Audio Engineering Notes

The auditory affect of frequency.

Pitch

Doubling or halving the frequency (NOT 8 notes)

Octave

A louder instrument blankets a softer sound or instrument. (eg. drummer plays loud, can't hear vocals)

Masking

BGV trying to shine. Rhythm guitarist wants to be lead guy.

Example of masking?

Hertz is also:

Cycles per second

3 types of music with narrow dynamic range:

Rap, hip-hop, metal

Measure of loudest and softest portions

Dynamic Range:

The human ear is most sensitive to what freq ranges?

High Mids

Human ear less sensitive to what ranges?

Lows, low mids, and high highs

Attack and release are described as the sounds

envelope

DB is unit of measure to express _____ between 2 diff. sounds

Ratio

The older you get what frequencies disappear?

High

Upper mid frequencies?

1-5kHz

Low bass frequencies?

20Hz - 100hz

The ear can stand a stronger signal

on the low end

Producer wants more 'sparkle'

Add more highs

How to make mix less muddy?

Take around 500-800hz range

When listening to music at quiet levels, is it true that bass and treble are generally louder than the rest of the mix?

No. They disappear.

What is the function of a fader?

Volume control

Unity gain means

You aren't increasing or decreasing volume. 0 DB of change.

What function of pan knob?

Volume control between speakers

In protoels, to an engineer what is a track?

An instrument.

To a DJ what is the track?

A song.

If you press mute on mix console, what does it really do?

It stops the track from being heard.

Solo means what?

Mute all others

High and low deal with:

Frequency

Loud or soft deal with:

Volume, gain

Overdubbing?

Rec. addl tracks to ones already there.