Editing & Production Tips
As the saying goes, you can have a project fast, cheap, or good—and you can only pick two. What does this mean?
You can have something good and fast, but it won't be cheap. You can have something good and cheap, but it won't be fast.
Frequency is the number of cycles a vibration completes in _____________second(s)
1 Second
This is the most popular microphone for voice. Dynamic. Can take some "abuse" if dropped or left in heat.
Shure SM-58
This is the first place on a mixing board where we adjust how much sound comes into the board.
Trim or Gain
What is the proximity effect?
A bass boost the closer a sound source gets to a microphone.
Always remember when writing for radio and podcasting to “write for the ____ and not the eye.”
ear
Humans can hear frequency ranges between _____ and ______.
20 Hertz and 20,000 Hertz
Dynamic microphones are also known as
Moving Coil
This is what VU stands for on a mixing board
Volume Units
What is dynamic range?
The range of volume of sound that equipment can handle.
True or false. You should record everything as "flat" at the same volume level and with no effects or EQ added. Defend your answer.
True. Any effects can happen in the editing room.
When frequencies are played at the same loudness level, but are perceived at the different levels.
Equal loudness Principle
Condenser microphones are also known as ______.
Capacitor
This section of the audio board allows you to send channels to various places like stage monitors.
Aux Sends
If editing for long periods of time, you can lose a sense of tempo, inflection, tonality
Listening Fatigue
This is a visual representation of the audio signal
Waveform
This is the difference between Acoustics and Psychoacoustics.
Acoustics is how sound acts in a room, and Psychoacoustics is the way we perceive that sound.
Draw the correct shape of a cardiod, omnidirectional, and bidirectional pickup pattern and label each.
Cardiod = heart shape
Omnidirectional = circle
Bidirectional = hour glass
Name two things you will find on the output section of the mixing board...
Master Out, VU Meter, Headphones, Sub-Group Out, etc.
This is when some sounds hide other sounds when played at the same time.
Masking
The sound envelope includes these 4 stages.
Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release
Phantom Power
What are the cables generally used for "line in" and "mic in".
XLR - Mic In
1/4" - Line In
We perceive frequency as ______.
pitch