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Recording Consoles
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1. 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
External Source Inputs
Cue Send
Dead Patching
2. The positive electrode in an electrical circuit.
Monitor Inputs
Anode
DI Box
Stereo
3. Wire that carries a signal.
Volume Unit Meter (VU)
Audient ASP8024
Buss
Cue Amp Inputs
4. Inputs that typically feed the Channel Fader; Choice location for inserting dynamics processors into the signal flow.
Reason for 2 Multi-Track Returns
Channel Insert Returns
Headroom Meter
Stereo Bus
5. Patching from one I/O module to another - or from one track on the MTR to another.
I/O Module
Cross Patching
Plasma Meter
Speakers Section (SLS)
6. A string of jacks wired in parallel so that all the jacks will see the same signal.
Mult
Record Mode (Record Status)
Bantam Connector
Impedance
7. The inputs to each individual track on the MTR.
Audient ASP8024
Patch Points
Nominal Level
Multi-Track Sends
8. Measures average voltage level of signal; Relatively slow response; Displayed level depends on amplitude and duration of signal.
Channel Line Inputs
Reason for 2 Multi-Track Returns
Volume Unit Meter (VU)
Cathode
9. 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.
Audient ASP8024
Professional Line Level
Signal Flow
Oscillator
10. 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)
'Tiny Telephone' (TT) Connector
Record Mode (Record Status)
Cathode
External Source Inputs
11. An audio connection point intended to be used for a limited time.
Consumer Line Level
Plasma Meter
Patch
Mix Insert Sends
12. A cable in either row breaks the connection and the signal now flows through the cord; Signal can be MOVED to a different input.
Mult
Fully- Normalled
Balancing Circuit
Buss
13. Tip-Ring-Sleeve connector; Common
Mono
Routing Matrix
Half- Normalled
TRS Connector
14. The operating level at which an electronic signal processing device is designed to operate.
Speakers Section (SLS)
Nominal Level
Mix Insert Sends
Headroom Meter
15. The audio signal automatically flows between a vertical pair of patchbay jacks without the need for patch cables.
Normalled
Tape Input Control Range
Mic Lines
Cue Amp Inputs
16. The ability of two ears to localize a sound source.
Reason for 2 Multi-Track Returns
Binaural Localization
Cross Patching
Headroom Meter
17. Stereo inputs of external stereo devices to the control room section via the control room monitor source switches in the master section.
Reason for 2 Multi-Track Returns
External Source Inputs
Channel Mic Inputs
Half- Normalled
18. 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.
Consumer Line Level
Plasma Meter
Channel Insert Returns
Cathode
19. Second part of the console audio chain. MTR (source) ? Speakers (output source)
Professional Line Level
Mix Outputs
Monitor Path
Pre-Amp
20. Console where all paths are contained on one board.
Summing Amplifiers
Inline Console
Pan Pot (Panoramic Potentiometer)
Group Outputs
21. Assigns console speakers to the studio loudspeakers.
Peak Program Meter (PPM)
Cathode
Attenuation
Speakers Section (SLS)
22. 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.
'Tiny Telephone' (TT) Connector
Bus Compression
Split Console
Patchbay
23. Inputs to the monitor fader/monitor path; Enables the monitoring of signals being recorded as well as those already recorded.
Mix Insert Returns
Monitor Inputs
Fully- Normalled
Mix Mode (Mix Status)
24. A pair of summing amplifiers that are used to create the main stereo mix.
Pre-Amp
Stereo Bus
Auxiliary Outputs
Microphone Line
25. The stereo inputs to the cue system's amplifier.
Mix Insert Sends
Cathode
Record Mode (Record Status)
Cue Amp Inputs
26. 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).
Audient ASP8024
Patching Across
Mix Mode (Mix Status)
I/O Module
27. 10dB
I/O Module
Consumer Line Level
Monitor Inputs
Multi-Track Sends
28. 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.
Electronic Crossover (X-Over)
Conductive Plastic Fader
Pan Pot (Panoramic Potentiometer)
Tielines
29. The paths - or lines - on the motherboard on which data - instructions - and electrical power move from component to component.
Monitor Path
Bus
Conductive Plastic Fader
Channel Insert Returns
30. An input to the master fader; The place to patch a stereo compressor - should the need arise to compress the entire mix.
Inline Console
'Tiny Telephone' (TT) Connector
Patchbay
Mix Insert Returns
31. A direct transfer of the audible sound to the mixing console; Microphones work as transducers and convert the audio into an electrical current.
Group Outputs
Peak Program Meter (PPM)
Microphone Line
Universal Law of Patching
32. 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.
Pre-Amp
Channel Line Inputs
Routing Matrix
Line Input Range
33. 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)
Mix Mode (Mix Status)
Balancing Circuit
Peak Program Meter (PPM)
Half- Normalled
34. Cables that connect the control room to other rooms in the facility and back.
Routing Matrix
VCA Fader
Multi-Track Returns
Tielines
35. The path an audio signal takes from source to output.
Line Level Signal
Mix Outputs
Attenuation
Signal Flow
36. Boosts output gain of the sound recorded by a microphone to line level volume.
Mix Insert Returns
Pre-Amp
Channel Strip
Electronic Crossover (X-Over)
37. 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.
Mic Lines
Channel Strip
Auxiliary Outputs
Multing
38. An exact duplicate of the Multi-Track Return that feeds the Channel Line Input - now half- normalled to the Monitor Path Inputs.
External Source Inputs
Cue Outputs
Multi-Track Returns
Group Outputs
39. Access to the signal flow of a channel or any jack providing access to a signal.
Pre-Amp
Universal Law of Patching
Binaural Localization
Patch Points
40. Assigns console signal to the headphone amps.
Multing
Auxiliary Outputs
Fold Back Section (FB)
Cue Amp Inputs
41. 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.
Gain Staging
Bus Compression
Mic Level
Line Level Signal
42. First and most important path of the console audio chain; Mic input (source) ? MTR (destination);
Channel Insert Returns
Cue Amp Inputs
Signal Flow
Channel Path
43. +6dB to +60dB
Dead Patching
Cue Send
Speakers Section (SLS)
Mic Input Range
44. 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
45. 'Standard' level at which the inputs and outputs of domestic and professional sound equipment operate.
Routing Matrix
Line Level Signal
Multing
Monitor Path
46. Signal looses strength as it travels down the channel.
Anode
Attenuation
Signal Flow
Monitor Inputs
47. A signal path specifically dedicated to sending audio signal to headphones.
Cue Send
Mix Mode (Mix Status)
Oscillator
Impedance
48. The outputs of each individual bus located in the routing matrix of the console; Half- normalled to the Multi-Track Sends.
Group Outputs
Half- Normalled
Patch Points
Cue Outputs
49. 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.
Dead Patching
Audient ASP8024
Universal Law of Patching
Plasma Meter
50. Console that has two separate sections for the channel paths and the monitor paths.
VU Meter
Mix Outputs
Split Console
Electronic Crossover (X-Over)