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