SQA National 5 Music Technology practical skills and assignment overview quiz quiz

Healthily but safely below maximum, leaving headroom

Well into the red for the strongest sound

As quiet as possible to avoid any noise

Exactly at silence until playback

The signal becomes too quiet to hear

The signal clips, cutting off the peaks and adding harsh distortion

The recording loses its stereo width

The reverb increases automatically

It adds too much reverb

It pans the sound to one side

The signal is weak and noisy when boosted later

It doubles the sampling rate

Recording every instrument at the same time on one track

Deleting unwanted tracks

Converting audio to digital

Recording a new part onto its own track while listening back to existing parts

So each part can be edited, balanced and processed independently

To make the file smaller

Because only one track can clip

So the tempo cannot change

To make the whole mix louder

To cut problem frequencies so each track sits clearly without masking others

To add echo to a vocal

To convert the mix to mono

Exporting the master before anything else

Adding maximum reverb to every track

Balancing the levels so each track is heard at the right volume

Deleting half the tracks

It records a new take

It increases the bit depth

It removes sibilance

It spreads tracks across the stereo field for width and clarity

A single stereo audio master file in an appropriate format

A set of separate raw recordings

A MIDI file only

A printed score

A dynamic microphone, because it is rugged

A condenser microphone, because it is sensitive and detailed

No microphone, using a DI box only

A PA speaker

To hear problems such as clipping or noise early

To increase the tempo

To add distortion to the guitar

To convert the recording to mono

Mixing is not allowed at National 5

It uses too much computer memory

Some faults, such as clipping, cannot be removed later

Effects are banned in the assignment

Distortion

A DI box

Reverb

A pop shield

To record your decisions and reflection as part of the evidence

To replace the audio recording

To store the sampling rate only

To list every microphone in the world