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Recording Consoles

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1. 14dB to +20dB






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






3. 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.






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






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






7. 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.






8. 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.






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






10. 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.






11. The negative electrode in an electrical circuit.






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






18. 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).






19. 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.






20. 15dB to +15dB






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






22. 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






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






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






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






26. 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.






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






28. The stereo inputs to the cue system's amplifier.






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






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






31. 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)






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






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






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






35. 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.






36. Tip-Ring-Sleeve connector; Common






37. 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.






38. 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






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






47. Console where all paths are contained on one board.






48. 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.






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






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







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