving pitch
affects both time and pitch
changes pitch while preserving tempo
is only possible during recording
11
It's useful to still be familiar with the ins & outs of analog tape because...
when the DAW fad runs its course, tape will take over again
about half of all sessions are still recorded on analog tape
the sound of tape is still popular in modern production
when the DAW crashes, engineers must be ready to turn to tape to finish the session
12
Virtual tape refers to plug-ins that emulate the sound of tape. True or False?
False
True
13
MDMs-Modular Digital Multitracks, like ADAT...
open-reel digital recorders that offered 24/48 or 32/64 tracks
8-track videotape-based recorders that could be sync'd to increase track count
DAT recorders that added tracks to their original stereo format
the first hard-disk recorders
14
The first two steps of a tape alignment procedure are...
cleaning and debugging the recorder
cleaning and defragging the recorder
demagnetizing and defragging the recorder
cleaning and demagnetizing the recorder
15
When playing a tape on an analog tape recorder, the tape moves...
from left to right in a continuous loop
from right to left in a continuous loop
from right to left, supply reel to takeup reel
from left to right, supply reel to takeup reel
16
"Rocking the reels" refers to...
playing a recording while playing air guitar
manually locating an edit point by moving the reels by hand
shaking the reels to prevernt the tape from sticking
fast-forwarding and rewinding the tape
17
Audio is stored on analog tape in the form of...
pulse-code modulation
magnetized particles (domains) on the tape
perforations of the tape, like a punch card
optical wavelengths on the tape
18
A common use of real tape in the DAW studio is...
guarantee a hit, because all the biggest hits were tracked on tape
to bounce a finished mix to tape, for its analog character
to make critical punches, because punching is more accurate with tape
to make critical edits, because editing is more accurate with tape
19
For stereo tape recording, two tracks on quarter-inch tape is called...
the quarter-track format
the dual-track format
the half-track format
the full-track format
20
The long-time standard for professional multitrack tape recorders was...
24 tracks
40 tracks
20 tracks
32 tracks
Audio Concepts 107
Analog Tape Recording
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