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Audio By Video Vocab

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






2. 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






3. 500 Ohms or less






4. Mix Engineer






5. The level difference between the signal and the noise and distortion caused by converting analog audio signals into digital audio and then back into analog.






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






7. A type of solo circuit that allows listening to a channel before the fader of after (solo)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






17. (reverberant field)






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






19. Placing a microphone in the reverberant field






20. 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)






21. 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






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






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






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






25. Pressure zone miking






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Pressure zone miking






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






35. A type of solo circuit that allows listening to a channel before the fader of after (solo)






36. EQ - Boost gain






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






38. Using the MIDI cable to transfer digital






39. EQ - Boost gain






40. I don't know! Go do your own research! No - really....






41. 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






42. 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






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






44. The level difference between the signal and the noise and distortion caused by converting analog audio signals into digital audio and then back into analog.






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






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






47. Placing a microphone in the reverberant field






48. 500 Ohms or less






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






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