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Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE
Wednesday 5 June 2024
9MT0/41
Morning (Time: 2 hours 15 minutes Paper
plus 10 minutes setting up time) reference
Music Technology ■ ■
Advanced
COMPONENT 4: Producing and Analysing
You must have: Figure 1 for Question 6 (enclosed), Total Marks
Pearson audio/MIDI files, headphones or monitor speakers,
digital audio workstation (DAW) and MIDI keyboard.
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE Music Technology Advanced COMPONENT 4: Producing and Analysing QP JUNE 2024
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Setting up time
Open a new project in your DAW using 16 bit/44.1 kHz sample rate.
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Save the project
designated as ‘comp4_your
by your centre. candidate number’ (e.g. comp4_1234) in the folder
Set the metronome to 170 bpm.
• Import ‘rhythm guitar.wav’ to a new track in your DAW, aligned with the beginning of bar 1.
Ensure that the guitar is audible and plays in time with the metronome. The guitar begins bar 2,
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beat 1.
You must not open the paper until instructed to do so by the invigilator.
Instructions
•• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
•• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name, centre number and candidate number.
Answer all questions.
Answer the questions in the spaces provided
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– there may be more space than you need.
Save your audio files for Questions 1, 2, 4 and 5 within the 2 hours 15 minutes examination time.
•• You must ensure that the left and right earpieces of your headphones are worn correctly.
Access to a calculator or calculator software is not permitted.
Access to the internet or local network is not permitted.
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Information
The total mark for this paper is 105.
The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
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Advice
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Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
Try to answer every question.
Check your answers if you have time at the end.
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Answer ALL questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided.
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
Some questions must be answered with a cross in a box . If you change your mind about an
answer, put a line through the box and then mark your new answer with a cross .
Question 1 is about the drum part.
1 Import the MIDI file ‘drums.mid’ to a new track in your DAW. Align the part so that the
drums begin playing at the start of bar 10.
(a) There are many different note velocity values used in the MIDI file.
(i) State the reason that the drum programmer chose to have notes with
different velocity.
(1)
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(ii) Complete the table below to give the velocity in decimal and in binary of the
highest velocity value in the MIDI file.
Velocity in decimal Velocity in binary
(1) (1)
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, (b) Some sequencers display the range of values of pitch bend as 0–16383. 0 is full
downward bend and 16383 is full upward bend.
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(i) State how many bytes MIDI uses to represent the range of values of
pitch bend.
(1)
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(ii) Identify the value of pitch bend when it is at its centre position.
(1)
A 1
B 127
C 8192
D 32768
(iii) Identify how MIDI would transmit the value of 16383.
(1)
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LSB MSB
A 0000 0000 0000 0000
B 0111 1111 0000 0000
C 0000 0000 0111 1111
D 0111 1111 0111 1111
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