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SQA National 5 Music Technology technology concepts and equipment overview quiz quiz

16questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. Which microphone type is most suitable for a loud guitar amplifier?

  2. What does a cardioid polar pattern do?

  3. Which microphone needs phantom power to work?

  4. What does reverb add to a sound?

  5. Which control is found on a delay (echo) effect?

  6. A vocal is uneven, jumping between loud and quiet. Which processor evens it out?

  7. What does equalisation (EQ) do?

  8. What is the main role of a mixing desk?

  9. What does an audio interface do?

  10. What is the difference between monitors and a PA system?

  11. Which device lets an electric bass plug straight into a mixing desk with a balanced signal?

  12. What causes clipping when recording?

  13. What does the sampling rate of a digital recording set?

  14. What does panning control in a stereo mix?

  15. What is sibilance, and how is it typically reduced?

  16. What does dynamic range mean?