| How has the role of a mastering engineer changed since the beginning of the 20th century? |
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| mastering has changed with the technology. Become the final check on frequency and volume content. |
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| Name 5 Processes that may be done in a mastering session? |
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| Noise reduction, EQ, Compression, Limiting, Expansion, Transfer to final master format |
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| splitting main elements of a mix into subgroups |
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| What audio format is typically provided to the mastering engineer? |
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| stereo audio file at the same bit and sample rate as the multi track recording |
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| What peak volume level should your final mix typically be when sending it to be mastered? |
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| What are two advantages of having your mix professionally mastered? |
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| checked over by an editor, sonically accurate environment. |
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| For what reason may you not want to attend a mastering session? |
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| the artist tends to make the process slower. |
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| What is the loudness war? |
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| loudness is increased through signal processing. |
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| Name two drawbacks that have arisen in audio due to the loudness war? |
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| it is fatiguing to the ear to hear music with little dynamic variation. And clipping will occur whenever 0dBFS is exceeded. Cause harshness |
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| Why is distortion a non-linear signal? |
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| what goes in is different from what goes out. |
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| What is harmonic distortion? |
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| distortion measured in harmonic added to a pure sinewave. |
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| What is total harmonic distortion? |
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| measurement of the harmonic distortion present |
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| What is intermodulation distortion? |
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| unwanted amplitude modulation of signals containing 2 or more different frequencies. |
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| What is phase distortion? |
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| all the components of the input signal are not amplified with the same phase shift. Some of the output signal is out of phase with the rest of the output. |
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| Under which menu can the beat detective be found? |
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| What does region conform do in beat detective? |
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| takes separated transient audio segments and places them to locations that correspond to the sessions tempo and beat. |
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| Explain how you can export audio from pro tools without bouncing to disk? |
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| go to audio regions list menu and choose export selected files. |
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| How do you initiate half speed recording in pro tools? |
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| hold down shift, space, and apple key simultaneously |
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| How do you make a plugin inactive and how is it different then bypassing a plugin? |
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| control + apple click on the waveform icon on the bottom of the track in the mix window. Bypassing does not save system resources. Just removes effect from the signal chain. |
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| How do you create multiple playlists in Pro Tools and why are they useful? |
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| click on triangle next to track name and click new. You don’t have to make more tracks. |
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