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