DAT exam 2 questions and correct verified answers guaranteed success

how many components in a DAW - correct answer 3 what are the three components - correct answer Audio Sources, signal flow/bussing/processing topology, hardware Audio system - correct answer governs the way the computer records and processes the audio signals Native system - correct answer uses computers CPU to process audio Native system pros - correct answer cost efficient, more portable Native system cons - correct answer relies on cpu for processing, latency, greater potential for inconsistent performance DSP system - correct answer Digital Signal Processing, uses dedicated hardware to process audio signals. connected via PCI slot DSP pros - correct answer lower latency, CPU isn't doing the processing, greater consistency DSP cons - correct answer cost, usually not as flexible as native systems Audio interfaces - correct answer purpose is to get audio in and out of computer Firewire - correct answer faster, better choice for larger I/O options USB - correct answer most common in 2 in/2 out configurations PCI Interfaces - correct answer connects via PCI bus directly into motherboard, I/O can be part of the card or attached via a cable to an interface Analog Interfaces - correct answer analog signal must be converted into a digital signal, upon output signal must be converted D/A Digital Interfaces - correct answer assumes only digital connection, no need for D/A, A/D. must be conscience of clocking as improperly clocked digital signals introduce unwanted artifacts such as ticks PCMCIA - correct answer Personal Computer Memory Card International Association. Laptop version of PCI connections w/same benefits as PCI. need a PCMCIA-PCI adapter PCMCIA in Apple/future - correct answer removed from current laptops in favor of a flash memory SD card, probably be replaced by thunderbolt Drivers - correct answer Glue between hardware & software, as well as between applications Benefit of drivers? - correct answer allows programmers to write software independently of a specific hardware device, which leads to better interfacing API - correct answer Application Programming Interface - allows audio to pass between applications ASIO Driver - correct answer steinberg's low latency, high performance audio standard Core Audio - correct answer introduced in OSX10, handles all aspects of audio. used to write standalone applications DigiCore/AvidCore - correct answer playing through digidesign/protools Aggregate Device - correct answer combination of I/O's of multiple devices to create one device, all aggregates a user creates are global Limitations of Aggregate Devices - correct answer subdevices must be running at the same sampling rate What is Core audio? - correct answer reading writing wide variety of audio file and data formats, environment for plug in interfaces for audio synthesis & DSP, easy synch of audio/midi data during playback, standardized interface to all built in and external hardware devices Driver written with I/O Kit? - correct answer an object that implements the appropriate abstractions for controlling hardware Tracks - correct answer virtual path limited by software specifications Voices - correct answer total amount of tracks that can playback at the same time Channels - correct answer physical path How many tracks does PT9 have? - correct answer 96 mono, 48 stereo. can only record up to 32 mono tracks at once How many voices can PT9 handle? - correct answer 128 voices RealTime Native Plugins? - correct answer VST, vsti, RTAS, MAS, AU RealTime Platform based Plugins? - correct answer TDM, Powercore, Duende, UAD, Scope Non Realtime PLugins? - correct answer AudioSuite VST - correct answer virtual studio technology; steinberg Wrapper - correct answer integrates VST plugins to Pro Tools