Glossary

For Music
Explain the following concepts:

 AAC (Advanced Audio Coding)

Digital audio signal based on lossy compression that eliminates some of the
information and make it sound similar at the original sound.

 AAX (Avid Audio eXtension)

Plug-in made by AVID as the replacement of old format plug-ins. This one can use
all of the ram memory.

 Ableton Live
Software for music production, creation and different type of performances.

 Acapella
The way of creating music only with the human voice, moving to rhythm, harmony,
etc.

 Acoustic Instrument
Instruments that don't need any kind of technology or electricity to produce a
sound.

 Acoustics
The branch in physics that is focused on studying the properties of the sound and
their behavior in different surroundings.

 Additive Synthesis
In light of Fourier theory, the timbre of a musical instrument can be considered to
consist of various harmonics or inharmonic or inversions.

 ADSR – (Stands for Attack, Decay, Sustain and Release)

Applies to any sound, regardless of the source. ADSR controls are typically found
on VSTs themselves, on different hardware and samplers. is the Attack, Decay,
Sustain and Release of a sound. Together they form the ADSR envelope. An
ADSR envelope determines how a sound evolves over time.

 Aftertouch
The aftertouch is a midi controller, you can assign different functions to it, it is
normally assigned with vibrato in air or string instruments, and with fx in multis of
electronic sounds and you can program or delete it to your liking.

 AIFF
Is an audio format standard used to store sound data in computers.
 Aliasing
If you record audio at too low a sample rate, a type of sampling error called
aliasing can occur. With regard to audio, aliasing is defined as a signal frequency
that is wrong, which can introduce distortion or other artifacts in the recording and
that can become annoying.

 Ambience
The character or atmosphere of a place which usually has to do with the reverb or
the echo in the room.

 Ambient
A place or an environment that surrounds a person or a thing.

 Amen Break
The Amen Break is a drum break where the only instrument that is playing is the
percussion or in this case the drum, this was made famous by the Amen Brothers,
hence the name.

 Amp
Amp is usually the abbreviation of Amplifier which is a device that intensifies the
analogue audio and makes you hear it a lot better.

 Amplitude
The maximum extent of a vibration or oscillation, measured from the position of
equilibrium.