Music Production Roles & Steps of Production
Music Production Terms
Tech & Tools
Sampling Techniques
Auto-Tune Trivia & More
100

These are the 3 Key Roles in Music Production.

What is a producer, audio engineer, and artist?

100
This refers to a single audio recording, such as a vocal performance or instrument take.

What is a track?

100

A DAW is a ______

What is a Digital Audio Workstation?

100

This is a new performance or recording of an existing song.

What is a cover?

100

The artist known for popularizing auto-tune in the 2000's.

Who is T-Pain?

200

The role responsible for arranging and overseeing the creative vision of a song.

What is a/the producer?

200

A short, repeating section of music often used as a foundation in music production.

What is a loop?

200

The Name of a Popular DAW discussed in class

What is Logic Pro, Pro Tools, Adobe Audition, Ableton Live, FL Studio, etc?

200

Using a portion of an existing track in a new song is called this.

What is Direct Sampling?

200

As shown in class, Whitney Houston's 1992 rendition of "I'm Every Woman" is an example of this.

What is a cover?

300

This role captures high-quality recordings of vocal or instruments.

What is the engineer?

300

This term refers to adjusting the balances of frequencies in a track to enhance or reduce certain sounds.

What is EQ (Equalization).

300

This type of audio effect is used to add depth to sound by creating the illusion of space, often making it sound like it's being heard in a larger room or hall making an echo. 

What is reverb?

300

Recreating a melody or part of a track without using the original audio.

What is interpolation sampling?

300

The name of the first major hit to use auto-tune in 1998.

What is Believe by Cher?

400

This stage of music production involved capturing the performance of vocals or instruments and often includes multiple takes to ensure quality.

What is recording?

400

This technology allows digital instruments to communicate and create music without audio signals.

What is MIDI?

400

This digital tool allows producers to correct pitch inaccuracies in vocals during recording or mixing.

What is Auto-Tune?

400

Used in the class example, Bruno Mars singing "Don't believe me, just watch" in "Uptown Funk" is an example of this type of sample from Trinidad James.

What is an interpolation sample?

400

Before becoming a tool for music, Auto-Tune's underlying technology was used in this field.

What is oil exploration?

500

The process of balancing audio levels and adding effects to enhance a track.

What is mixing?

500

This process finalizes a track for release by adjusting its overall sound and ensuring consistency across platforms.

What is mastering?

500
These are key differences between analog and digital audio.

What is analog is physical and can be broken or manipulated? What is digital is not tangible and uses software?

500

Kanye West using elements of Michael Jackson’s "P.Y.T." in his song "The Good Life" is an example of this sampling technique.

What is a direct sample?

500

This person is the developer of Antares Audio Technologies.

Who is Dr. Andy Hildebrand?