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Recording Consoles
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1. Cables that connect the control room to other rooms in the facility and back.
Power Amplifier
Tielines
Consumer Line Level
Channel Line Inputs
2. Console where all paths are contained on one board.
Multi-Track Returns
Attenuation
Inline Console
Signal Flow
3. 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.
Monitor Path
Multi-Track Returns
Oscillator
Common Mode Rejection
4. 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.
Mic Level
Cross Patching
Mic Lines
Routing Matrix
5. The power for pre- amplification in a condenser microphone - supplied by the audio console rather than a battery.
Phantom Power
Attenuation
Electronic Crossover (X-Over)
XLR
6. Wire that carries a signal.
Volume Unit Meter (VU)
Record Mode (Record Status)
Buss
Pre-Amp
7. 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.
I/O Module
Microphone Line
Fully- Normalled
Channel Mic Inputs
8. Inputs that typically feed the Channel Fader; Choice location for inserting dynamics processors into the signal flow.
Channel Insert Returns
TRS Connector
Multi-Track Returns
Dead Patching
9. The stereo inputs to the cue system's amplifier.
Pan Pot (Panoramic Potentiometer)
Binaural Localization
Cue Amp Inputs
Fold Back Section (FB)
10. Console that has two separate sections for the channel paths and the monitor paths.
Common Mode Rejection
Split Console
Channel Path
Microphone Line
11. An input to the master fader; The place to patch a stereo compressor - should the need arise to compress the entire mix.
XLR
Bus
Routing Matrix
Mix Insert Returns
12. 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.
Mix Outputs
Buss
Universal Law of Patching
Speakers Section (SLS)
13. 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.
Plasma Meter
Inline Console
Patch
Channel Mic Inputs
14. Patching from one I/O module to another - or from one track on the MTR to another.
Channel Insert Returns
Common Mode Rejection
Cross Patching
Channel Strip
15. 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.
Impedance
Line Level Signal
Pan Pot (Panoramic Potentiometer)
Buss
16. The path an audio signal takes from source to output.
Signal Flow
Mult
Stereo Bus
XLR
17. To patch the signal into a 'Mult' in order to split it and route it to several destinations.
Monitor Path
Multing
Cue Send
Channel Strip
18. 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
Common Mode Rejection
Consumer Line Level
Cue Outputs
19. The operating level at which an electronic signal processing device is designed to operate.
Master Section
Channel Line Inputs
Nominal Level
Mix Insert Returns
20. The total amount of opposition to the flow of current.
Unity Gain
Reason for 2 Multi-Track Returns
Group Outputs
Impedance
21. Boosts output gain of the sound recorded by a microphone to line level volume.
Bus
Pre-Amp
Patch Points
Monitor Inputs
22. A string of jacks wired in parallel so that all the jacks will see the same signal.
Mult
Gain Staging
Record Mode (Record Status)
Mix Outputs
23. An audio connection point intended to be used for a limited time.
DI Box
Patch
Mono
Conductive Plastic Fader
24. Access to the signal flow of a channel or any jack providing access to a signal.
Pre-Amp
Patch Points
Cathode
Mix Insert Returns
25. 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)
Signal Flow
Reason for 2 Multi-Track Returns
Record Mode (Record Status)
Common Mode Rejection
26. Mechanical metering device where a needle moves to display average level. (VU = Volume Unit)
Electronic Crossover (X-Over)
Inline Console
VU Meter
Plasma Meter
27. 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.
Mix Insert Sends
Gain Staging
Line Input Range
Stereo Bus
28. An audio signal that is mixed together and routed through a single audio channel.
Mono
Multi-Track Sends
Stereo Bus
External Source Inputs
29. A cable in either row breaks the connection and the signal now flows through the cord; Signal can be MOVED to a different input.
Headroom Meter
Phantom Power
Fully- Normalled
Gain Staging
30. Three- pin plug for three- conductor 'balanced' audio cables employed with high- quality microphones - mixers - and other audio equipment.
Auxiliary Outputs
Channel Mic Inputs
Universal Law of Patching
XLR
31. 'Standard' level at which the inputs and outputs of domestic and professional sound equipment operate.
Attenuation
Cue Amp Inputs
Bantam Connector
Line Level Signal
32. 60 ? -40 db (roughly -50 dB)
Reason for 2 Multi-Track Returns
External Source Inputs
Mic Level
Mix Insert Sends
33. 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.
Mix Mode (Mix Status)
Headroom Meter
XLR
Peak Program Meter (PPM)
34. Inputs to the monitor fader/monitor path; Enables the monitoring of signals being recorded as well as those already recorded.
Professional Line Level
Monitor Inputs
Record Mode (Record Status)
Cue Outputs
35. The negative electrode in an electrical circuit.
Summing Amplifiers
Cathode
Channel Strip
Common Mode Rejection
36. The ability of two ears to localize a sound source.
Line Level Signal
Binaural Localization
Patchbay
Cue Send
37. Designating sound transmission from two sources through two channels.
Group Outputs
Stereo
Multi-Track Returns
Mix Insert Returns
38. 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.
Conductive Plastic Fader
Master Section
Tielines
Auxiliary Outputs
39. Patching one end of the cable into a input so there is no signal.
Dead Patching
Tape Input Control Range
XLR
TRS Connector
40. An exact duplicate of the Multi-Track Return that feeds the Channel Line Input - now half- normalled to the Monitor Path Inputs.
Multi-Track Returns
Dead Patching
Buss
Stereo Bus
41. 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).
Unity Gain
Bantam Connector
Peak Program Meter (PPM)
Multi-Track Returns
42. The main stereo output of the console; Normalled to the inputs of two track recorders.
Mix Outputs
Impedance
Signal Flow
Speakers Section (SLS)
43. The positive electrode in an electrical circuit.
Anode
Multing
Mic Level
DI Box
44. Measures the peak levels of a signal; Quick response; Often displays a peak hold.
Speakers Section (SLS)
Tape Input Control Range
Peak Program Meter (PPM)
Stereo
45. Boosts console's line level signal to a higher level to drive the speakers.
Reason for 2 Multi-Track Returns
TRS Connector
Power Amplifier
Nominal Level
46. 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.
Multing
Attenuation
Mono
DI Box
47. 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).
Channel Insert Returns
Reason for 2 Multi-Track Returns
Mic Lines
Routing Matrix
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
49. 14dB to +20dB
Balancing Circuit
Bantam Connector
Common Mode Rejection
Line Input Range
50. The paths - or lines - on the motherboard on which data - instructions - and electrical power move from component to component.
Inline Console
Bus
Oscillator
Group Outputs