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