Workshop
Use the quiz questions and activities to put the information from this hour to good use. This will help these techniques and concepts become a part of your long-term memory.
Quiz
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What is the difference between a fader and a slider?
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What do we call the process of placing audio in the stereo field?
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Which key do you use to quickly minimize all track heights at once?
Quiz Answers
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The control is called a fader if it affects volume. If it adjusts any other parameter, the control is called a slider.
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The process of placing audio at a specific point in the stereo field is called panning.
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Press the tilde key (~) to minimize all tracks. Press it again to restore all the track heights.
Activities
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Reopen the mixereze.acd project. Set a loop region the length of the project and click the Play Looped button. Use the Solo buttons to get familiar with each track in the project. Next, rearrange and color-code the tracks in a logical order and color scheme to facilitate submixing. While keeping an eye on the Master bus, create a mix using the techniques you learned in this hour.