RTEC SEM 2

What is gain riding?

What is automatic gain riding?

What are two other names for a compressor?

Why use a compressor?

What does a compressors threshold do?

What is a input level control?

What is a compressors ratio?

What is a compressors attack?

What is a compressors release?

What is a hard knee compared to a soft knee?

What is the output control on a compressor and what is another name for it?

For every dB of compression you also gain what?

What does ARRTO stand for?

How does mark say to set each step on a compressor

What are the two types of equalizers?

What are the two types of graphic equalizers?

What is the difference between the two types of equalizers

What is the difference between the two types of graphic equalizers?

What is a natural consequence of all equalizers?

What is a linear phase equalizer?

What is the breakdown of an octave?

How many cents does an octave break down into?

What is an interval?

What is just tuning and what is the distance in cents between each note?

What is equal temperament and what is wrong with it?

What is the main problem with equalizers in relation to equal temperament?

What is a partial?

What is an overtone?

What does the master channel determine on a dual channel compressor?

What is an important hing you must keep in mind when a dual channel compressor does not have a master channel?

What is pumping and breathing?

What is attack distortion?

What is harmonic distortion?

What does a multiband compressor do?

What is a limiter?

What are software limiters?

What is a sidechain?

What is ducking?

What is parallel compression?

How do you do the new york drum trick?

What do gates do?

What are chattering gates?

What is hold control?

What is hysteresis?

Name the five types of gain reduction circuits

Explain advantages and disadvantages of a variable-mu gain reduction circuit

Explain advantages and disadvantages of a opto-electrical gain reduction circuit

Explain advantages and disadvantages of a FET gain reduction circuit

Explain advantages and disadvantages of a VCA gain reduction circuit

Explain advantages and disadvantages of a digital gain reduction circuit

Explain the middle side stereo mic technique

Explain how to set up a MS setup

What part of an outboard preamp has the biggest effect on sound?

When using outboard preamps should you plug the mic into the outboard preamp or the console first?

What is an echo chamber?

Explain how a spring reverb works?

Explain how a plate reverb works

Explain how tube reverb works

Explain the advantages of digital reverb

What is convolution reverb

What types of mics and how are they positioned in a middle side mic technique

What type of sense is vision?
What type of sense is hearing?

What are the 8 methods humans use to locate sound sources in their environment?

How do humans use interaural time difference to locate sound sources?

How do humans use head shadow to locate sound sources?

How do humans use pinna response to locate sound sources?

What is time control processing?

What is the HAAS zone?

What is the precedence effect?

What is a flanger?

What is a phaser?

What does the delay, depth, rate and feedback determine in flangers and phasers?

What is automatic double tracking?

What is chorus?

What does the delay, width and rate determine on chorus?

How would you send a foldback mix that includes the full mix to hearback?

How would you listen to individual sends the westar?

Where would you find switches that allow you to choose which send you hear on talkback?

What are the four jobs in a recording session and what are their roles?

Should mics be brought up unprocessed true or false?

What do overheads provide relative to a drum kit?

Why is it very important for drums to be in phase?

Why make an aux track master for drums?