Please check the examination details below before entering your candidate information
Candidate surname Other names
Centre Number Candidate Number
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE
Wednesday 4 June 2025
9MT0/41
Morning (Time: 2 hours 15 minutes plus Paper
10 minutes setting up time) reference
Music Technology
Advanced
COMPONENT 4: Producing and Analysing
You must have: Pearson audio/MIDI files, headphones or monitor Total Marks
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 80 bpm.
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Import ‘bass.wav’ to a new track in your DAW, aligned with the beginning of bar 1.
Ensure that the bass guitar is audible and plays in time with the metronome. The bass guitar
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begins bar 2, 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
••
– there may be more space than you need.
Save your audio files for Questions 1, 2, 3 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.
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.
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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Y:1/1/1/1
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, 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 bass guitar and acoustic guitar parts.
1 Listen to the bass guitar part you have imported.
(a) (i) Identify how the bass guitar was captured.
(1)
A Ambient microphone
B Close microphone
C DI
D MIDI
(ii) Give two characteristics of the bass guitar that support your answer in part (a)(i).
(2)
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, (b) Draw the missing notes of the bass guitar part for bar 17 on the piano roll
editor below.
(2)
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
(c) Import ‘acoustic guitar mic.wav’ to a new track in your DAW. The beginning of this
audio track should be aligned with the start of bar 1. The acoustic guitar begins
just before the start of bar 2.
In bar 17, the guitarist played a wrong chord. Correct the performance mistake in
bar 17. The roots of the chords are given in the bass guitar part.
(5)
Bounce/export the completed acoustic guitar part as a single
16 bit/44.1 kHz stereo .wav file to the designated folder on
your computer.
Name it ‘q1_ your candidate number’ (e.g. q1_1234).
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, (d) Import ‘acoustic guitar DI.wav’ to a new track in your DAW. The beginning of this
audio track should be aligned with the start of bar 1. The acoustic guitar begins at
the start of bar 2.
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
The file is bars 1–13. You should not use this audio in your final mix.
Compare the microphone signal with the DI signal.
(4)
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(Total for Question 1 = 14 marks)
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Candidate surname Other names
Centre Number Candidate Number
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE
Wednesday 4 June 2025
9MT0/41
Morning (Time: 2 hours 15 minutes plus Paper
10 minutes setting up time) reference
Music Technology
Advanced
COMPONENT 4: Producing and Analysing
You must have: Pearson audio/MIDI files, headphones or monitor Total Marks
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 80 bpm.
•
Import ‘bass.wav’ to a new track in your DAW, aligned with the beginning of bar 1.
Ensure that the bass guitar is audible and plays in time with the metronome. The bass guitar
•
begins bar 2, 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
••
– there may be more space than you need.
Save your audio files for Questions 1, 2, 3 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.
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.
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
P72986A
©2025 Pearson Education Ltd.
Y:1/1/1/1
*P72986A0120*
, 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 bass guitar and acoustic guitar parts.
1 Listen to the bass guitar part you have imported.
(a) (i) Identify how the bass guitar was captured.
(1)
A Ambient microphone
B Close microphone
C DI
D MIDI
(ii) Give two characteristics of the bass guitar that support your answer in part (a)(i).
(2)
1 .. . . . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............................................................................................................................................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......................................................................................................................................................... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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, (b) Draw the missing notes of the bass guitar part for bar 17 on the piano roll
editor below.
(2)
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
(c) Import ‘acoustic guitar mic.wav’ to a new track in your DAW. The beginning of this
audio track should be aligned with the start of bar 1. The acoustic guitar begins
just before the start of bar 2.
In bar 17, the guitarist played a wrong chord. Correct the performance mistake in
bar 17. The roots of the chords are given in the bass guitar part.
(5)
Bounce/export the completed acoustic guitar part as a single
16 bit/44.1 kHz stereo .wav file to the designated folder on
your computer.
Name it ‘q1_ your candidate number’ (e.g. q1_1234).
3
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, (d) Import ‘acoustic guitar DI.wav’ to a new track in your DAW. The beginning of this
audio track should be aligned with the start of bar 1. The acoustic guitar begins at
the start of bar 2.
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
The file is bars 1–13. You should not use this audio in your final mix.
Compare the microphone signal with the DI signal.
(4)
. . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............................................................................................................................................ ................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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(Total for Question 1 = 14 marks)
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