AI in Music Mastering and Mixing Quiz

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1. What is the main difference between mixing and mastering?
   • Mixing balances individual tracks together; mastering optimizes the finished mix for playback
   • Mastering happens first, then mixing
   • They are two words for the exact same process
   • Mixing only applies to vocals, mastering only to drums
2. What does LUFS measure in an audio signal?
   • The number of audio channels in a recording
   • Perceived loudness using a standardized loudness measure
   • The peak sample rate of a digital file
   • The exact mastering target required by every streaming service
3. How does LANDR describe its AI mastering process for an individual track?
   • It reconstructs every original multitrack stem before processing
   • It chooses a mandatory loudness target shared by all platforms
   • It analyzes a stereo mixdown and applies mastering processing
   • It replaces listening with a guaranteed quality score
4. What does a limiter's 'look-ahead' processing accomplish?
   • It predicts the next song in a playlist
   • It speeds up the rendering time
   • It removes background vocals
   • It catches peaks before they clip the audio
5. What can a multiband compressor control separately?
   • Dynamics in selected frequency ranges created by crossover filters
   • The order of songs in an album
   • The number of channels in an audio file
   • The loudness-normalization setting of every streaming service
6. What capability does AI stem separation enable for old recordings?
   • Converting audio into sheet music
   • Isolating vocals or drums from a finished mix for remastering
   • Translating lyrics into other languages
   • Adding subtitles to a music video
7. How can a reference track help during mastering?
   • It supplies the stems for the current song
   • It sets the only valid loudness for every platform
   • It gives the engineer a sound or tonal balance to compare against
   • It removes the need to listen to the master
8. What does LANDR say its album mastering engine analyzes to create consistent masters?
   • It applies one fixed setting without analyzing tracks
   • It removes all low frequencies from every song
   • It changes the recording’s original performance
   • Its engine analyzes the full tracklist when creating the album’s masters