CTVA 230 STUDY GUIDEFINAL EXAM SPRING 2013

The final exam will cover chapters 5-10, 13-16. +Handout for ProTools. It will be worth 120 points. You will need a GREEN BOOK. It will cover the assigned chapters in the production text, handouts and all lecture notes.

• Elements of radio news production and sound used in news.• Rules for writing for broadcasting.• Combo operations• Rules for on-air delivery from the text and lecture• Elements of sound and definitions• Rules and terms for mixing and editing audio material• Basics of multi-track recording and processing sound used in ProTools—much of

this will come from the ProTools sessions. The text also has information on processing gear in chapter 15.

• Difference between analog and digital recording• Control elements of Sony Audio console and how mics are set up on the Sony

console• Audio equipment used in remote production.• Lecture information and examples of sound regarding feature audio production• Types of microphones and how they are characterized, selected and used.• Phantom power and how it is used.• Difference between mic and line inputs.• Main control functions for ProTools and applications for editing and mixing• Define Formats used by radio stations—both commercial and noncommercial

stations.• Audience measurement techniques and terms used by Arbitron• Sampling frequency as it applies to digital recording for CD and DAT

Final Exam Monday May 13 8:00 a.m. MZ 160A