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Audio By Video Vocab

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1. Assistant Director (No Analog to Digital here!)






2. (Headroom) The amount of dB between the highest peak level of the program and the overload point (clip point)






3. A factor of human hearing where delay has a much bigger effect on the human perception of sound than does amplitude






4. A boosting of high frequencies during the recording process to keep the signal above the noise at high frequencies






5. Safety Take (an additional recording done as an acceptable backup)






6. 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.






7. 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






8. The point a distance away from the sound source where the direct sound and the reverberant sound are equal in volume






9. (reverberant field)






10. To set and interconnect two mixers so that the stereo mixing buss(es) are linked






11. 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.






12. A condition of Zero - or (original position for an automation control)






13. Could mean anything. Most commonly used to describe the ADR process or that of duplication






14. A studio that specializes in assembly of pre-recorded material such as music - VO - and dialogue






15. Rerecording the audio. The picture stays the same.






16. Using the MIDI cable to transfer digital






17. (reverberant field)






18. Rerecording the audio. The picture stays the same.






19. Pressure zone miking






20. Pressure zone miking






21. 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)






22. Placing a microphone in the reverberant field






23. Duh! The signal level exceeds the processing capacity of the signal chain components






24. To copy the diital data off a storage medium in the RAM of a computer






25. To set and interconnect two mixers so that the stereo mixing buss(es) are linked






26. 500 Ohms or less






27. Natural background audio representative of the given recording environment. (Recorded as over-rolling)






28. A single extension cord. Most often referred to a single 'hot' extension that is left lying around for occassional use. (Grip/Lighting)






29. 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






30. Could mean anything. Most commonly used to describe the ADR process or that of duplication






31. A boosting of high frequencies during the recording process to keep the signal above the noise at high frequencies






32. Using the MIDI cable to transfer digital






33. 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.






34. A condition of Zero - or (original position for an automation control)






35. National Association of Broadcasters -






36. Time data in the MIDI signal that advances one step each 1/24 of a beat and can be used to sync two sequencer together






37. Assistant Director (No Analog to Digital here!)






38. The point a distance away from the sound source where the direct sound and the reverberant sound are equal in volume






39. National Association of Broadcasters -






40. The SMPTE time that will trigger a transport to begin - or the amount of position difference needed to get two sources to synchronize






41. The change in frequency if a wave for an observer moving relative to the source of the wave.






42. 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.






43. A system of recording a 60Hz tone - used for syncing on a 1/4 inch tape - developed by Nagra






44. 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)






45. 500 Ohms or less






46. EQ - Boost gain






47. Mix Engineer






48. A single extension cord. Most often referred to a single 'hot' extension that is left lying around for occassional use. (Grip/Lighting)






49. Recording video and/or audio in sequence immediately following previous material






50. The SMPTE time that will trigger a transport to begin - or the amount of position difference needed to get two sources to synchronize