A-Level Music Technology - Edexcel Study Guide Rated A+

Turntablism {Ans: The art of using one or more turntables as an instrument, combined with a mixer and cross fader to manipulate and mix sounds.}Frequency Modulation (FM) {Ans: When the frequency of a carrier signal is varied in accordance with a modulating signal, the carrier and the modulating signal are both in the audible frequency range creating a complex waveform}Crest {Ans: Highest point of a soundwave}Frequency Response {Ans: A measure of an audio system's or microphone's ability to reproduce a range of frequencies with the same relative loudness; usually represented by a graph.}Palm-Muting {Ans: A guitar playing technique, the notes are muted by placing the heel of the hand lightly against both the strings and the bridge}Velocity {Ans: How hard a note has been struck}Oscillator {Ans: A device found in a synthesiser that generates waveforms.}Soul {Ans: A style of music which was polished at the time, recorded on large-scale analogue multitrack. Often uses plate reverb and echo chambers.}Compact Disc {Ans: What does CD stand for?}Humbucker {Ans: A type of guitar pickup where two coils of wire and two magnets are used. The two coils of wire are out of polarity