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