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Recording Consoles

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1. Stereo inputs of external stereo devices to the control room section via the control room monitor source switches in the master section.






2. The path an audio signal takes from source to output.






3. Three- pin plug for three- conductor 'balanced' audio cables employed with high- quality microphones - mixers - and other audio equipment.






4. Direct Injection Box; Used to take signals from gear and instruments that are typically unbalanced and making the necessary adjustments to connect them to consoles; Balances the signal - and corrects the impedance.






5. Plugging into the upper front- panel jack does not break the connection between the upper and lower rear- panel jacks - while plugging into the lower front panel jack breaks the connection; Signal can be COPIED to a different input; Preferred in the






6. The upper return feeds the Channel Path for Mix Status (when mixing a project); The lower return feeds the monitor input during Record Status (when tracking the project).






7. The outputs of each individual bus located in the routing matrix of the console; Half- normalled to the Multi-Track Sends.






8. 'Standard' level at which the inputs and outputs of domestic and professional sound equipment operate.






9. The ability of two ears to localize a sound source.






10. Assigns console signal to the headphone amps.






11. The paths - or lines - on the motherboard on which data - instructions - and electrical power move from component to component.






12. Am electronic meter where signal level is displayed as a bar graph in a series of anodes and cathodes in a fluorescent gas discharge tube.






13. Common mode signals (signals appearing in phase in a differential circuit) are canceled at the input of the destination gear when the differential signal is combined; RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) or EMI (Electro- Magnetic Interference) picked u






14. Assigns console speakers to the studio loudspeakers.






15. The total amount of opposition to the flow of current.






16. Console that has two separate sections for the channel paths and the monitor paths.






17. To patch the signal into a 'Mult' in order to split it and route it to several destinations.






18. A pair of summing amplifiers that are used to create the main stereo mix.






19. Another term for Tiny Telephone (TT) connectors.






20. Tip-Ring-Sleeve connector; Common






21. Bus compression refers to compression of the stereo (or multichannel) mix; Can be done with stereo units or linked mono units; The most famous bus compressor is the SSL.






22. A signal generator that produces pure tones (sine waves) at selected frequencies; Used to calibrate the console with the recorders so their meters indicate the same levels and input reference to levels on recording.






23. Where the global controls for the console are located; Contains master controls for mixing bus outputs - reverb send and return - master fader - and multiple other functions.






24. The main stereo output of the console; Normalled to the inputs of two track recorders.






25. Boosts output gain of the sound recorded by a microphone to line level volume.






26. Buttons at the top of each I/O that assign signal to the MTR; ACN ? 'Active Combining Network'; Made up of many summing amplifiers referred to as a buss or group.






27. Patch point where the stereo cue mix leaves the console.






28. The inputs to each individual track on the MTR.






29. Takes the audio spectrum and divides it into a number of separate bands of frequencies called bandpasses. Each separate bandpass is then amplified independently in order to drive separate loudspeaker components - each of which reproduce a band of fre






30. 60 ? -40 db (roughly -50 dB)






31. Little or no active circuitry; Often the 'small' or 'short' fader on large format consoles.






32. Receives the two out of phase signals coming from the source (typically a mic) - inverts them before combining them - and 'balances' them.






33. The fader position where the fader does not boost or attenuate the level of the signal sent to it (found at zero on the fader).






34. The negative electrode in an electrical circuit.






35. Usually a PPM meter used to reference relative to 0dB for digital audio signals; Input is calibrated to a certain number of dB below the level where clipping will occur.






36. Compressing a group of signals together with a single processor.






37. The output of the stereo bus before the master fader; Normalled to the mix insert returns.






38. Professional patchbay connectors allowing for more jacks in a single row - typically 48 jacks per row; The tip of the connector carries the in - phase signal - the ring of the connector carries the out- of- phase (low) half of the signal - and the sl


39. 15dB to +15dB






40. Measures average voltage level of signal; Relatively slow response; Displayed level depends on amplitude and duration of signal.






41. Inputs to the monitor fader/monitor path; Enables the monitoring of signals being recorded as well as those already recorded.






42. A cable in either row breaks the connection and the signal now flows through the cord; Signal can be MOVED to a different input.






43. The in - line console used in RCO labs at Full Sail University; Short fader is the Channel Fader feeding the routing matrix and the long fader is the Monitor Fader feeding the stereo bus.






44. First and most important path of the console audio chain; Mic input (source) ? MTR (destination);






45. An audio connection point intended to be used for a limited time.






46. Measures the peak levels of a signal; Quick response; Often displays a peak hold.






47. To add something to the signal path across an I/O - the stereo bus - etc.






48. +6dB to +60dB






49. The positive electrode in an electrical circuit.






50. Voltage Controlled Amplifier; Amplifier determines output level; Can be remotely controlled for automated mixing; Often the 'large' or 'long' fader on large format consoles.