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Recording Consoles
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1. The line level inputs to the Channel Path; Receive signal from the Multi-Track Returns; Accessed through the board's mic/line switch - allowing line level signals to enter the I/O.
Patch Points
Oscillator
Channel Line Inputs
Consumer Line Level
2. Input to the microphone preamp; Fully normalled to prevent a microphone from being connected to two I/O's simultaneously when a cross patch is made.
Channel Mic Inputs
Phantom Power
Channel Insert Sends
Patch
3. Cables that connect the control room to other rooms in the facility and back.
Channel Strip
Tielines
XLR
Fold Back Section (FB)
4. 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
Common Mode Rejection
Microphone Line
Signal Flow
Mix Outputs
5. 15dB to +15dB
Tape Input Control Range
Power Amplifier
Electronic Crossover (X-Over)
Common Mode Rejection
6. Another term for Tiny Telephone (TT) connectors.
Bantam Connector
Reason for 2 Multi-Track Returns
Line Input Range
Stereo Bus
7. The inputs to each individual track on the MTR.
Anode
Multi-Track Sends
Audient ASP8024
Patching Across
8. First and most important path of the console audio chain; Mic input (source) ? MTR (destination);
Half- Normalled
Channel Path
Mix Mode (Mix Status)
Cross Patching
9. A set of input and output jack connectors (jacks) that allow direct connectivity between all and any of the audio signals with every piece of equipment in the room.
Patchbay
Impedance
Headroom Meter
I/O Module
10. The output of each auxiliary master - of each auxiliary (aux) bus; Used for feeding such things as artificial effects - reverberation devices and loudspeakers used for audiences.
Auxiliary Outputs
Multing
DI Box
Pan Pot (Panoramic Potentiometer)
11. 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).
Universal Law of Patching
Mic Input Range
Professional Line Level
Reason for 2 Multi-Track Returns
12. Wire that carries a signal.
Buss
Mic Lines
Master Section
Patchbay
13. 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.
Cathode
Bus
Normalled
Master Section
14. Three- pin plug for three- conductor 'balanced' audio cables employed with high- quality microphones - mixers - and other audio equipment.
XLR
Summing Amplifiers
Common Mode Rejection
Channel Insert Sends
15. The stereo inputs to the cue system's amplifier.
Peak Program Meter (PPM)
Patch Points
Cue Amp Inputs
Signal Flow
16. The positive electrode in an electrical circuit.
Anode
Gain Staging
Cue Outputs
Phantom Power
17. Console that has two separate sections for the channel paths and the monitor paths.
Stereo
Mix Insert Returns
Split Console
Multi-Track Sends
18. 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.
DI Box
Pan Pot (Panoramic Potentiometer)
Fold Back Section (FB)
Reason for 2 Multi-Track Returns
19. Receives the two out of phase signals coming from the source (typically a mic) - inverts them before combining them - and 'balances' them.
Mic Lines
Balancing Circuit
Fold Back Section (FB)
Channel Insert Returns
20. The negative electrode in an electrical circuit.
Cathode
XLR
External Source Inputs
Plasma Meter
21. Assigns console signal to the headphone amps.
Conductive Plastic Fader
Bus Compression
Fold Back Section (FB)
Inline Console
22. Vertical panel of controls on the audio mixer (another word for the I/O Module).
Split Console
XLR
Fold Back Section (FB)
Channel Strip
23. Designating sound transmission from two sources through two channels.
Stereo
Audio Grouping
Stereo Bus
Pre-Amp
24. The output of the stereo bus before the master fader; Normalled to the mix insert returns.
Mono
Power Amplifier
Mix Insert Sends
Routing Matrix
25. Measures the peak levels of a signal; Quick response; Often displays a peak hold.
Phantom Power
Channel Insert Returns
Tape Input Control Range
Peak Program Meter (PPM)
26. 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.
Oscillator
Channel Line Inputs
Speakers Section (SLS)
Mic Lines
27. An audio signal that is mixed together and routed through a single audio channel.
Auxiliary Outputs
Reason for 2 Multi-Track Returns
Half- Normalled
Mono
28. Those parts of the console that address individual signals; Adjusts the routing and level of the signals passing through it (usually a single instrument or sound source).
I/O Module
Multi-Track Sends
Mic Level
External Source Inputs
29. Voltage Controlled Amplifier; Amplifier determines output level; Can be remotely controlled for automated mixing; Often the 'large' or 'long' fader on large format consoles.
VCA Fader
Balancing Circuit
Channel Line Inputs
Patching Across
30. A string of jacks wired in parallel so that all the jacks will see the same signal.
Multi-Track Returns
Microphone Line
Group Outputs
Mult
31. An op- amp configuration that mathematically adds (or sums) the voltage levels found at two or more inputs.
Split Console
Multi-Track Returns
Summing Amplifiers
Channel Line Inputs
32. The ability of two ears to localize a sound source.
Group Outputs
Signal Flow
Binaural Localization
Patchbay
33. The power for pre- amplification in a condenser microphone - supplied by the audio console rather than a battery.
Audient ASP8024
TRS Connector
Phantom Power
Summing Amplifiers
34. An audio connection point intended to be used for a limited time.
Cross Patching
Microphone Line
Summing Amplifiers
Patch
35. The art of deciding where to place a processor in signal flow based on how that processor will be influenced by the other processors in the path.
Line Level Signal
Gain Staging
Binaural Localization
Cross Patching
36. 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).
Routing Matrix
Split Console
Unity Gain
Patchbay
37. To add something to the signal path across an I/O - the stereo bus - etc.
Channel Path
Inline Console
Patching Across
Bantam Connector
38. 'Standard' level at which the inputs and outputs of domestic and professional sound equipment operate.
Patch Points
Line Level Signal
Stereo
Headroom Meter
39. Stereo inputs of external stereo devices to the control room section via the control room monitor source switches in the master section.
Patch Points
Cue Amp Inputs
External Source Inputs
Speakers Section (SLS)
40. 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
Half- Normalled
Split Console
Fully- Normalled
Cue Outputs
41. Mechanical metering device where a needle moves to display average level. (VU = Volume Unit)
VU Meter
Universal Law of Patching
Multi-Track Returns
Pre-Amp
42. A pair of summing amplifiers that are used to create the main stereo mix.
Patch Points
Tielines
Inline Console
Stereo Bus
43. Patching one end of the cable into a input so there is no signal.
'Tiny Telephone' (TT) Connector
Dead Patching
Attenuation
Mix Insert Returns
44. Shifts the proportion of sound from any point left to right between two output busses and the two loudspeakers necessary for reproducing a stereo sound.
Auxiliary Outputs
Phantom Power
Pan Pot (Panoramic Potentiometer)
'Tiny Telephone' (TT) Connector
45. 14dB to +20dB
Line Input Range
Volume Unit Meter (VU)
Bantam Connector
Split Console
46. The total amount of opposition to the flow of current.
Group Outputs
Fold Back Section (FB)
Impedance
I/O Module
47. +4db
Professional Line Level
External Source Inputs
Binaural Localization
Mic Lines
48. 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
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49. Signals come back from the MTR using the channel path with the option of using the monitor path to bring more signals into the mix. (Channel Path ? Stereo Bus ? 2-Track (L/R) Recorder)
Electronic Crossover (X-Over)
Mix Mode (Mix Status)
Binaural Localization
Peak Program Meter (PPM)
50. Compressing a group of signals together with a single processor.
Line Level Signal
Consumer Line Level
Audio Grouping
External Source Inputs