Combined Question Paper & Final Marking Scheme
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Candidate surname Other names
Centre Number Candidate Number
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE
Friday 23 May 2025
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), 2025 Pearson Total Marks
audio/MIDI files, headphones or monitor speakers, digital audio
workstation (DAW) and MIDI keyboard.
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Setting up time
Open a new project in your DAW using 16 bit/44.1 kHz sample rate.
• Save the project
designated as ‘comp4_your
by your centre. candidate number’ (e.g. comp4_1234) in the folder
•• Set the metronome to 150 bpm.
Import ‘bass.wav’ to a new track in your DAW, aligned with the beginning of bar 1.
• Ensure that the bass is audible and begins at beat 1 of bar 2. Ensure the bass plays in time with the
metronome
You during
must not openthe
thefirst 4 bars.
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 2, 3, 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.
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