Audio Fundamentals: Waves and Harmonics

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What happens when a loud bus passes by and you're trying to listen to shop music?

The shop music masks the bus sound

You can't hear the bus or the shop music clearly

The bus music masks the shop music (correct)

The sound of the bus complements the shop music

Why might a vocal loop sound dull or less present when played with a percussion loop?

The percussion loop is playing at a lower volume

The percussion loop is occupying the same frequency range as the vocal (correct)

The vocal loop is not tuned to the correct frequency

The percussion loop is causing dissonance with the vocal

What is the primary purpose of EQ in mixing?

To adjust the tone ranges of each individual track (correct)

To adjust the overall volume of each track

To make all tracks sound similar

To create dissonance in the mix

What is the frequency range typically used in club sound systems?

49-55Hz Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of frequencies that fit into each other by whole integers?

Harmony Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary characteristic of a sine wave?

It is a pure wave with no harmonics Signup and view all the answers

What is the frequency range that club systems are optimized for?

48-55Hz Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the frequency components of a complex waveform?

Partials Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the phenomenon where two signals with similar frequency ranges sound simultaneously, causing one to dominate and mask the other?

Frequency masking Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary factor that determines the timbre of a sound?

The combination of amplitude, phase, balance, and ADSR relationships Signup and view all the answers

Audio Fundamentals: Waves and Harmonics

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What happens when a loud bus passes by and you're trying to listen to shop music?

Why might a vocal loop sound dull or less present when played with a percussion loop?

What is the primary purpose of EQ in mixing?

What is the frequency range typically used in club sound systems?

What is the result of frequencies that fit into each other by whole integers?

What is the primary characteristic of a sine wave?

What is the frequency range that club systems are optimized for?

What is the term for the frequency components of a complex waveform?

What is the term for the phenomenon where two signals with similar frequency ranges sound simultaneously, causing one to dominate and mask the other?

What is the primary factor that determines the timbre of a sound?

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