Music Technology revision cards 0.0 / 5 ? MusicUnit 1 MIDI/AudioOtherEdexcel Created by: [email protected]Created on: 08-05-14 09:02 Tempo The speed of the music. 1 of 29 Dynamics The volume of the music e.g. loud, getting quieter etc 2 of 29 Texture The number of parts in the music e.g. thin, thick, two parts, getting thicker, etc 3 of 29 Melody The tune, the part you sing in a pop song 4 of 29 Riff (or ostinato) A short melody idea that repeats throughout a section or a whole song e.g. bass riff 5 of 29 Input gain Controls the strength of the signal going into the mixing desk 6 of 29 Fader Volume control, slides, on a mixing desk 7 of 29 Pan Controls where the sound comes form in the stereo image e.g. left, right or centre 8 of 29 EQ Equaliser, controls the amount of bass, mid or treble on a sound 9 of 29 Stereo out The main output from a mixing desk 10 of 29 MIDI Musical instrument Digital Interface 11 of 29 USB Universal Serial Bus, connects music keyboard to mac 12 of 29 Stereo System using two speakers to give the illusion of sounds coming from the left, centre and right of a stage 13 of 29 Proximity effect The closer a sound gets, the more bass there is in the sound 14 of 29 Dynamic microphone Mic that needs to be close to a sound source 15 of 29 Capacitor microphone Mic that can be almost any distance from a sound source and still pick it up 16 of 29 Software instrument A digital sound on a computer e.g. midi sound 17 of 29 Audio track A track on which 'live' sounds are recorded using mics 18 of 29 MIDI track A track for recording using a keyboard and software instruments 19 of 29 Signal path The route that a sound signal takes through a mixing desk 20 of 29 Structure The order in which the sections of a piece of music combine to make a piece 21 of 29 Score editor A window in which you can edit MIDI parts using staff notation 22 of 29 DAW Digital Audio Workstation 23 of 29 .mp3 Popular file format for music 24 of 29 .wav File format for sounds recored on a CD 25 of 29 Compression Recorded audio is 'squashed' to balance out the quiets and louds 26 of 29 Loop (or sample) A pre-recorded audio sound (usually quite short) 27 of 29 Reverb Effect that makes a sound appear to be in a 'bigger room' 28 of 29 Distortion Effect that breaks up a sound to give a fuzz effect 29 of 29
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