Intro to Music Production
This is what D.A.W. stands for.
What is Digital Audio Workstation?
This is what B.P.M. means.
What is beats per minute?
This type of sound effect delays a certain track.
What is delay?
This is what I would click to start a new song in Soundtrap before entering its studio.
What is new music project?
The process of taking a snippet of something and creating something new with it.
What is sampling?
This is the D.A.W. we've used in class.
What is Soundtrap?
This is the "sidekick" of a song.
What is harmony?
The process of removing background noises from a track/song.
What is noise reduction?
This is the button I'd press to add a loop/track to Soundtrap.
What is add new track?
This is when a sound starts at no volume and gradually gets louder.
What is a fade in?
The person in charge of helping bring an artist's vision or creations to life.
Who is a music producer?
This is the speed of a song.
What is tempo?
This is what the FX button in Soundtrap shows.
What are sound effects?
This is where you would press to edit the title of a project in Soundtrap.
What is Untitled Song?
This is the name of the demo song that we remixed in Soundtrap.
What is Trunk?
The person who creates the lyrical and melodic/harmonic elements of a song.
What is a songwriter?
The digital tool that keeps track of time in Soundtrap.
What is a metronome?
When a sound occurs in a space and sends sound waves out in all directions.
What is reverb?
The button in Soundtrap that replays a track over and over.
What is the loop button?
This is a short sound snippet that lets a listener know who you are.
What is a producer tag?
These are the names of the three roles that are often played in a studio and that we explored in the class.
What is a music producer, songwriter, and audio engineer?
These are the sections of popular song structure.
What is an introduction, chorus, verse, bridge, and outro?
The process of polishing a song.
What is mixing?
The button that lets you record your own voice/tracks into Soundtrap.
What is the record button?
The part of a song that is improvised or done on the spot by an artist.
What is an ad lib?