Show:
DAWs and Things
Drum Programming
Sampling
Chords/Basslines
Mixing
100

What does DAW stand for?

Digital Audio Workstation

100

When programming drums in soundtrap you can use the drum machine view or you can input MIDI notes via the _____ _________ which gives you a bit more control. 

Piano Roll

100

What is the definition of sampling?

Taking a piece of music that already exists and repurposing it for a new composition. 

100

Basic chords contain how many notes? 

3 

100

Adjusting a track from one side of your headphones to another is called _____________.

Panning

200

Soundtrap is the DAW we've used most of the year however we also have ____________ and ____________ available on different computers in the classroom. 

Logic Pro and Ableton

200

Most music we make and listen to is in what time signature?

4/4

200

There are two ways to sample you can ________ which means cutting sections of the sample into smaller bits, or you can __________ which means taking a section of the sample and repeating it over and over. 

Chop and Loop

200

What are the three types of bass lines we learned about? 

Static, Transitional, and Active


200

An EQ allows you to adjust the ____________ of an audio track.

Frequency

300

The controls on the left hand side of a track are called a _____________ strip. 

Channel

300

Usually the kick is on beats ___ and ____ and the snare drum is on beats ___ and ____. 

1&3 and 2&4

300

When you're using a sample to create a loop, what is the most important thing to do in order to to get it to be in time with other elements you might put around it? 

Get the track to line up with the grid at a given tempo. 
300

Typically, the bass line starts on the ___________ of a chord. 

Root

300
There are four categories of audio effects. Name two of them. 

Modulation, Time Based Effects (Delay/Reverb), Distortion, and Dynamic Effects (Compression, Limiting)

400

The process of editing a track's volume, pan, or filter using a line and a pen tool is called ______________.

Automation

400
Name 4 of the instruments you would find on an average drum kit. 

Kick, Snare, Hi-hat, Ride Cymbal, Crash Cymbal, Rack Tom, Floor Tom

400

True or False: When choosing a sample to loop, you want to find the most crowded section of a song so there's a lot to work with. 

False.

400
The two primary chord types are _______ which sound happy and bright, or ________ which sound a bit sadder and darker. 

Major and Minor


400
The two most common effects that are on most tracks in your average pop song are... 

EQ and Compression

500

The three ways of inputting musical information into a DAW are...

Sampling, programming, or recording

500
When the drums slow down by 50% in a song we call it going into ____ - _____. 

Half-time

500

What does the purple highlighted section of the sample mean?

It is the section of the sample you will hear when you press a key on the sampler. 

500

A what is the definition of a chord progression?

Several chords in order that loop in different sections of a song. 
500

How would you add an effect to only one part of a track in soundtrap?

Duplicate the track and split it where you want the effect to be.