Pearson Edexcel · 9MT0 · Issue 3, December 2021
A level Music Technology
Which lectures teach each point of this specification, and where.
SpecificationPearson EdexcelThe theory sits in Component 3 (listening and analysing) and Component 4 (producing and analysing), whose topic numbers differ. The only qualification that covers the effects half of the course. The specification does not say which content is AS. Checked against the board's specification (Issue 3, December 2021) on 28 October 2026. Each point is summarised in our words; its page number leads to the exact wording. This mapping is ours: no exam board has endorsed this site, and the lectures do not cover the whole specification.
| Spec point | What it asks for | Level | Taught in | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Component 4, AoS 2, 2.4 page 54 (50) | specifications of digital recordings: A/D and D/A conversion, sample rate, bit depth, uncompressed PCM Lecture 1 covers sample rate and conversion; bit depth is Lecture 2. | not stated | Lecture 1 Sampling Why a CD samples at 44.1 kHz Getting the wave back | partly covered |
| Component 3, AoS 3, 3.1 (bullet: sampling theory and converters) page 44 (40) | digital hardware: sampling theory and converters | not stated | Lecture 1 Sampling The sampling theorem The anti-aliasing filter | covered |
| Component 4, AoS 2, 2.5 (bullet: calculations describing sound waves) page 54 (50) | calculations describing sound waves: frequency, phase, amplitude Lecture 1 calculates frequency and period; phase and amplitude are described but not calculated. | not stated | Lecture 1 What a signal is | partly covered |
| Component 4, AoS 2, 2.4 page 54 (50) | bit depth; signal-to-noise ratio and dynamic range; headroom; digital clipping | not stated | Lecture 2 (coming) | covered |
| Component 4, AoS 2, 2.6 and 2.5; Component 3, AoS 2, 2.3 and 2.4 page 54 (50); 43 (39) | decibel scales, peak and RMS metering, perceived loudness, levels in decibels | not stated | Lecture 3 (coming) | covered |
| Component 4, AoS 1, 1.11 page 51 (47) | low-pass and high-pass filters, cut-off frequency and slope, drawn as EQ graphs | not stated | Lecture 5 (coming) | partly covered |
| Component 4, AoS 1, 1.11; Component 3, AoS 1, 1.10 page 51 (47); 42 (38) | shelf, band and pass EQ; parametric and graphic EQ; gain, cut-off, Q, slope, resonance | not stated | Lecture 6 (coming) | covered |
| Component 3, AoS 1, 1.2; Component 4, 1.3 page 40 (36); 49 (45) | synthesis from basic waveforms; how timbre changes with filter settings and envelope | not stated | Lecture 7 (coming) | partly covered |
| Component 3, AoS 3, 3.2 page 44 (40) | valves and soft clipping; transistor amplifiers and hard clipping | not stated | Lecture 9 (coming) | partly covered |
| Component 4, AoS 1, 1.12 page 52 (48) | modulated delay and comb filtering | not stated | Lecture 10 (coming) | partly covered |
| Component 3, AoS 1, 1.8 and 1.11; Component 4, 1.9 and 1.12 page 41-42 (37-38); 51-52 (47-48) | reverb, delay, flanger, chorus and phaser; compression, limiting and gating | not stated | Lecture 11 (coming) | covered |
| Component 3, AoS 3, 3.1 page 44 (40) | convolution reverb, named | not stated | Lecture 12 (coming) | partly covered |