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What is the practical music technology skills assignment and how do you capture and mix audio for it?

Music technology skills (assignment overview): capturing audio (microphone selection and placement, setting input gain and monitoring, signal path, overdubbing) and manipulating audio (editing, equalisation, time-domain and other effects, mixing techniques, mixing down to an audio master).
An SQA National 5 Music Technology overview of the practical skills assignment: capturing audio (selecting and placing microphones and input devices, setting input gain and monitoring levels, building the signal path, overdubbing) and manipulating audio (editing tracks, equalisation, time-domain and other effects, mixing techniques, and mixing down to an audio master).
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