EQ & COMPRESSION
This type of filter is used to remove "rumble" from an audio recording.
What is a "high pass" or "low cut" filter?
The amount of time required for the reflections of a signal to diminish in a particular space. Also a parameter on most reverb plugins.
What is "decay" time?
A feature in Pro Tools that corrects track timing differences when using plugins.
What is "Delay Compensation"?
The type of track we add to record an original MIDI part in Logic.
What is a "Software Instrument" track?
An ideal editing method in Pro Tools for takes of a song that have a consistent form and that were recorded to a click track.
What is "playlist editing"?
The meter that helps us see how much compression is being applied to a signal.
What is a "gain reduction" meter?
A room that is designed to completely absorb all reflections.
What is an "anechoic chamber"?
The initial foundational tracks of a recording session, performed by core members of a group.
What are "bed tracks"?
The process used to "snap" MIDI notes to a pre-defined grid.
What is "quantization"?
A type of listening that should not be performed on earbuds while taking the TTC.
What is "critical listening"?
This frequency range (in Hz) is often referred to as "sibilance".
What is the 4kHz - 10kHz range?
A plugin parameter that adjusts the density of the reverb tail.
What is "diffusion"?
A setting in the Pro Tools "Playback Engine" (and Logic "Settings") menus that should be reduced when recording, and increased when mixing.
What is "buffer size"?
The process of recording a final mix onto a new audio track in a DAW.
What is "printing" a mix?
Varieties include: Read, Touch and Latch
What are "automation modes"?
The parameter that controls the amount a signal is compressed by.
What is the "ratio"?
A pattern of constructive and destructive interference in a room.
What is a "standing wave"?
NODE = full cancellation (destructive)
ANTINODE = maximum amplitude (constructive)
The short period of delay between when an audio signal enters a system and when it emerges.
What is "latency"?
The MIDI value related to musical dynamics.
An audio codec used with uncompressed WAV and AIFF containers.
What is "Pulse Code Modulation"?
A type of filter used to create a "telephone" sound.
Acoustic resonances that exist inside a space when there is sound generated. The frequencies of these resonances are directly related to the dimensions of the room.
What are "room modes"?
Ideal "average" and "peak" levels on a digital peak meter while recording.
What are "-20dBfs" and "-10 to -6dBfs"?
The original cable type for connecting MIDI devices.
What is a "DIN cable"?
The process of editing pieces of different recorded "takes" together to improve on the final performance.
What is "comping"?