DESKTOPS
THE SOUND OF IT
PLUGIN
SPEEDY DELIVERY
MIX AND MATCH
100
A single timeline within a digital audio workstation that contains an audio stream
What is a "TRACK"?
100
This is the term for how loud a sound is
What is "AMPLITUDE"?
100
Name one of the settings on a compression plugin
What is (one of the settings)?
100
This is the term for multi-channel surround audio encoded into two channels
What is "LtRt"?
100
Name the frequency band that we feel rather than hear
What is "SUB BASS" or "40-80 HZ"?
200
A single audio stream
What is "CHANNEL"?
200
This is what we measure the frequency of sound vibrations in
What is "HERTZ"?
200
This is one of the settings of a compression plugin (that has not been mentioned)
What is (a different setting)?
200
This is the term for two-channel stereo audio content
What is "LoRo"?
200
Name the first thing we correct between tracks while mixing
What is "RELATIVE GAIN" or "RELATIVE VOLUME"?
300
This is a track that routes any audio stream to the same destination
What is a "BUS"?
300
This the difference between the highest and lowest sounds a system can either record or playback
What is "DYNAMIC RANGE"?
300
This reverb setting mimics the First Reflections within a room
What is "PREDELAY"?
300
When monitoring, we listen at this SPL level to get an accurate mix without damaging our ears
What is "85 DECIBELS"?
300
This is when the recordist continually monitors what's coming next and adjusts the channel faders proactively
What is the "INTELLIGIBILITY RANGE"?
400
This is the term for two channels where the content is related by a fixed relationship
What is "STEREO"?
400
Name the phenomenon where frequencies with more energy cover up lower-energy frequencies
What is "MASKING" or "MASK"?
400
This is the setting that control the width ('sharpness') of the band of frequencies affected when using a parametric equalizer
What is "Q"?
400
Some matrix encoders create a four-channel surround mix abbreviated like this
What is "LEFT-CENTER-RIGHT-SURROUND" or LCRS?
400
The term for a compressor that only allows sound to pass when its level passes a certain threshold
What is a "NOISE GATE"?
500
Our ability to keyframe effect parameters over time comes from this
What are "ENVELOPES"?
500
A small amount of added noise used to cover low-level artifacts when encoding
What is "DITHER"?
500
This plugin aligns the phase of tracks to offset differences in mic placement
What is "DC OFFSET"?
500
The routing of frequencies ranges of different channels to the correct speaker (including LFE)
What is "BASS MANAGEMENT"?
500
This is when the recordist continually monitors what's coming next and adjusts the channel faders proactively
What is "RIDING THE FADER" or "HAND COMPRESSION" or "RIDING THE GAIN"?
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