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