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Recording Consoles
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1. The main stereo output of the console; Normalled to the inputs of two track recorders.
Pre-Amp
Monitor Path
Mix Outputs
Oscillator
2. The path an audio signal takes from source to output.
Channel Strip
Pre-Amp
Signal Flow
Channel Insert Returns
3. Console where all paths are contained on one board.
Pre-Amp
Peak Program Meter (PPM)
Inline Console
Bus Compression
4. 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
Multi-Track Returns
Bus
Half- Normalled
Universal Law of Patching
5. A direct transfer of the audible sound to the mixing console; Microphones work as transducers and convert the audio into an electrical current.
Unity Gain
Monitor Path
Microphone Line
Power Amplifier
6. 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.
Patchbay
TRS Connector
Oscillator
Dead Patching
7. +4db
Professional Line Level
Power Amplifier
Pan Pot (Panoramic Potentiometer)
Headroom Meter
8. A cable in either row breaks the connection and the signal now flows through the cord; Signal can be MOVED to a different input.
Bus
Fully- Normalled
Audient ASP8024
Volume Unit Meter (VU)
9. Console that has two separate sections for the channel paths and the monitor paths.
Fold Back Section (FB)
Headroom Meter
External Source Inputs
Split Console
10. An audio signal that is mixed together and routed through a single audio channel.
Inline Console
Mono
I/O Module
Mix Insert Returns
11. Patch point where the stereo cue mix leaves the console.
Channel Insert Returns
Signal Flow
Cue Outputs
Buss
12. 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
VCA Fader
Half- Normalled
Mix Insert Returns
Electronic Crossover (X-Over)
13. 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.
Anode
Professional Line Level
Universal Law of Patching
Unity Gain
14. The output of the stereo bus before the master fader; Normalled to the mix insert returns.
Group Outputs
Mix Insert Sends
Balancing Circuit
Conductive Plastic Fader
15. A string of jacks wired in parallel so that all the jacks will see the same signal.
Impedance
Cue Amp Inputs
Multing
Mult
16. The outputs of each individual bus located in the routing matrix of the console; Half- normalled to the Multi-Track Sends.
'Tiny Telephone' (TT) Connector
Bus Compression
Audient ASP8024
Group Outputs
17. Cables that connect the control room to other rooms in the facility and back.
Tielines
Power Amplifier
Routing Matrix
Phantom Power
18. 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.
Power Amplifier
Group Outputs
Line Level Signal
Auxiliary Outputs
19. Voltage Controlled Amplifier; Amplifier determines output level; Can be remotely controlled for automated mixing; Often the 'large' or 'long' fader on large format consoles.
Bus Compression
Binaural Localization
Mic Level
VCA Fader
20. Designating sound transmission from two sources through two channels.
Audio Grouping
Stereo
Anode
Nominal Level
21. 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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22. 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
Electronic Crossover (X-Over)
XLR
Fold Back Section (FB)
23. Inputs to the monitor fader/monitor path; Enables the monitoring of signals being recorded as well as those already recorded.
Universal Law of Patching
Mix Mode (Mix Status)
Monitor Inputs
Pre-Amp
24. A pair of summing amplifiers that are used to create the main stereo mix.
Stereo Bus
Summing Amplifiers
VCA Fader
Buss
25. An op- amp configuration that mathematically adds (or sums) the voltage levels found at two or more inputs.
Summing Amplifiers
Universal Law of Patching
VU Meter
Multing
26. Patching from one I/O module to another - or from one track on the MTR to another.
Pre-Amp
Universal Law of Patching
Plasma Meter
Cross Patching
27. 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)
XLR
Mix Mode (Mix Status)
Mix Insert Returns
Routing Matrix
28. Another term for Tiny Telephone (TT) connectors.
Bantam Connector
Universal Law of Patching
Routing Matrix
Impedance
29. Little or no active circuitry; Often the 'small' or 'short' fader on large format consoles.
Patching Across
Universal Law of Patching
Oscillator
Conductive Plastic Fader
30. An input to the master fader; The place to patch a stereo compressor - should the need arise to compress the entire mix.
Tape Input Control Range
Electronic Crossover (X-Over)
Half- Normalled
Mix Insert Returns
31. 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.
Inline Console
Channel Line Inputs
Signal Flow
Patchbay
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.
Cue Send
Routing Matrix
Buss
Universal Law of Patching
33. The outputs of each track on the multi- track tape machine; Half- normalled to the Channel Line Inputs.
Patching Across
Channel Mic Inputs
Multi-Track Returns
I/O Module
34. 60 ? -40 db (roughly -50 dB)
Cue Outputs
Mic Level
Electronic Crossover (X-Over)
Split Console
35. 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.
Patchbay
I/O Module
Channel Strip
Cue Outputs
36. 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).
Pan Pot (Panoramic Potentiometer)
Reason for 2 Multi-Track Returns
Plasma Meter
Master Section
37. 'Standard' level at which the inputs and outputs of domestic and professional sound equipment operate.
Stereo
Cue Amp Inputs
Mono
Line Level Signal
38. The operating level at which an electronic signal processing device is designed to operate.
Speakers Section (SLS)
Nominal Level
Mix Insert Sends
Patch
39. A signal path specifically dedicated to sending audio signal to headphones.
Cue Outputs
Cue Send
Half- Normalled
Oscillator
40. The ability of two ears to localize a sound source.
Stereo
Binaural Localization
Channel Path
Mic Lines
41. 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.
Channel Path
Mix Insert Sends
Buss
Gain Staging
42. 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.
Multi-Track Sends
Plasma Meter
Universal Law of Patching
Audient ASP8024
43. The positive electrode in an electrical circuit.
Multi-Track Sends
Anode
Stereo
Binaural Localization
44. 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).
Electronic Crossover (X-Over)
Unity Gain
External Source Inputs
Stereo Bus
45. To patch the signal into a 'Mult' in order to split it and route it to several destinations.
Group Outputs
Multing
Dead Patching
I/O Module
46. 15dB to +15dB
Cathode
Cue Amp Inputs
VU Meter
Tape Input Control Range
47. 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.
Stereo Bus
Signal Flow
DI Box
Phantom Power
48. First and most important path of the console audio chain; Mic input (source) ? MTR (destination);
Patching Across
Monitor Inputs
Channel Path
Multi-Track Returns
49. An exact duplicate of the Multi-Track Return that feeds the Channel Line Input - now half- normalled to the Monitor Path Inputs.
Gain Staging
Multi-Track Returns
Phantom Power
Binaural Localization
50. 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.
Universal Law of Patching
Line Input Range
Dead Patching
Bus Compression