Audio Production Basics Test (fromic just 10Q)

Match the audio career with the job description.

• Recording audio or managing live performances

• Mastering engineers

• Editing and finalizing a recorded project

• Audio engineers

• Creating sound effects or audible atmosphere

• Voiceover artists

• Record narration

• Sound designers

Audio engineering is NOT focused on which of the following?

• Live events

• Videos

• Art

• Music

Which of the following best describes a pick up pattern?

• The area where microphones will 'pick up' sound

• The best place on the microphone to lift it

• The zones in a studio booth properly mic’ed

• The amount of re-takes an artist has to do on a track

Which of the following is a true statement about dynamic microphones?

• They require phantom power

• They do not require phantom power

Which of the following best describes the pop which happens when air hits the diaphragm of a microphone?

• Exploders

• Pips

• Plosives

• Charges

Which of the following is a true statement about shotgun microphones?

• They are omnidirectional to pick up sound from an environment

• They are very directional to minimize environmental noise

Pro Tools is example of which of the following?

• A DAW

• A mixer

• A microphone

• A track

How should an audio engineer monitor sound noise and interference?

• Listening to the room

• Listening to the microphone

• Observing the VU meter

• In the DAW

Where should the VU meter readings sit for good audio quality?

• In the green

• In the yellow

• In the red

• Between the green and yellow

Match each microphone to it's name and pick up pattern

Groups:

(a) Cardioid

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(b) Omnidirectional

• lapel

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• lavalier

• hand held