Week 7 Digital Music Vocabulary (RECORDING)

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The bar in your software that allows you record, pause, play.

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Transport Controls

Front

When you pick up unwanted sound in your recording (prevented by using headphones.)

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Spill

Front

Awful sound you hear when your microphone picks up the speaker sound.

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Feedback

Front

Distortion caused when the microphone signal is too loud

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Clipping

Front

Amount of amplification applied to the microphone signal (how much sound you want the mic to pick up)

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Microphone Gain

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Several metronome beats that are sounded prior to the start of a recording (or playback), typically for one bar.

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Count-in

Front

Horizontal tool at the top of the Tracks area that shows the divisions of time in either bars and beats or minutes and seconds.

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Ruler

Front

The horizontal rows you use to organize your music and control the sound of the recordings, loops, and other material in a project.

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Tracks

Front

An area on every track that shows the track name and icon and controls to mute, solo, and lock the track

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Track Header

Front

Gradually lowering the volume of a track or song to silence, typically at the end of the song.

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