Audio Quiz

1.Big microphones are better because they capture more

sound.

False

Depends on what frequencies you are

recording.

2.You always want to mix at about 97 dB

False

This is as loud as a jackhammer.

3. Performing artists get paid for their FM

radio play.

False

Only the person who wrote the song gets FM radio royalties in

the US.

4. The human ear can hear high

frequencies better than low frequencies.

TrueDue to the design of the ear,

low frequencies are not perceived as well as high

frequencies

5. There is no sound in space.

True

Sound cannot exist in a vacuum

6. Sitting in a room with a room noise of -9

dB will slowly make you go crazy.

True

The longest anyone has ever been able to stay

in an anechoic chamber is 45 minutes.

7. It’s ok to get a condenser mic

wet.

False

A condenser mic will short circuit if it gets

wet

8. Sound can move stuff.

True

40,000 Watt Car Basshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQjVN13dI10

9. There are multiple frequencies present in

a single piano tone.

True

There are several harmonics present in

addition to the fundamental.

10. Humans can hear up to 20,000 Hz.

True

Humans hear from about 40 Hz to about

20,000 Hz.

11. It is possible for sound to be perceived as becoming quieter as

you walk toward it.

True

It depends on where you stand in the

waveform - at the node or anti-node

12. You can turn your headphones into a

microphone.

True

Headphones and microphones have the same basic mechanical function, just flipped

13. It is possible to have two speakers play the same loud sound at the same level and all

you will hear is silence.

True

This would only work if both speakers were

playing a pure tone in opposite phase

14. It is necessary for a condenser microphone

to use a balanced cable.

True

You should always use XLR cables that are

balanced

15. A4 is always 440 Hz all across the world.

False

In Europe, an orchestral A is usually a little sharp, such as 443

Hz