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Take a 24 question quiz to test and certify your knowledge of the tutorial-video course
Audio Concepts 102 - Audio Processing Basics.
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1
What kind of compressor is the DBX160?
VCA
Opto
FET
2
Which type of compressor is often used to get big fat drums?
Opto
FET
VCA
3
What type of EQ is most often used when mixing?
Graphic EQ
Parametric EQ
4
Side-chain compression is often called New-York compression. True or false?
False
True
5
+ 4 dBu is the same as 0 VU on traditional VU meters. True or false?
True
False
6
Which compressor control softens the transition between the un-compressed and compressed signals?
Attack
Knee
Release
Ratio
7
Filters are a type of EQ. True or false?
True
False
8
Which compressor control sets how much gain reduction is applied to the signal?
Ratio
Attack
Threshold
Make-up gain
9
When is it appropriate to fully pan a track left or right?
All answers are correct
When mixing a track recorded in stereo
When mixing a track duplicated and delayed on one side
10
Which filter type would you use to emulate the sound of a cheap speaker on a portable radio?
Notch
Band-Pass
Low-Pass
High-Pass
11
Which filter type is useful if you want to remove a specific frequency, like a 60 Hz hum?
Band-Pass
Low-Pass
Notch
High-Pass
12
Which filter type removes frequencies above and below high and low cutoff points?
Band-Pass
High-Pass
Notch
Low-Pass
13
Which filter type attenuates frequencies higher than the cutoff point?
Notch
Band-Pass
High-Pass
Low-Pass
14
What kind of compressor is the Teletronix LA2A?
Opto
FET
VCA
15
Which filter type removes frequencies below a certain cutoff point?
Notch
Low-Pass
Band-Pass
High-Pass
16
Which form of dynamic processing would be used to eliminate background noise from silences and gaps in a recording?
Gating
Low-pass EQ
Sidechaining
Parallel Compression
17
How should you set a compressor to get a boomier sound?
Fast Attack and fast release
Fast Attack and slow release
Slow Attack and fast release
Slow Attack and slow release
18
How should you set a compressor to get a punchier sound?
Fast Attack and slow release
Slow Attack and slow release
Slow Attack and fast release
Fast Attack and fast release
19
When mixing a drum kit, the hi-hats are usually panned dead center. True or false?
True
False
20
Which filter type is useful to remove rumble on a track?
Notch
Low-Pass
Band-Pass
High-Pass
21
What kind of compressor is the UREI 1176 ?
FET
Opto
VCA
22
If you mix a compressed signal with an uncompressed signal, what technique are you using?
Parallel compression
Expansion
Multiband compression
Side-chain compression
23
What should you do if the Master channel is clipping when mixing?
Lower the levels of all the channel faders
All answers are correct
Lower the Master fader
Lower the hardware volume control of your audio interface
24
EQ can affect the wave shape. True or false?
False
True
Audio Concepts 102
Audio Processing Basics
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