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Candidate surname Other names
Centre Number Candidate Number
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE
Friday 22 May 2026
8MT0/41
Morning (Time: 1 hour 45 minutes Paper
plus 10 minutes setting up time) reference
Music Technology
Advanced Subsidiary
COMPONENT 4: Producing and Analysing
You must have: Figure 1 for Question 6 (enclosed), 2026 Pearson Total Marks
audio/MIDI files, headphones or monitor speakers, digital audio
workstation (DAW) and MIDI keyboard.
Setting up time
•• Open a new project in your DAW using 16 bit/44.1 kHz sample rate.
Save the project as ‘comp4_your candidate number’ (e.g. comp4_1234) in the folder
••
designated by your centre.
Set the metronome to 124 bpm.
•
Import ‘drums.wav’ to a new track in your DAW, aligned with the beginning of bar 1.
Ensure that the drums are audible and begin at beat 1 of bar 2. Ensure the drums play in time with
•
the metronome during the first 4 bars.
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
••
– there may be more space than you need.
Save your audio files for Questions 1, 2, 4 and 5 within the 1 hour 45 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.
Information
•• The total mark for this paper is 84.
The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
Advice
•• 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. Turn over
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, SECTION A
Answer ALL questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided.
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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 drums.
1 (a) Listen to the drum part you have imported.
Identify the most suitable quantise value for bars 8–15.
Put a cross in the correct box.
(1)
A 1/16
B 1/24
C 1/32
D 1/48
(b) On the piano roll editor below, complete the drum part in bar 33.
(4)
32 32 3 33 33 3 34
C2
C1
2
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, (c) The kick drum has timing errors in bar 30 and the first beat of bar 31.
Correct the timing errors in bars 30 and 31 using audio from bars 28 and 29.
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(4)
Bounce/export the completed drum part:
• solo the drum part
• set the range to bars 1–45, including any silent bars
• use a single 16-bit/44.1 kHz stereo .wav file
Save the bounce to the designated folder on your computer.
Name it ‘q1_your candidate number’ (e.g. q1_1234).
(d) The drum sounds used emulate a Roland TR-808 analogue drum machine, which
was released in 1981.
Identify three differences between the sound quality of analogue hardware and
digital software.
(3)
1 .. . . . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............................................................................................................................................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 .. . . . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............................................................................................................................................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3 .. . . . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............................................................................................................................................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Total for Question 1 = 12 marks)
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Candidate surname Other names
Centre Number Candidate Number
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE
Friday 22 May 2026
8MT0/41
Morning (Time: 1 hour 45 minutes Paper
plus 10 minutes setting up time) reference
Music Technology
Advanced Subsidiary
COMPONENT 4: Producing and Analysing
You must have: Figure 1 for Question 6 (enclosed), 2026 Pearson Total Marks
audio/MIDI files, headphones or monitor speakers, digital audio
workstation (DAW) and MIDI keyboard.
Setting up time
•• Open a new project in your DAW using 16 bit/44.1 kHz sample rate.
Save the project as ‘comp4_your candidate number’ (e.g. comp4_1234) in the folder
••
designated by your centre.
Set the metronome to 124 bpm.
•
Import ‘drums.wav’ to a new track in your DAW, aligned with the beginning of bar 1.
Ensure that the drums are audible and begin at beat 1 of bar 2. Ensure the drums play in time with
•
the metronome during the first 4 bars.
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
••
– there may be more space than you need.
Save your audio files for Questions 1, 2, 4 and 5 within the 1 hour 45 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.
Information
•• The total mark for this paper is 84.
The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
Advice
•• 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. Turn over
P79808RA
©2026 Pearson Education Ltd.
P:1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1
*P79808RA0116*
, SECTION A
Answer ALL questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided.
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA 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 drums.
1 (a) Listen to the drum part you have imported.
Identify the most suitable quantise value for bars 8–15.
Put a cross in the correct box.
(1)
A 1/16
B 1/24
C 1/32
D 1/48
(b) On the piano roll editor below, complete the drum part in bar 33.
(4)
32 32 3 33 33 3 34
C2
C1
2
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, (c) The kick drum has timing errors in bar 30 and the first beat of bar 31.
Correct the timing errors in bars 30 and 31 using audio from bars 28 and 29.
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
(4)
Bounce/export the completed drum part:
• solo the drum part
• set the range to bars 1–45, including any silent bars
• use a single 16-bit/44.1 kHz stereo .wav file
Save the bounce to the designated folder on your computer.
Name it ‘q1_your candidate number’ (e.g. q1_1234).
(d) The drum sounds used emulate a Roland TR-808 analogue drum machine, which
was released in 1981.
Identify three differences between the sound quality of analogue hardware and
digital software.
(3)
1 .. . . . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............................................................................................................................................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 .. . . . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............................................................................................................................................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3 .. . . . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............................................................................................................................................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Total for Question 1 = 12 marks)
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