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Recording Consoles

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1. An op- amp configuration that mathematically adds (or sums) the voltage levels found at two or more inputs.






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






3. Inputs that typically feed the Channel Fader; Choice location for inserting dynamics processors into the signal flow.






4. An input to the master fader; The place to patch a stereo compressor - should the need arise to compress the entire mix.






5. 14dB to +20dB






6. An audio signal that is mixed together and routed through a single audio channel.






7. The connection from the upper row to the lower row is ALWAYS broken when a patch cord is inserted into the lower jack (or input) of the pair.






8. 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.






9. 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






10. Patching from one I/O module to another - or from one track on the MTR to another.






11. Assigns console speakers to the studio loudspeakers.






12. The outputs of each track on the multi- track tape machine; Half- normalled to the Channel Line Inputs.






13. Tip-Ring-Sleeve connector; Common






14. 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.






15. 10dB






16. Patching one end of the cable into a input so there is no signal.






17. 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.






18. 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






19. 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.






20. The operating level at which an electronic signal processing device is designed to operate.






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






22. Where the microphone signal enters the control room; Commonly fully normalled to the Channel Mic Inputs; Could also be viewed as tielines between tracking rooms and control room.






23. +6dB to +60dB






24. Mechanical metering device where a needle moves to display average level. (VU = Volume Unit)






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






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






27. Designating sound transmission from two sources through two channels.






28. The power for pre- amplification in a condenser microphone - supplied by the audio console rather than a battery.






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






30. A direct transfer of the audible sound to the mixing console; Microphones work as transducers and convert the audio into an electrical current.






31. The negative electrode in an electrical circuit.






32. 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.






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






34. Vertical panel of controls on the audio mixer (another word for the I/O Module).






35. 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).






36. 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.






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






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






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






40. 15dB to +15dB






41. Boosts console's line level signal to a higher level to drive the speakers.






42. Signals are routed to the multitrack recorder (MTR) using the channel path and signals are monitored from the MTR through the monitor path. (Channel Path ? Routing Matrix ? MTR)






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






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






45. A string of jacks wired in parallel so that all the jacks will see the same signal.






46. 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.






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






48. 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.






49. 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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50. The stereo inputs to the cue system's amplifier.