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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. Pressure zone miking
Crosstalk
Margin
Blending
Barrier Miking
2. I don't know! Go do your own research! No - really....
MDM
AD
MIDI clock w/Song Pointer (FSK)
Preview
3. Could mean anything. Most commonly used to describe the ADR process or that of duplication
Precedence effect
Lift
NYBBLE
Dub
4. One half byte - 4 information bits
Precedence effect
Ambient Field
NYBBLE
Stinger
5. Rerecording the audio. The picture stays the same.
Cascade
Audio Dub
Ambient Sound
Load
6. Duh! The signal level exceeds the processing capacity of the signal chain components
Mixer
Listen Circuits
Lift
Clip
7. The point a distance away from the sound source where the direct sound and the reverberant sound are equal in volume
Production Studio
Ambient Field
Critical Distance
Blending
8. The change in frequency if a wave for an observer moving relative to the source of the wave.
MIDI sample Dump
Lift
Assemble Edit
Doppler Effect
9. 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
Mixer
Critical Distance
NYBBLE
Slate
10. 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.
NYBBLE
Signal to Error Ratio
Barrier Miking
Offset
11. 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
Midi Clock
Stinger
Cascade
Production Studio
12. I don't know! Go do your own research! No - really....
Stinger
Ambient Sound
Barrier Miking
MIDI clock w/Song Pointer (FSK)
13. Placing a microphone in the reverberant field
Ambient Miking
Listen Circuits
Critical Distance
Dropout
14. 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
Crosstalk
Barrier Miking
Doppler Effect
15. The change in frequency if a wave for an observer moving relative to the source of the wave.
Dropout
Production Studio
Audio Dub
Doppler Effect
16. 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
Production Studio
Production Studio
Barrier Miking
MDM
17. One half byte - 4 information bits
Lo-Z
Cascade
Ambient Sound
NYBBLE
18. Safety Take (an additional recording done as an acceptable backup)
Preview
AD
MDM
ST
19. A condition of Zero - or (original position for an automation control)
Null
Precedence effect
Preview
Midi Clock
20. Placing a microphone in the reverberant field
Lo-Z
Ambient Miking
Stinger
NAB
21. Mix Engineer
Ambient Sound
Preview
Mixer
Doppler Effect
22. A system of recording a 60Hz tone - used for syncing on a 1/4 inch tape - developed by Nagra
Pilot Tone
Preview
AD
Ambient Miking
23. 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
Slate
Cascade
NAB
Clip
24. 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.
Preview
Lift
Blending
Precedence effect
25. A boosting of high frequencies during the recording process to keep the signal above the noise at high frequencies
Precedence effect
Dub
Null
Pre emphasis
26. Narrowing the Stereo image to match the image and/or increase the mono-compatibility
Assemble Edit
Blending
Mixer
Slate
27. Rerecording the audio. The picture stays the same.
Audio Dub
Ambient Field
Clip
MDM
28. 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
Preview
Assemble Edit
Midi Clock
Barrier Miking
29. 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.
Dub
Midi Clock
Preview
Assemble Edit
30. To set and interconnect two mixers so that the stereo mixing buss(es) are linked
Doppler Effect
Lift
Slate
Cascade
31. A single extension cord. Most often referred to a single 'hot' extension that is left lying around for occassional use. (Grip/Lighting)
Mixer
Dub
Pilot Tone
Stinger
32. Natural background audio representative of the given recording environment. (Recorded as over-rolling)
Ambient Field
Doppler Effect
Ambient Sound
Precedence effect
33. Safety Take (an additional recording done as an acceptable backup)
Cascade
ST
Dropout
Assemble Edit
34. The SMPTE time that will trigger a transport to begin - or the amount of position difference needed to get two sources to synchronize
Signal to Error Ratio
Audio Dub
Offset
Blending
35. Duh! The signal level exceeds the processing capacity of the signal chain components
Midi Clock
Doppler Effect
Clip
Audio Dub
36. (reverberant field)
AD
Critical Distance
Critical Distance
Ambient Field
37. EQ - Boost gain
Lift
Margin
Barrier Miking
Mixer
38. The SMPTE time that will trigger a transport to begin - or the amount of position difference needed to get two sources to synchronize
Dropout
NAB
Doppler Effect
Offset
39. 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
Production Studio
Pilot Tone
Cascade
MDM
40. Mix Engineer
Pre emphasis
Mixer
Assemble Edit
MIDI sample Dump
41. The point a distance away from the sound source where the direct sound and the reverberant sound are equal in volume
Critical Distance
Pilot Tone
Lo-Z
Ambient Sound
42. 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)
Ambient Sound
Preview
Crosstalk
AD
43. Assistant Director (No Analog to Digital here!)
AD
Lo-Z
Null
Pre emphasis
44. A factor of human hearing where delay has a much bigger effect on the human perception of sound than does amplitude
Margin
Precedence effect
Midi Clock
Lo-Z
45. EQ - Boost gain
Mixer
Lift
Slate
Blending
46. To set and interconnect two mixers so that the stereo mixing buss(es) are linked
Lo-Z
Audio Dub
Cascade
Pilot Tone
47. 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
Barrier Miking
Listen Circuits
Stinger
48. 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.
Signal to Error Ratio
Offset
Ambient Field
AD
49. 500 Ohms or less
Dropout
Ambient Sound
Lo-Z
Null
50. Pressure zone miking
Barrier Miking
Midi Clock
Lo-Z
ST