Sound Design Quiz 3

Front 1

What is the difference between a Studio One song and a project?

Back 1

Project is a CD-type collection, or any set mastered to share audio characteristics.

Front 2

Why would anyone want to set a tempo in New Song dialog before starting to record?

Back 2

1) Tools for editing music are oriented to snapping to tempo counts

2) DAW will give the musicians a metronome or "click track" to perform to

Front 3

What are two ways to move between panels such as Arrange, Edit, Console, Inspector?

Back 3

F2 F3 F4 etc., OR us the buttons bottom right

Front 4

How do you bring in sound files to a Studio One project? (ones that you didn’t record in Studio One)

Back 4

Drag

or

Song > Import

Front 5

What is an event?

Back 5

Audio clip, or MIDI clip, or Loop

Front 6

What are two ways to switch mouse tools? (Arrow, Range, Split, Erase, Paint, Mute, Listen)

Back 6

Icons above Arrange, OR Rt-Click+ choose 1/2/3

Front 7

How do you slip an event to another start time?

Back 7

Use the Arrow tool drag bottom of event

Front 8

How do you move quickly back and forth on the timeline?

Back 8

•Press Shift + roll the scroll wheel

•Or hold down the " - " or the "+" keys

•Or drag left or right in the timeline

Front 9

How do you move (playhead) left or right on the timeline?

Back 9

+ for right

- for left

Front 10

How do you zoom in to a track?

Back 10

• Shift + Command + Scroll wheel

• Or drag down from the numbered strip (the Arrange or Edit Timeline) above the tracks

•Or drag up

Front 11

How do you cut a clip into two clips?

Back 11

Use the slice mouse tool (Xacto blade icon)

Front 12

How do you fade in or fade out a clip?

Back 12

Drag the gray fade handle in the clip

Front 13

How do you change the level of a clip or event?

Back 13

• Level of the whole track in the mix is set by:

1) adjustable gray bar to left of track

2) vertical fader in the Inspector

3) Vertical fader in the Console (mixer)

• Drag small tab at top middle of event up or down

Front 14

How do you change the pan (L to R stereo placement) of a track?

Back 14

Drag the vertical blue bar under "Main" in the inspector, or the same bar in the mix view.

Front 15

How do you bring in an effect or plug-in to a track?

Back 15

In the Inspector or Mixer, click on Insert +

Front 16

In Studio One Prime, what is the EQ and Compressor plug-in called?

Back 16

"Channel Strip"

Front 17

What is the fastest way to pause/restart playback?

Back 17

Press the spacebar

Front 18

What is meant by solo? Where is it?

Back 18

S button in Inspector, Mixer, Arranger track

Front 19

What is meant by mute? Where is it?

Back 19

M button in Inspector, Mixer, Arranger track

Front 20

How do you create and name a new track?

Back 20

Press + in Arranger

or

Track> Add Track

Front 21

How do you move an event to a different track?

Back 21

Drag the bottom of the event with arrow tool

Front 22

How do you create/export a WAV or AIFF or MP3 version of your mix?

Back 22

• Song > Export Mixdown

• In S1 Prime, you will have to export as .WAV Then re-open and save as .MP3 in Audacity

Front 23

How do you assign a microphone or mixer input to a particular track for recording?

Back 23

See the Song > Song Setup options from the upper menu

Front 24

What is a click track?

Back 24

A metronome sound that performers can hear as they add new tracks. Keeps the timing perfect and allows the sound editor to easily move musical events to different places in the song.

Front 25

What is a crossfade? How do you make one in S!?

Back 25

One event blends perfectly into another without any pause. In S1 drag one event slightly over another (drag the bottom of the event with the arrow tool) and use the fade out and fade in handles to make the fades cross.

Front 26

What is automation? Where is it in Studio1?

Back 26

• The ability to program the amount or level of any variable in the mix or plugin, using a simple line interface.

• Rt-click on the left of a track (the box with mute-solo ect.) and choose Show/Hide Automation. Then pick which variable you want to automate. A line appears over the track. OR you can add a separate track with the automation (good idea if you have room on the screen!) From the upper menu, Track > Add Automation Track. Under Display Off/On are options.Then use Command+Click to add or move points.

• You may not see the control you wish to automate, for instance if it is part of an inserted effect. Use the Add/Remove link, browse to the insert, and add the control to the list.

Front 27

What are plug-ins? And what are the common ones mentioned by your instructor?

Back 27

These are add-on software that provide new tools. Also called "effects" or "inserts" in Studio One.

• EQ, Compressor, Limiter, Gate, Reverb, Chorus, etc

Front 28

What does bouncing a track mean?

Back 28

Rendering a string of little events into a single large event. For audio, it creates a new file that replaces the string of little events.

Front 29

Where do you find an equalizer or a compressor in Studio One?

Back 29

• In either the Inspector or mix views, click the + sign in the Inserts section. Then choose. (or Channel Strip)

Front 30

What is dynamic range?

Back 30

• The amount of variation from loud to quiet in a track or mix. Example: if the level varies from -10dB to - 50dB, the dynamic range is 40 dB.

Front 31

How does a compressor work?

Back 31

Reduces dynamics above a threshold level

• Then usually increases gain to make up for the apparent drop in level.

Front 32

In a compressor, what do:

1) threshold,

2) ratio,

3) gain makeup,

4) attack, and

5) release variables do?

Back 32

• 1) the level above which compression will happen

• 2) how severe is the compression

• 3) average levels brought up after compression

• 4) how quickly the compression starts after the level has risen above the threshold

• 5) how slowly the compression stops after the level has dropped below the threshold

Front 33

What is a 1) limiter and a 2) gate?

Back 33

•1) Compressor that simply keeps a lid on levels, used to avoid clipping, or to make pop music to be mixed louder without transients causing clipping

• 2) Compressor that only works below a threshold, used to automatically reduce steady-state noise in quiet passages

Front 34

How does a low-pass or high-pass filter work? What do the numbers mean?

Back 34

Hogh pass at 200hz means freq above 200hz are allowed

Front 35

What are “buss effects”?

Back 35

• Plugins (Inserts) put on the overall mix after it has been mixed (that is, inserted into the "Main" channel in the Mixer)

Front 36

What are four good reasons to use compression?

Back 36

1) taming peaks,

2) keep a track audible all the time,

3) making a voice warm and even-sounding

4) making a mix sound more energetic

5) making a commercial harder to ignore

Front 37

What does a multi-band compressor do that a regular compressor cannot do?

Back 37

Divides the audio into frequency bands first, and then allows compression to be applied to each band separately. So you could, for instance, compress the bass frequencies without compressing the vocal frequencies.

Front 38

What levels would you start with for each track as you begin to build a mix?

Back 38

-6dB

Front 39

How do you pick which track to begin your mixing adjustments? What is most important sound element for communication?

Back 39

?

Front 40

How can two elements "fight one another"?

Back 40

Same freq range + same pan position

Front 41

How do you keep elements from fighting?

Back 41

• Turn one off

• move apart in pan

• EQ uniquely

• Limit the number of elements

• Turn one down