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Recording Consoles
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1. An input to the master fader; The place to patch a stereo compressor - should the need arise to compress the entire mix.
Mix Insert Returns
Channel Insert Sends
Mix Insert Sends
Patching Across
2. 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
Mix Outputs
Tape Input Control Range
Electronic Crossover (X-Over)
Anode
3. A pair of summing amplifiers that are used to create the main stereo mix.
Mix Outputs
Normalled
Cathode
Stereo Bus
4. Three- pin plug for three- conductor 'balanced' audio cables employed with high- quality microphones - mixers - and other audio equipment.
Channel Line Inputs
XLR
Fully- Normalled
Record Mode (Record Status)
5. +4db
Professional Line Level
Fully- Normalled
Patching Across
Peak Program Meter (PPM)
6. 10dB
Channel Mic Inputs
Mic Lines
Line Input Range
Consumer Line Level
7. To patch the signal into a 'Mult' in order to split it and route it to several destinations.
Consumer Line Level
Multing
Patchbay
Pre-Amp
8. The output of the stereo bus before the master fader; Normalled to the mix insert returns.
Pan Pot (Panoramic Potentiometer)
Mix Insert Sends
XLR
Half- Normalled
9. First and most important path of the console audio chain; Mic input (source) ? MTR (destination);
Channel Line Inputs
Audient ASP8024
Unity Gain
Channel Path
10. 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).
Mix Mode (Mix Status)
Unity Gain
'Tiny Telephone' (TT) Connector
Tape Input Control Range
11. The paths - or lines - on the motherboard on which data - instructions - and electrical power move from component to component.
Bus
Volume Unit Meter (VU)
'Tiny Telephone' (TT) Connector
Inline Console
12. The outputs of each individual bus located in the routing matrix of the console; Half- normalled to the Multi-Track Sends.
Bus
Auxiliary Outputs
Monitor Path
Group Outputs
13. 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.
Bus Compression
Multi-Track Returns
Universal Law of Patching
Master Section
14. 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.
Cue Outputs
Line Input Range
Universal Law of Patching
Mic Input Range
15. The stereo inputs to the cue system's amplifier.
Monitor Inputs
Tielines
Cue Amp Inputs
Tape Input Control Range
16. Assigns console speakers to the studio loudspeakers.
Speakers Section (SLS)
Power Amplifier
Stereo
Nominal Level
17. Boosts output gain of the sound recorded by a microphone to line level volume.
Consumer Line Level
Mix Mode (Mix Status)
Impedance
Pre-Amp
18. Mechanical metering device where a needle moves to display average level. (VU = Volume Unit)
VU Meter
Master Section
Microphone Line
Summing Amplifiers
19. Access to the signal flow of a channel or any jack providing access to a signal.
Phantom Power
Fully- Normalled
Patch Points
Cue Outputs
20. 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.
Audient ASP8024
Record Mode (Record Status)
Professional Line Level
Split Console
21. Receives the two out of phase signals coming from the source (typically a mic) - inverts them before combining them - and 'balances' them.
Cue Outputs
Balancing Circuit
Stereo Bus
VCA Fader
22. 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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23. The inputs to each individual track on the MTR.
Multing
Channel Line Inputs
Line Level Signal
Multi-Track Sends
24. 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.
Stereo Bus
Fold Back Section (FB)
Impedance
Channel Mic Inputs
25. Tip-Ring-Sleeve connector; Common
Mix Outputs
TRS Connector
Audio Grouping
Tielines
26. 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.
Channel Line Inputs
Cathode
Audient ASP8024
Mult
27. A direct transfer of the audible sound to the mixing console; Microphones work as transducers and convert the audio into an electrical current.
Dead Patching
Microphone Line
Tape Input Control Range
Fold Back Section (FB)
28. 14dB to +20dB
Line Level Signal
Line Input Range
Multi-Track Returns
Multi-Track Sends
29. Console where all paths are contained on one board.
Channel Path
Inline Console
Stereo
Multi-Track Returns
30. 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.
Bus
Headroom Meter
Routing Matrix
Signal Flow
31. 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
Channel Insert Returns
Unity Gain
Signal Flow
Half- Normalled
32. Little or no active circuitry; Often the 'small' or 'short' fader on large format consoles.
Multing
Conductive Plastic Fader
Nominal Level
Gain Staging
33. A string of jacks wired in parallel so that all the jacks will see the same signal.
Mult
Mix Insert Sends
Balancing Circuit
Audient ASP8024
34. 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.
Pre-Amp
Attenuation
Signal Flow
Master Section
35. Another term for Tiny Telephone (TT) connectors.
Cathode
Bantam Connector
Mix Insert Returns
Microphone Line
36. Patching one end of the cable into a input so there is no signal.
Channel Insert Returns
Monitor Inputs
Channel Strip
Dead Patching
37. An audio connection point intended to be used for a limited time.
Stereo Bus
Mono
Patch
Bus
38. An op- amp configuration that mathematically adds (or sums) the voltage levels found at two or more inputs.
Channel Strip
Summing Amplifiers
Audio Grouping
Channel Mic Inputs
39. The negative electrode in an electrical circuit.
Mix Mode (Mix Status)
Cathode
Buss
Half- Normalled
40. 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.
Gain Staging
Mic Level
Multi-Track Returns
Channel Mic Inputs
41. Outputs from the I/O module after the filters - equalizer - gate - and compressor; Half- normalled to the Channel insert Returns.
Channel Insert Sends
Patch
Stereo
Mic Lines
42. 60 ? -40 db (roughly -50 dB)
Impedance
Mic Level
Patch
Stereo
43. Compressing a group of signals together with a single processor.
Audio Grouping
Binaural Localization
Half- Normalled
Oscillator
44. 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)
Record Mode (Record Status)
Mix Outputs
Buss
Multi-Track Sends
45. Voltage Controlled Amplifier; Amplifier determines output level; Can be remotely controlled for automated mixing; Often the 'large' or 'long' fader on large format consoles.
Mic Lines
Cue Send
DI Box
VCA Fader
46. Inputs that typically feed the Channel Fader; Choice location for inserting dynamics processors into the signal flow.
Channel Insert Returns
Mono
Multi-Track Returns
Audient ASP8024
47. A signal path specifically dedicated to sending audio signal to headphones.
Microphone Line
Cue Send
Electronic Crossover (X-Over)
Multi-Track Returns
48. The path an audio signal takes from source to output.
Cathode
Bantam Connector
Speakers Section (SLS)
Signal Flow
49. Signal looses strength as it travels down the channel.
XLR
Attenuation
Power Amplifier
Cue Send
50. Stereo inputs of external stereo devices to the control room section via the control room monitor source switches in the master section.
External Source Inputs
Mono
Multing
Routing Matrix
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