Physics of Sound

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How does the storage medium, Magnetic Tape, represent sound?
Continuous
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What is an increase in overtones when gain is increased?
Distortion
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Analogue sound is converted into a digital format using a what?
ADC
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The sample rate must be double what frequency?
Nyquist
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What is a typical sample rate for hi-fi recording?
44.1
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What is a typical bit-depth for hi-fi recordings?
16
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How can you fix a quantisation error?
Dithering
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What is the level at which compression starts?
Threshold
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What is the amount of compression that is taking place?
Ratio
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What increases the level after compression?
Make up Gain
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What is the smoothness of the curve from uncompressed to compressed?
Knee
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What is an increase in overtones when gain is increased?

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Distortion

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Analogue sound is converted into a digital format using a what?

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The sample rate must be double what frequency?

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What is a typical sample rate for hi-fi recording?

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