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AudioPedia 104 - Recording Media, DAW and Computer.
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DAW stands for
Digital Audio Workstation
Dynamic Audio Workstation
Digital Analog Workstation
Dockable Audio Workstation
2
The recommended minimum spec for a hard drive for a DAW is
72,000 rpm
3600 rpm
3.1416 RPM
7200 rpm
3
An SSD is
a solid-state (RAM-based) hard drive
a multitap delay for audio processing
solid-state driver
a supersonic digital timing signal
4
Word Clock connections carry
a master clock signal for digital audio streams
digital audio processing for mixing applications
session timing in hours/minutes/seconds/frames
audio data
5
In a computer-based DAW, a RAM buffer
retains its contents even when the computer is turned off
prevents analog overloads during audio recording
passes audio data to/from the hard disk
prevents digital overloads during audio recording
6
USB stands for
Unbalanced Serial Bus
Universal Stereo Bus
Ultimate Serial Bus
Universal Serial Bus
7
The RAM requirement for a modern DAW is
approximately 8 MegaBytes & up
128 KB & up
approximately 8 TeraBytes & up
approximately 8 GigaBytes & up
8
Flash drives
are too expensive
are larger than regular hard drives and preferred for audio storage
are good for storage & transfer but not recommended for audio streaming
are faster than regular hard drives and preferred for audio recording
9
Analog tape records audio signals via
a digital process
electromagnetic induction
brickwall limiting
electrical capacitance
10
The main function of an audio interface is
analog effects processing
to allow MIDI devices to communicate with each other
A-to-D & D-to-A conversion
digital audio storage
11
The professional stereo digital audio transmission standard is
AES/EBU
Lightpipe
MIDI
AAC/ALAC
12
In a DAW, Latency is
non existent
a lag (delay) in monitored audio from RAM buffering
the length of time a user should wait before upgrading to a new OS
an effect used for creating doubling effects
13
The two versions of FireWire used for audio devices are
FireWire 400 & FireWire 800
FireWire X & FireWire Y
FireWire 1.1 & FireWire 2.0
FireWire A & FireWire B
14
The Thunderbolt 2 standard has speeds of
200 Gigabits/second
20 Gigabits/second
50 Gigabits/second
100 Gigabits/second
15
A computer's CPU is
the main processor-the "brain" of the computer
a device that allows multiple peripherals to connect through a single USB port
the computer's built-in RAM storage
the computer's primary long-term storage device
16
A RAID Array consists of
a string of RAM buffers that optimize audio data transfer
multiple computers linked for speed or backup
multiple hard drives linked for speed or backup
malware that infects computers used for DAW systems
17
A mirror-image backup is
a backup of your most important files
an audiofile processed to play backwards
an exact duplicate of the entire content of a hard drive
a backup consisting only of files with multiple versions
AudioPedia 104
Recording Media, DAW and Computer
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