Chapter 11 Advanced Techniques PDF
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This document contains a chapter titled 'Advanced Techniques' and includes a list of questions related to audio engineering. The questions cover topics such as noise removal, audio manipulation, and mixing techniques, potentially suitable for a professional audio engineering course.
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Chapter 11: Advanced Techniques 1\. In chapter 11, what is meant by cleanup? What should you do to make the tracks as clean as possible with the least amount of aural distraction? 2\. What does noise on a track mean? 3\. What should you do as a matter of course to remove noise? 4\. What kinds of...
Chapter 11: Advanced Techniques 1\. In chapter 11, what is meant by cleanup? What should you do to make the tracks as clean as possible with the least amount of aural distraction? 2\. What does noise on a track mean? 3\. What should you do as a matter of course to remove noise? 4\. What kinds of situations do clicks and pops come from? When do most clicks occur? 5\. Why is it best to always listen to a pass with phones (headphones)? 6\. What is the way to fix any potential click/pop trouble spots? What kind of fade should you add where appropriate? 7\. What does the book mention as a sure sign of a demo recording? 8\. How do you fix a bad fade that doesn't work on the track? 9\. In the case of unwanted distortion, what is sometimes the most natural sounding operation to eliminate it? 10\. If clip level adjustment feature isn't available on your DAW, what can you do to accomplish the same thing? How do you do that? 11\. What can you do to make the bass speak better and both the kick and bass more distinct? 12\. What are the three popular track tuning programs commonly in use? 13\. The book mentions that when it comes to pitch correction, a little goes a long way. What does that mean? 14\. Who pioneered drum replacement technique in the 1970's while working on Steely Dan records? 15\. What are three things you should do to make drum replacement sound more natural? 1. 2. 3. 16\. Before automation, what would be done to make mixing moves during a complex song? 17\. List the 5 modes of fader automation and describe what they do. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 18\. What are some ways you can use automation to add dynamics to a mix? 19\. What is gain staging? 20\. What is the reason why a pre-fader(PFL) and after-fader (AFL) exist? 21\. True or False. The level of the channel faders should always stay below the sub-group or master fader. 22\. Today, we can record at a level a lot less than 0dBFS because of 24-bit depth. What is the advantage in doing this?
