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Audio By Video Vocab
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
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performing-arts
,
engineering
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
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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. Recording video and/or audio in sequence immediately following previous material
Stinger
Assemble Edit
Clip
Dropout
2. 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)
Crosstalk
Dub
Ambient Field
Signal to Error Ratio
3. One half byte - 4 information bits
NYBBLE
Lo-Z
Ambient Field
Precedence effect
4. Duh! The signal level exceeds the processing capacity of the signal chain components
Load
AD
Clip
NYBBLE
5. 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
Ambient Miking
AD
Slate
Mixer
6. Placing a microphone in the reverberant field
Ambient Miking
Lift
Assemble Edit
Dub
7. Using the MIDI cable to transfer digital
Offset
Audio Dub
MIDI sample Dump
Clip
8. (Headroom) The amount of dB between the highest peak level of the program and the overload point (clip point)
Preview
Lo-Z
MIDI clock w/Song Pointer (FSK)
Margin
9. I don't know! Go do your own research! No - really....
Mixer
NYBBLE
Assemble Edit
MIDI clock w/Song Pointer (FSK)
10. 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
Pre emphasis
MDM
Doppler Effect
11. Pressure zone miking
NYBBLE
AD
Barrier Miking
ST
12. The point a distance away from the sound source where the direct sound and the reverberant sound are equal in volume
Critical Distance
Crosstalk
Pilot Tone
Dub
13. 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
Signal to Error Ratio
Load
Margin
Midi Clock
14. To set and interconnect two mixers so that the stereo mixing buss(es) are linked
Cascade
Doppler Effect
Signal to Error Ratio
Lift
15. Safety Take (an additional recording done as an acceptable backup)
Cascade
Pilot Tone
ST
Mixer
16. EQ - Boost gain
Blending
Slate
Lift
Listen Circuits
17. A single extension cord. Most often referred to a single 'hot' extension that is left lying around for occassional use. (Grip/Lighting)
Lift
Mixer
Stinger
MIDI clock w/Song Pointer (FSK)
18. (reverberant field)
Dub
Ambient Field
Assemble Edit
Margin
19. One half byte - 4 information bits
NYBBLE
Null
Offset
Lo-Z
20. 500 Ohms or less
Pre emphasis
Lo-Z
Mixer
Offset
21. Safety Take (an additional recording done as an acceptable backup)
Slate
Assemble Edit
Ambient Sound
ST
22. Assistant Director (No Analog to Digital here!)
NYBBLE
NYBBLE
Mixer
AD
23. A type of solo circuit that allows listening to a channel before the fader of after (solo)
Ambient Miking
Offset
Listen Circuits
MIDI sample Dump
24. A factor of human hearing where delay has a much bigger effect on the human perception of sound than does amplitude
Precedence effect
Doppler Effect
Crosstalk
Assemble Edit
25. National Association of Broadcasters -
Cascade
Ambient Sound
NAB
Ambient Miking
26. Using the MIDI cable to transfer digital
Audio Dub
Critical Distance
Listen Circuits
MIDI sample Dump
27. A boosting of high frequencies during the recording process to keep the signal above the noise at high frequencies
Pre emphasis
MDM
Dropout
Crosstalk
28. Could mean anything. Most commonly used to describe the ADR process or that of duplication
Slate
Null
MIDI clock w/Song Pointer (FSK)
Dub
29. National Association of Broadcasters -
NAB
Lo-Z
Doppler Effect
MIDI clock w/Song Pointer (FSK)
30. Narrowing the Stereo image to match the image and/or increase the mono-compatibility
Blending
Assemble Edit
Doppler Effect
Lo-Z
31. A condition of Zero - or (original position for an automation control)
Lo-Z
Null
Offset
Crosstalk
32. 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
Listen Circuits
NAB
Crosstalk
Midi Clock
33. Rerecording the audio. The picture stays the same.
Pre emphasis
Null
Audio Dub
Ambient Miking
34. To copy the diital data off a storage medium in the RAM of a computer
Ambient Sound
Production Studio
Blending
Load
35. The SMPTE time that will trigger a transport to begin - or the amount of position difference needed to get two sources to synchronize
Pre emphasis
Dub
Offset
Critical Distance
36. A system of recording a 60Hz tone - used for syncing on a 1/4 inch tape - developed by Nagra
AD
Stinger
Pilot Tone
Ambient Miking
37. Mix Engineer
ST
MDM
Mixer
MIDI sample Dump
38. To set and interconnect two mixers so that the stereo mixing buss(es) are linked
Cascade
Lift
Ambient Miking
Preview
39. Placing a microphone in the reverberant field
Critical Distance
Assemble Edit
Signal to Error Ratio
Ambient Miking
40. The change in frequency if a wave for an observer moving relative to the source of the wave.
Doppler Effect
Dub
NYBBLE
AD
41. Duh! The signal level exceeds the processing capacity of the signal chain components
Clip
Critical Distance
Midi Clock
NAB
42. Could mean anything. Most commonly used to describe the ADR process or that of duplication
Midi Clock
Signal to Error Ratio
Dub
Clip
43. A factor of human hearing where delay has a much bigger effect on the human perception of sound than does amplitude
MDM
Precedence effect
NYBBLE
Mixer
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)
Load
AD
Crosstalk
NYBBLE
45. Narrowing the Stereo image to match the image and/or increase the mono-compatibility
Blending
MDM
Ambient Miking
Clip
46. (Headroom) The amount of dB between the highest peak level of the program and the overload point (clip point)
Margin
Blending
Preview
Load
47. To copy the diital data off a storage medium in the RAM of a computer
Load
Precedence effect
Dub
Midi Clock
48. Pressure zone miking
Precedence effect
Clip
Barrier Miking
ST
49. 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
Barrier Miking
MDM
Ambient Sound
Load
50. A type of solo circuit that allows listening to a channel before the fader of after (solo)
Listen Circuits
Production Studio
Lo-Z
NAB