History of Electronic Music
Science of Music:
Physics of Sound
Physics of Sound
World Music Examples
MIDI & Me
Recording 101
100
This is the way we hear sound in our everyday world and it appears as a continuous signal.
What is Analog?
100
This phenomenon is the result of an object vibrating and disrupting the air molecules surrounding it.
What is sound?
100
This style of music is known all over the world, but actually began in the South Bronx in New York as a means to bring community together.
What is Hip Hop?
100
MIDI is an acronym for this.
What is Musical Instrument Digital Interface?
100
This cable typically has three pins and three holes and is used to connect microphones with some type of audio interface.
What is XLR?
200
This instrument is played by using one's hands to interfere the movement of radio waves?
What is the Theremin?
200
The back and forth movement of molecules is known to create what?
What are waves?
200
This style of music is known for its pulsing and energetic rhythms, has many sub-genres and can be found in many South American countries, the islands of the Caribbean, and many other Spanish or Portuguese speaking nations.
What is Latin music?
200
The reasons why MIDI was created include smaller file size when compared to audio and this. In other words, why was MIDI created?
What is the ability to allow electronic musical instruments to communicate with computers?
200
This type of microphone has a diaphragm that uses a magnet with a coil wrapped around it and does not need power to work.
What is a dynamic microphone?
300
This multi-tiered instrument was first built in 1934 and replaced the traditional pipe organ that resided in large churches and cathedrals, allowing the unique sound to be played in the comfort of one's own home?
What is the Hammond Organ?
300
The movie industry has lied to you with the big-budget sci-fi films with large intergalactic battles featuring large weapons that fire of loud sounding beams. This is because sound can not exist in this environment.
What is a vacuum?
300
With sub-genres like Punk, Indie, Classic, & Metal, this style of music has influenced many other styles while itself drawing inspiration from Blues, Country, & Gospel.
What is Rock?
300
These two nations are attributed with creating and introducing MIDI technology to the music and computing industries.
What is the United States & Japan?
300
Condenser microphones require this extra boost of electricity to power the two metal plate diaphragm and start the process of transduction.
What is Phantom Power? (also acceptable 48V)
400
Known as the inventor of the electric guitar and first to use multi-track recording.
Who is Les Paul?
400
In a sound wave, the area of high pressure - when molecules are packed tightly together, is known as this.
What is compression?
400
Legendary bands such as The Beatles and Led Zeppelin shaped the sound of a generation of music/musicians are most associated with this sub-genre style of rock?
What is Classic Rock?
400
The year MIDI was first introduced.
What is 1983?
400
This setting on the audio interface can be thought of as the dam wall. The more you raise it, the more signal that will flood into the mic so be careful you don't open the flood gate or you'll hear everything in the room.
What is gain?
500
This instrument took nearly 6 years to build, took up an entire New York City high rise building floor, and was designed Thaddeus Cahill.
What is the Telharmonium?
500
When counting the number of cycles per second, this term is used to describe it using measurements of Hertz (Hz).
What is frequeny?
500
Hip Hop is known as a culture rather than just a style of music because it encompasses these 4 major elements.
What is Rhythm (music), Spoken/Written Language (rap), Dancing (breakdancing), Visual Art (graffiti)? - also acceptable Fashion
500
The number of pins that are in a MIDI cable?
What is 5?
500
This button can be found on virtual audio interfaces (Soundtrap, Logic) as well as on physical digital mixers and must be selected in order to arm a specific channel for recording?
What is Record Enable? --> usually the little R that glows red letting you know you're about to record information to that channel.