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Audio By Video Vocab
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Subjects
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performing-arts
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engineering
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Mix Engineer
Margin
MIDI clock w/Song Pointer (FSK)
Mixer
Dub
2. A very short absence of signal in magnetic recording usually caused by dirt or defects in the magnetic coating of tapes and discs or any very short loss to an audio signal.
Dropout
Stinger
Midi Clock
Ambient Field
3. Using the MIDI cable to transfer digital
NAB
Pre emphasis
Pilot Tone
MIDI sample Dump
4. Pressure zone miking
Midi Clock
Critical Distance
Barrier Miking
MIDI clock w/Song Pointer (FSK)
5. Duh! The signal level exceeds the processing capacity of the signal chain components
Clip
Ambient Sound
AD
Ambient Field
6. In stereo - This is the breakthough between channels measured as separation between the wanted sounds of the desired channel and the unwanted sounds from the second channel. (OR - bleed across multiple channels)
Signal to Error Ratio
Production Studio
Dub
Crosstalk
7. In stereo - This is the breakthough between channels measured as separation between the wanted sounds of the desired channel and the unwanted sounds from the second channel. (OR - bleed across multiple channels)
Assemble Edit
Crosstalk
Ambient Field
Load
8. Narrowing the Stereo image to match the image and/or increase the mono-compatibility
Pilot Tone
MIDI sample Dump
Blending
Cascade
9. Narrowing the Stereo image to match the image and/or increase the mono-compatibility
Precedence effect
Blending
Midi Clock
Ambient Miking
10. Placing a microphone in the reverberant field
Clip
Assemble Edit
Ambient Miking
Preview
11. Assistant Director (No Analog to Digital here!)
AD
Assemble Edit
NYBBLE
Pre emphasis
12. A factor of human hearing where delay has a much bigger effect on the human perception of sound than does amplitude
Pilot Tone
Precedence effect
Assemble Edit
Barrier Miking
13. One half byte - 4 information bits
NYBBLE
Cascade
ST
Midi Clock
14. A condition of Zero - or (original position for an automation control)
Slate
Assemble Edit
Null
NYBBLE
15. EQ - Boost gain
Ambient Field
Load
Lift
Null
16. A signal in disc recording that is earlier than the signal being recorded. It allows the operator to 'listen in' in order to anticipate amplitude changes and adjust.
Production Studio
Preview
MDM
Pre emphasis
17. Safety Take (an additional recording done as an acceptable backup)
MDM
ST
Dropout
NYBBLE
18. National Association of Broadcasters -
MIDI clock w/Song Pointer (FSK)
Blending
ST
NAB
19. Mix Engineer
Listen Circuits
Assemble Edit
NYBBLE
Mixer
20. A system of recording a 60Hz tone - used for syncing on a 1/4 inch tape - developed by Nagra
Midi Clock
Lift
Dub
Pilot Tone
21. Recording video and/or audio in sequence immediately following previous material
MIDI clock w/Song Pointer (FSK)
Assemble Edit
Precedence effect
Clip
22. A boosting of high frequencies during the recording process to keep the signal above the noise at high frequencies
Assemble Edit
Pre emphasis
Null
Precedence effect
23. A type of solo circuit that allows listening to a channel before the fader of after (solo)
Assemble Edit
NAB
Listen Circuits
Signal to Error Ratio
24. A boosting of high frequencies during the recording process to keep the signal above the noise at high frequencies
MDM
NYBBLE
Pre emphasis
Pilot Tone
25. (reverberant field)
Ambient Field
Stinger
Midi Clock
Slate
26. A studio that specializes in assembly of pre-recorded material such as music - VO - and dialogue
Ambient Field
Production Studio
Lo-Z
Load
27. Natural background audio representative of the given recording environment. (Recorded as over-rolling)
Ambient Sound
Preview
Cascade
Ambient Miking
28. Using the MIDI cable to transfer digital
Pre emphasis
AD
MIDI sample Dump
Signal to Error Ratio
29. The SMPTE time that will trigger a transport to begin - or the amount of position difference needed to get two sources to synchronize
Listen Circuits
Lo-Z
Offset
Ambient Field
30. A type of solo circuit that allows listening to a channel before the fader of after (solo)
Pre emphasis
Listen Circuits
Precedence effect
ST
31. A studio that specializes in assembly of pre-recorded material such as music - VO - and dialogue
Signal to Error Ratio
Precedence effect
Preview
Production Studio
32. Rerecording the audio. The picture stays the same.
Audio Dub
Lift
MIDI sample Dump
Dub
33. A single extension cord. Most often referred to a single 'hot' extension that is left lying around for occassional use. (Grip/Lighting)
Signal to Error Ratio
Lo-Z
Listen Circuits
Stinger
34. A system of recording a 60Hz tone - used for syncing on a 1/4 inch tape - developed by Nagra
Pilot Tone
Ambient Sound
Stinger
ST
35. (Headroom) The amount of dB between the highest peak level of the program and the overload point (clip point)
Doppler Effect
Margin
Signal to Error Ratio
Dub
36. To set and interconnect two mixers so that the stereo mixing buss(es) are linked
Production Studio
Pre emphasis
Dub
Cascade
37. To copy the diital data off a storage medium in the RAM of a computer
MIDI sample Dump
Barrier Miking
Load
Signal to Error Ratio
38. Physical slap-board used to sync location recording. A voice recording at the beginning of a master tape (or recording) to identify the run and take
Pilot Tone
Production Studio
Cascade
Slate
39. EQ - Boost gain
Lift
Margin
Production Studio
Listen Circuits
40. The point a distance away from the sound source where the direct sound and the reverberant sound are equal in volume
Crosstalk
Production Studio
Critical Distance
Ambient Sound
41. To copy the diital data off a storage medium in the RAM of a computer
Mixer
ST
Blending
Load
42. Modular Digital Multitrack: A multitrack digital recorder with (usually) 8 tracks that can be run in sunchronization with other machines (of the same type) to attain more tracks. ADAT brand recorders are an example
MDM
Ambient Sound
Signal to Error Ratio
Crosstalk
43. I don't know! Go do your own research! No - really....
MIDI clock w/Song Pointer (FSK)
Ambient Field
Load
Offset
44. Could mean anything. Most commonly used to describe the ADR process or that of duplication
Dub
Doppler Effect
MDM
Lo-Z
45. Placing a microphone in the reverberant field
Dropout
Ambient Miking
Cascade
Pre emphasis
46. A single extension cord. Most often referred to a single 'hot' extension that is left lying around for occassional use. (Grip/Lighting)
Slate
Assemble Edit
Signal to Error Ratio
Stinger
47. (Headroom) The amount of dB between the highest peak level of the program and the overload point (clip point)
NYBBLE
Margin
NAB
Null
48. Physical slap-board used to sync location recording. A voice recording at the beginning of a master tape (or recording) to identify the run and take
Lo-Z
Midi Clock
Midi Clock
Slate
49. A factor of human hearing where delay has a much bigger effect on the human perception of sound than does amplitude
Crosstalk
Doppler Effect
Precedence effect
Midi Clock
50. Pressure zone miking
Listen Circuits
AD
Barrier Miking
Ambient Miking