Category: Music Glossary

  • Correlation

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    General – Correlation Meter Shows Potential Phase Issues of your Stereo Signal by Measuring Correlation of the Right Hand Channel and the Left Hand Channel – a Regular / Proper Stereo Mix will make the Correlation Meters Oscillate between 0 and +1  – so Short Flashes on the Red LED (Negative Values) can usually be…

  • Crescendo

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    – Get Gradually Louder (Over the Period of the Crescendo Symbol) – from Previous Dynamic Symbol to Next Dynamic Symbol  – e.g. here from “p” to “fff”, or Simply

  • Critical Scale

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    – Beside Linear and Octave Scales, Another Useful Way to Measure the Tonal Balance of Music

  • Counterpoint

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    General – How to Set Melody and Bass follow each other without “Copy” the same Pattern (follow the Bass-line with Melody would be the easiest Way but also too “Amateur”) – the Trick are slight different Notes but Not too Far away  – we wanna stay in a Approximate Range in the Tonic Key  –…

  • dB

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    – a Logarithmic Unit to Express a Ratio

  • dBFS

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    – Used Only in Digital Systems – Fast Response with a Integration Time of 5ms  – Intended to reflect when Digital Distortion will occur – Measures in dBFS – The Maximum Value in a Digital Scale is 0dBFS – often a Programs Fader Range goes from 0dBFS Down to -96dB (Wavelab, Dualism etc.) – in…

  • dBVU

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    – Volume Unit is an Analog Measurement – the “VU World” has often a Headroom of About +3dB Above VU Zero or Sometimes +6dB (+6dB was Already in the Distortion Area) – the Standard Calibration is 1.228 Volts, i.e. if you Let 1.228 Volts through your System, you would Wanna  Set the VU Meter to…