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AudioPedia 101 - Sound Waves & Hearing.
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1
The varying high & low pressure zones of a sound wave in the air are called...
pushes & pulls
tops & bottoms
compressions & rarefactions
2
The deciBel scale measures...
pitch
timbre
time
amplitude
3
The perceptual quality associated with the physical property of Waveshape is...
time
pitch
timbre
loudness
4
Multiple simultaneous sine wave frequencies in a vibrating object are...
harmonies & unisons
melodies and harmonies
harmonics & overtones
harmonies & octaves
5
An acoustic sound wave consists of...
variations in air pressure
variations in current
variations in voltage
variation in watt
6
A transient usually corresponds to...
the peak level of a note
the overall length of a note
the pitch of a note
the average level of a note
7
The perceptual quality associated with the physical property of Amplitude is...
pitch
timbre
loudness
time
8
A ringing in the ear caused by temporary or permanent hearing damage is...
the Megadeth syndrome
tinnitus
the doorbell syndrome
a bell curve
9
In a waveform graph the vertical & horizontal axes represent...
amplitude & frequency
amplitude & time
timbre & amplitude
frequency & timbre
10
The perceptual quality associated with the physical property of Frequency is...
time
loudness
timbre
pitch
11
A graph of equal-loudness contours for human hearing is called...
Frequency-Waveform graph
Frequency-Modulation graph
Freddy-Mercury graph
Fletcher-Munson graph
12
20 kHz is...
2 million Hertz
2 Hz
2 thousand Hertz
20 thousand Hertz
13
The three physical properties of sound are...
bass, mid and treble
high, medium, & low pressure
amplitude, frequency, & waveshape
loudness, pitch, & voltage
14
The (approximate) frequency limits of human hearing are...
100 Hz - 10 kHz
10 Hz to 10 kHz
0 Hz - 100 kHz
20 Hz - 20 kHz
15
A transient is...
the initial impact at the beginning of a note
the tail of a long reverb
the decaying portion of a note
a short recording session
16
An analog sound wave is...
a wavetable
a continuous wave
a numerical sequence
a stepped wave
17
Clipping of an analog wave...
creates distortion harmonics
creates sub frequencies
is an inaudible change of the waveshape
shortens the notes in a musical phrase
18
The so-called Threshold of Pain for human hearing is approximately...
440 dBspl
100 dBspl
120 dBspl
180 dBspl
19
dBspl and dBu measure (respectively)...
voltage & power
acoustic sound pressure & voltage
voltage & current
power & voltage
20
Headroom is...
the difference between average & peak level
the difference between dBu and dbV
the ceiling height inside an iso-booth
the space above your head
21
Unity Gain means...
all tracks in a mix are at the same level
no change in amplitude between input & output
440 kHz
both left & right speakers are at the same level
AudioPedia 101
Sound Waves & Hearing
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