Glossary
Don’t know your Bitcrusher from your Bottom End? Can you Quantize a Zoom Slider? If you’re boggled, essential terms for following our DJ, Music Production and Live Recording Courses are explained in this handy glossary. Let us know if we’ve missed anything. Faders
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Faders
– any devices used for fading (causing the sound to die away); usually a button that slides along a track or slotFeedback
– defines the length of time the delayed sound will repeat before decayingFile Browser
- Ableton Live offers three file browsers which can be accessed via their selector buttons on the left side of the programme display. They will list files containing MIDI and audio, and more programme-specific files such as live clips and live sets.File Format
– the type of audio format the file is to be stored as (e.g. MP3, wav, aiff, etc.)Fills
– sections of music, commonly one bar long, designed to lead from one major section of music into the nextFilter
– an effect which allows the user to alter the sound of a clip by blocking out certain sounds and accentuating others. Filter effects can act on sounds/waveforms in many ways, controlling parameters such as the EQ, pan and phase.Filter Delay
– provides three independent delay lines, each preceded by linked low-pass and high-pass filtersFilter Sweep
– the process of filtering in or out a frequency in a sweeping fashionFlanger
– a time-based audio effect that occurs when two identical signals are mixed together, but with one signal time-delayed by a small and gradually changing amount – usually smaller than 20ms (milliseconds). This produces a swept ‘comb filter’ effect.Frequency
– the number of vibrations in a sound wave per unit of time; usually measured in hertz (Hz), where one hertz equals one cycle per second. High-pitched sounds have higher frequencies and low-pitched sounds have lower frequencies.Fuzz Distortion Setting
– a distortion preset in ReasonFX Channel Track
– a track containing an FX unit that processes audio routed from an audio or MIDI trackLATEST COURSES
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