A piece of equipment that produces sound from an audio source.
What is a speaker?
100
The property of a soundwave that is measured by detecting changes in atmospheric pressure (compression and rarefaction). The resulted volume is recorded in decibels.
What is amplitude?
100
This program is considered the industry standard for music production.
What is Pro Tools?
100
When mixing audio, this is the process used to move a sound to the right or left.
What is panning?
100
A special type of speakers that are used in recording studios.
What are monitors?
200
A piece of equipment that is commonly used bu guitarist to produce sound from their guitar.
What is a guitar amplifier?
200
The property of a sound wave that determines pitch.
What is frequency?
200
This program is used most commonly by DJs and electronic artists.
What is Ableton Live?
200
Segments of audio that are recorded into a track are called this.
What are clips?
200
This is used to connect microphones, instruments, and monitors to a computer.
What is an interface?
300
A type of microphone that is used more commonly in stage applications.
What is a dynamic microphone?
300
The unit of frequency which can be defined as one cycle per second.
What is the hertz?
300
In Adobe Audition, this is the type of session you would use when working with more than one track at a time.
What is a multitrack session?
300
Volume, panning, or other effects can be automated to adjust themselves during playback by using these.
What are envelopes?
300
This is used when recording or mixing to balance the overall volume of a signal.
What is a compressor?
400
A type of cable that is used for instruments.
What is a lo-z (low impedance) xlr cable?
400
A type of wave that moves perpendicular (at a right angle) to the direction of energy transfer.
What is a transverse wave?
400
As a product of Apple, this program offers more features than Garageband.
What is Logic Pro?
400
This can be added to clips or tracks manually or by using envelopes/tools, causing the volume to increase or decrease.
What are fades?
400
This is also used when recording or mixing to adjust the frequencies of an audio signal.
What is equalizer?
500
A type of cable used for instruments.
What is a hi-z (high impedance) cable?
500
A type of wave that moves in the same direction of energy transfer (with compressions and rarefactions).
What is a longitudinal wave?
500
As opposed to analog, this is the type of audio associated with computers.
What is digital audio?
500
Reverb and delay can be categorized as these types of effects.
What are time-based effects?
500
When the gain of a signal is too high, this is the result.