audio quiz
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Audio Quiz
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1.Big microphones are better because they capture more
sound.
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False
Depends on what frequencies you are
recording.
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2.You always want to mix at about 97 dB
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False
This is as loud as a jackhammer.
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3. Performing artists get paid for their FM
radio play.
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False
Only the person who wrote the song gets FM radio royalties in
the US.
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4. The human ear can hear high
frequencies better than low frequencies.
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TrueDue to the design of the ear,
low frequencies are not perceived as well as high
frequencies
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5. There is no sound in space.
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True
Sound cannot exist in a vacuum
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6. Sitting in a room with a room noise of -9
dB will slowly make you go crazy.
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True
The longest anyone has ever been able to stay
in an anechoic chamber is 45 minutes.
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7. It’s ok to get a condenser mic
wet.
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False
A condenser mic will short circuit if it gets
wet
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8. Sound can move stuff.
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True
40,000 Watt Car Basshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQjVN13dI10
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9. There are multiple frequencies present in
a single piano tone.
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True
There are several harmonics present in
addition to the fundamental.
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10. Humans can hear up to 20,000 Hz.
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True
Humans hear from about 40 Hz to about
20,000 Hz.
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11. It is possible for sound to be perceived as becoming quieter as
you walk toward it.
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True
It depends on where you stand in the
waveform - at the node or anti-node
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12. You can turn your headphones into a
microphone.
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True
Headphones and microphones have the same basic mechanical function, just flipped
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13. It is possible to have two speakers play the same loud sound at the same level and all
you will hear is silence.
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True
This would only work if both speakers were
playing a pure tone in opposite phase
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14. It is necessary for a condenser microphone
to use a balanced cable.
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True
You should always use XLR cables that are
balanced
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15. A4 is always 440 Hz all across the world.
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False
In Europe, an orchestral A is usually a little sharp, such as 443
Hz