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  1. What does the term 'headroom' refer to in audio editing?

    Answer: The difference between the peak signal level and 0 dBFS

    Headroom is the buffer between the highest peak in your audio and 0 dBFS (digital full scale), preventing clipping.

  2. Which plugin type is specifically designed to reduce harsh sibilance ('s' and 'sh' sounds) in vocal recordings?

    Answer: De-esser

    A de-esser is a frequency-specific compressor that targets and reduces problematic sibilant frequencies, typically between 5–10 kHz.

  3. What is the purpose of using a high-pass filter (HPF) on a vocal track?

    Answer: To remove low-frequency rumble and mud below a set cutoff point

    A high-pass filter removes frequencies below the cutoff, cleaning up low-end rumble, mic handling noise, and muddiness from vocal tracks.

  4. In a stereo audio file, what does 'mid-side (M/S) processing' allow an editor to do?

    Answer: Independently process the center (mid) and the stereo difference (side) signals

    M/S processing encodes a stereo signal into a center mono component (Mid) and a stereo difference component (Side), allowing independent control of each.

  5. What does 'clip gain' allow you to do that a channel fader does not?

    Answer: Adjust the gain of a specific clip before it reaches the channel strip

    Clip gain adjusts the level of an individual audio region before it enters the channel's plugin chain, unlike the fader which adjusts post-processing output.

  6. Which type of noise reduction works by sampling a section of background noise and then subtracting that noise profile from the entire recording?

    Answer: Broadband noise reduction

    Broadband noise reduction (used in tools like iZotope RX) creates a noise profile from a noise-only sample and subtracts it across the full recording.

  7. What happens to audio when it is 'time-stretched' without pitch correction?

    Answer: The audio is lengthened or shortened while the pitch changes proportionally

    Basic time-stretching changes the duration of audio, but without pitch correction algorithms, pitch shifts up when sped up and down when slowed.