A full resolution, high quality audio file format originally developed by Apple. Pretty much all synthesisers and samplers have controls for each of the four characteristics.Īftertouch: A feature on an electronic music keyboard by which an effect is produced by the player holding and depressing a key further after striking it.ĪIFF: An acronym for “Audio Interchange File Format”. We use Ableton Live here at EDMtips, but there are many excellent DAWs available.Īcoustic Instrument: A musical instrument without electrical amplification – typically a guitar.Īcoustics: The properties or qualities of a room or building that determine how sound is transmitted in it, e.g: “This room has great acoustics”, or “this room needs acoustic treatment” (see below).Īcoustic Treatment: Often confused with “sound-proofing”, acoustic treatment is the use of physical tools (such as foam panels and bass traps) to help make the sound in a room more “accurate” or pure” by reducing reflections and other unwanted acoustic effects.Īdditive Synthesis: A sound synthesis technique that creates timbre by adding sine waves together.ĪDSR: An acronym that stands for Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release – the four sequential parts of sound’s envelope. If I’ve missed anything or if anything is unclear, let me know in the comments section and I’ll add it in 🙂Ī | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | #Ībleton / Ableton Live: A popular DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) available for both Windows and MacOS.
Handy definitions of all the words, terms and phrases you need to know for producing electronic dance music (and other genres).
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