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Recording Consoles

Subject : engineering
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1. The negative electrode in an electrical circuit.






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






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






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






5. 10dB






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






7. An exact duplicate of the Multi-Track Return that feeds the Channel Line Input - now half- normalled to the Monitor Path Inputs.






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






9. 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.






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






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






12. Second part of the console audio chain. MTR (source) ? Speakers (output source)






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






14. 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.






15. 14dB to +20dB






16. 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.






17. 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).






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






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






20. 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).






21. Tip-Ring-Sleeve connector; Common






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






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






24. 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.






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






26. +4db






27. 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.






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






29. A signal path specifically dedicated to sending audio signal to headphones.






30. Wire that carries a signal.






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






32. Outputs from the I/O module after the filters - equalizer - gate - and compressor; Half- normalled to the Channel insert Returns.






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






34. The audio signal automatically flows between a vertical pair of patchbay jacks without the need for patch cables.






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






36. Cables that connect the control room to other rooms in the facility and back.






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






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






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






40. 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)






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






42. 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.






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






48. Access to the signal flow of a channel or any jack providing access to a signal.






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






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