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