Production Basics
This type of track is used to create a beat.
Drum Machine
The most commonly used effect, which will make a track sound like it is in a larger room.
Reverb
Which types of tracks in bandlab record using MIDI data?
Virtual Instruments/Drum Machines/ Samplers
The term for a tracks volume
Gain
This number will tell you how fast or slow your track is.
BPM (Beats Per Minute)
Pre-recorded audio tracks that can be used in your song are called what?
Samples
This effect will make your track repeat over and over and over....
Echo/Delay
This bandlab tool will create chords for you!
Smart Chords
This can be used at the beginning or end of an audio track to either slowly increase volume from nothing, or slowly decrease volume to nothing.
Fades
This feature will click on each beat to help you keep time with your song.
Metronome
The name we use for music production software (bandlab, garageband, ect.)
D.A.W (Digital Audio Workstation)
This Effect is used to raise or lower the individual frequencies on a track
EQ
In music, loud and soft is called dynamics. In midi data how loud or soft a note is is called:
Velocity
The name for moving audio through space from left to right.
Panning
True or False? A drum machine pattern should always be placed on a numbered line when being added to a project.
True
What is the name for the numbered area where tracks are recorded and placed?
The Timeline
This type of effect can be used to make a track louder without clipping
Compression
This tool allows you to snap midi notes to the grid based on timing
Quantizing
When the volume of the tracks is too high and the audio starts to break up and distort, that is referred to as:
Clipping.
Turning this up will increase the amount of "bounce" in your drum machine pattern.
Swing
This feature allows you to draw in changes in both volume and velocity on individual tracks.
Automation
These types of effects will alter the pitch, frequency, or phase of an audio signal
Modulation
What does the acronym MIDI stand for?
Musical Instrument Digital Interface
What is the goal of a Mastering Engineer?
To make the track as loud as possible without clipping.
This rhythmic pattern from Sub-Saharan Africa is the basis for the reggaeton rhythm.
Tresillo