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Audio Plugins 101 - 10 FREE Synths (That You Can't Live Without).
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1
Linplug is the soft synth branch of Roger Linn, creator of AdrenaLinn and the LinnDrum. True or false?
False. There is no connection with Roger Linn.
False. No one has heard from Roger Linn in years.
True. Roger Linn bought LinPlug.com a few years ago.
True. Roger Linn is a major advocate of creating free instruments for the people.
2
Filter envelopes allow you to:
Modulate the opening and closing of the filter cutoff every time a key is pressed or triggered by a sequencer.
clean a synthesizer when it is dirty.
generate white noise.
mail chemicals to the US and certain parts of the mediteranean.
3
TAL stands for...
Togu Audio Line
Talent and Logic
Theoric Analog Language
Trent's Analog Lowdown
4
All free soft synthesizers and effects have installers and owners manuals to help you get started. True or false?
True. It is required by law that programmers have to include an installer with all .vst and .au files.
False. Most free plug-ins available on the internet require a manual installation.
True. If you don't get an installer with your download, you can go to www.compiler.com and have one built.
True. How could you install a plug-in without an installer?
5
On the OBXD, Voice Variation section is used to...
turn OBXD into a vocoder.
introduces random bursts of white noise.
introduce random peculiarities in pitch, filter and envelope similar to a real analog synth.
make your voice sound like an anime cartoon character.
6
OBXD has how many voices of polyphony?
Four
Sixteen
Eight
Three
7
Kairatune's Delay has which type of filters?
High Pass and Band Pass filters
High Pass and Formant filters
Granular and Formant filters
Low Pass and Band Pass filters
8
Free Alpha is an additive synthesizer, capable of recreating any audio file with pristine clarity. True or false?
False. Free Alpha is a subtractive synthesizer with a very cool modulation matrix.
True. Free Alpha has been used to correct audio files, and as a sampler, at times.
True. Free Alpha is capable of modeling sound that you import in to it.
True. Linplug only makes additive instruments.
9
To say a knob is bi-polar means...
The knob controls the ‘heat' or ‘warmth' of a synthesizer like saturation.
The knob suffers from both manic and depressive episodes.
The knob can be set to positive and negative values with the value split at the knob's 12 o'clock position.
The knob can work with either a male, or a female connection.
10
Podolski's arpeggiator is actually a step sequencer that attempts to behave as an arpeggiator. True or false?
True. Podolski has a step sequencer that you can play with a keyboard.
Podolski's arpeggiator is there for CV-based, modular synthesizers and does not work in standalone.
Podolski's arpeggiator only plays chords.
False. Podolski's arpeggiator is a real arpeggiator with many features for creating sequences and arpeggiations.
11
You have to use all 16 steps in the Podolski arpeggiator in order for it to work. True or false?
False
True
12
A low pass filter filters low frequencies so that high frequencies can ‘pass' through. True or false?
False
True
13
PWM stands for...
Park Wanton Machine
Pulse Width Monitor
Project Work Machine
Pulse Width Modulation
14
What does ADSR stand for?
Attack, decline, sustain and release
Attack, decay, sustain and release
Alloy, density, strength, reliability
Abrasive, defeat, stirring, and rolling.
15
Synth 1 is a monophonic synthesizer. True or false?
True
False
16
LFO means...
Legendary Flying Object
Linear Frequency Operator
Low Frequency Oscillator
Linear Filter Oscillation
17
Every year, developers compete on certain websites to see who can make the best free plug-ins. True or false?
False. This has been attempted in the past, but it never worked out.
True. There are a few websites that host a free plug-in competition to new and seasoned developers.
False. Nothing is free in this world.
False. Who would do such a thing?
18
A chorus can wash your instrument out, if you use it too much. True or false?
False. Choruses are the only way to achieve sound on a synthesizer.
False. A chorus is designed to be used at max levels without consequence.
True. The chorus effect, if used too much, can cause your music to sound out of time and out of tune.
False. Chorus, as an effect is good for giving crisp definition to a signal, like compression.
19
Reaktor Player from Native Instruments is free, but Micro Prism is not. True or false?
False. Mikro Prism is free, but not Reaktor player.
True.
False. Both of them used to be free, but they a now paid plugins.
False. Mikro Prism and Reaktor Player are free downloads.
20
The Bend Slider controls...
the amount of bending applied to the harmonic ratios.
the amount of pixels in the GUI.
how much control the pitch shifter on a controller has over the pitch of Mikro Prism.
the filter cutoff frequency.
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10 FREE Synths (That You Can't Live Without)
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