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Beginners Recording Handbook Activities

Activity: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Activity 1 - Sonic Fundamentals

What to do:-

  1. Open a new Word document and type the heading Sonic Fundamentals
  2. Highlight and copy the questions below and paste them into your new document
  3. Visit the Beginners Recording Handbook to find answers for the questions
  4. Save this document in your Book Folder as Beginners Recording Handbook Notes

Questions:-

  1. Dynamic range measures the differences between S _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ and is expressed in _ _ which is an abbreviation of the word _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
  2. Name ONE limitation in using cassette tape for recording.
  3. Name ONE recording media you would use for a HIGH QUALITY recording.
  4. What are the TWO important factors which influence the dynamic ranges of the sounds we hear ?
  5. FREQUENCY is measured in H _ _ _ _.
  6. What is the normal range of human hearing measured using these terms?
  7. What is the purpose of a LOUDNESS switch.
  8. The normal listening environment is made up of three factors ______________ _________________ and ___________.
  9. What is the effect of listening to constantly loud sound levels?
  10. A system that reproduces all FREQUENCIES evenly is known as F _ _ _ _.

Activity 2 - Getting Your Sound On Tape

What to do:-

  1. Open the document Beginners Recording Handbook Notes that you have previously created and type the new heading Getting Your Sound On Tape
  2. Highlight and copy the questions below and paste them into your new document
  3. Visit the Beginners Recording Handbook to find answers for the questions
  4. Save this document

Questions:-

  1. How does the process of ANALOG RECORDING work?
  2. The tape's ability to record is dependent on which two critical factors?
  3. There are many problems associated with analog recording. Name TWO.
  4. What is the difference between a TWO and a THREE head tape machine?
  5. The S _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Rate is the most important determining factor in the quality of a DIGITAL RECORDING.
  6. Name TWO ways in which the digital information once it is recorded can be stored.
  7. Machines which allow you to record some basic tracks and then OVERDUB (keep on recording) are known as ______________.
  8. SMPTE is a process which allows you to do what?

Activity 3 - The Sound Source

What to do:-

  1. Open the document Beginners Recording Handbook Notes that you have previously created and type the new heading The Sound Source
  2. Highlight and copy the questions below and paste them into your new document
  3. Visit the Beginners Recording Handbook to find answers for the questions
  4. Save this document

Questions:-

  1. Which microphone requires a power supply to work?
  2. Name one advantage of using these mics for recording.
  3. When the small signal from a microphone is increased via a mic pre-amp it is known as a l______ l______.
  4. The process in recording of making the soft parts a little louder and the loud parts a little softer is called C___________________.
  5. These devices are primarily used to stop the sound d_________________.
  6. What is the purpose of an EXPANDER?
  7. How many mics are needed to mic a drum kit and where should they be placed?
  8. What effects are normally applied to a drum sound?

Activity 4 - The MIDI Revolution

What to do:-

  1. Open the document Beginners Recording Handbook Notes that you have previously created and type the new heading The MIDI Revolution
  2. Highlight and copy the questions below and paste them into your new document
  3. Visit the Beginners Recording Handbook to find answers for the questions
  4. Save this document

Questions:-

  1. True or False: The MIDI revolution began in the 1890's
  2. A device called a S _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is designed to P _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a pattern stepped in one note at a time
  3. Name TWO software synthesizers
  4. The Roland MC 500 is an example of another type of sequencer called a H _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ sequencer
  5. Name ONE advantage of using a software sequencer
  6. A M _ _ _ C _ _ _ _ tells a MIDI device what the tempo is
  7. MIDI Machine Control (MMC) allows a sequencer to do what?