chapter 3 review - Posted on 2016-04-19 by Sarah West

1. The Nyquist Theorem states that: 
   Your Answer: The highest frequency able to be sampled is half the sample rate.
2. All audio should be recorded to your computer's internal hard drive. 
   Your Answer: False
3. In 1976 the Fairlight CMI was released. The Fairlight CMI was the first: 
   Your Answer: A Polyphonic Digital Sampler
4. ______________ works by sampling the original file and removing frequency ranges that the average listener can't hear. 
   Your Answer: Lossy File Compression
5. At 16 bit, one minute of audio takes up approximately ____ of space on your computer. 
   Your Answer: 10 MB
6. _____ remains the most widely used digital audio format today, however is a lossy compressed format that is inferior to other formats. 
   Your Answer: mp3
7. An audio CD that holds 700 MB of information, can hold about ____ minutes of audio. 
   Your Answer: 70
8. A _________ was one of the first digital audio devices. It is a device that keeps track of the order trigger events are played in. 
   Your Answer: Sequencer
9. The ________ _________ refers to the amount of "pictures" taken of a waveforms amplitude over 1 second. 
   Your Answer: Sample Rate
10. Recording 24 tracks simultaneously at 32 bit/192k will use about ____ a minute. 
    Your Answer: 1 GB
11. _________ work by storing recorded sounds in memory, allowing the individual sounds to be played back as they are triggered.
    Your Answer: Sampler
12. The ______ _________ refers to the amount of possible amplitude values present in the digital audio signal. 
    Your Answer: Bit Depth