Electronic Music Midterm, Oct 30, 2015

Midterm Review:

Concepts

MIDI

Logic Functions 

“Transport Bar (Playback controls- Space Bar)

Piano Roll

Inspector Window

Cross Fade

Metronome and BPM control

Track Mute Button

Track Solo Button

Mixer Window

Panning Control

Bouncing

Synthesis

VCO - know what abbreviation is and functions

VCF- know what abbreviation is and functions

VCA- know what abbreviation is and functions

LFO- know what abbreviation is and functions

Envelope - ADSR

Order modules need to be placed for signal flow

Type of Waveforms Created

High pass vs Low Pass Filters

Digital vs. Analogue Synthesis

Sound

Three Components of Sound

Pitch - hertz 20 Hz- 20kHz

How do you make a frequency sound one octave higher?

Loudness - Amplitude

Timbre - Harmonics/Overtone series

Difference between Square wave and Triangle... Why are wave shapes different?

DAW

History:

Teleharmonium

Theremin

Moog

RCA Mark 2

TR 808, TB 303

Yamaha DX7

Techno Music and History

Detroit and Chicago Influence

Belleville 3 Names - Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson

Techno Sound Identification

House Music

Key components of House music

Types of House

Acid

Garage

Deep

Chicago

Hard