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1. The electronic production of sound where
no acoustic source is used is called:
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Additive synthesis
Subtractive synthesis
FM synthesis
Sound synthesis
Electro-acoustic music
2. Building up of a complex tone or waveform
from simpler elements such as sine waves is called:
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Additive synthesis
Subtractive synthesis
FM synthesis
Sound synthesis
Electro-acoustic music
3. The simplification of a complex waveform
such as a square, sawtooth waver, or white noise by means
of filtering is called:
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Additive synthesis
Subtractive synthesis
FM synthesis
Sound synthesis
Electro-acoustic music
4. In digital sound synthesis, the number
of samples per second that are produced to describe a sound
is called the:
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Aliasing
Destructive interference
Sample rate
Clipping
White noise
5. Another name for Additive Synthesis is:
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Fourier synthesis
Subtractive synthesis
FM synthesis
Sound synthesis
Electro-acoustic music
6. A PERIODIC WAVE is one in which:
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Random frequency and amplitude
Has a minimum of 20,000 samples per second
Has no regularity and is ambiguous in pitch
Repeats any characteristic value at regular intervals
The spectrum is complex
7. Who is the author (programmer) for the
application, JSYD:
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Jim Bumgardner
Morton Subotnick
Mark Coniglio
Daniel Landes
Edgar Varese
8. JSYD is an update of SYD. 'SYD' is short
for:
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Synthetic Dynamo
Simple Synthesizer
Symmetrical Demo
Synthesis Demonstration
Southern Dinosaur
9. Will JSYD run on Windows machines as
well as Macintosh?
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Yes
No
Perhaps in the future
10. In JSYD, the DEFAULT setting for OUTPUT
when you first create a file is:
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Output to Memory
Output to File
No DEFAULT is set
11. The synthesis technique used to create
the SIMPLE BELL patch with JSYD is called:
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Additive synthesis
Subtractive synthesis
FM synthesis
Hertz synthesis
Nyquist synthesis
12. When you are creating a JSYD patch with
multiple oscillators, there is a good possibility that the
combined amplitudes will produce a type of digital noise called:
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Aliasing
Destructive Interference
Morphing
Clipping
White noise
13. When the amplitude values of two wave
forms are ADDED together such that the CRESTs of one wave
coincides with the TROUGHs of the other wave, the resulting
effect is called:
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Additive Synthesis
Subtractive Synthesis
Constructive Interference
Destructive Interference
Noise
14. To simulate the change in amplitude of
a sound over time, JSYD uses a special operator called:
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Mixer Generator
Reverb Generator
Output Generator
Oscillator Generator
Envelope Generator
15. In the NATURAL HARMONIC SERIES, if the
frequency of the FUNDAMENTAL is 100 Hz, what is the frequency
of the 9th harmonic?
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500 Hz
900 Hz
1200 Hz
1800 Hz
2700 Hz
16., Which of the following is NOT one of
the traditional points (nodes) on an amplitude ENVELOPE:
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Attack
Sustain
Decay
Relax
17. How many points (nodes) are there on
a simple WOODWIND envelope?
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1
2
3
4
5
18. How many points (nodes) are there on
a simple PERCUSSION envelope?
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1
2
3
4
5
19. How many OSCILLATOR operators are required
for the SIMPLE BELL PATCH?
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1
3
5
7
9
20. In your BELL PATCH, if you used a BASE
FREQUENCY of 150 Hz , what would be the frequency of
the 9th Oscillator?
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814 Hz
752 Hz
610.5 Hz
400 Hz
300 Hz
