Audio Hardware - Worksheet 1


Sound Card Theory

DIRECTIONS:

True/False.  Circle T or F.

T  F    1. The first PCs did not have sound cards.

T  F    2. The sound card contains a joystick port.

T  F    3. MIDI sound files are large, whereas wave files are relatively small.

T  F    4. MIDI can reproduce vocals and speech.

T  F    5. Wavetable synthesis produces a more realistic sound simulation of a musical instrument verses
              FM synthesis.

T  F    6. Many modern electronic musical keyboards used by professional bands have MIDI capability.

T  F    7. MP3 files are large, whereas wave files are relatively small.

T  F    8. Nearly all voice recognition software is "trained" to your voice.

T  F    9. Hz stands for "Heinz".

T  F   10. Signals sent through the line-out connector are amplified.

T  F   11. Sound cards provide little or no power (4 Watts or less) to drive external speakers.

T  F   12. Sound cards cannot be connected to a stereo system.

T  F   13. It is always best to install a sound card using its default settings when possible.