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Recording Consoles
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1. Stereo inputs of external stereo devices to the control room section via the control room monitor source switches in the master section.
Oscillator
External Source Inputs
Electronic Crossover (X-Over)
Consumer Line Level
2. The path an audio signal takes from source to output.
Signal Flow
Impedance
Attenuation
Mult
3. Three- pin plug for three- conductor 'balanced' audio cables employed with high- quality microphones - mixers - and other audio equipment.
XLR
Channel Insert Sends
Unity Gain
Fold Back Section (FB)
4. 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.
Patch Points
'Tiny Telephone' (TT) Connector
Pre-Amp
DI Box
5. 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
Cue Outputs
Volume Unit Meter (VU)
Normalled
Half- Normalled
6. 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).
Reason for 2 Multi-Track Returns
Phantom Power
Common Mode Rejection
Bantam Connector
7. The outputs of each individual bus located in the routing matrix of the console; Half- normalled to the Multi-Track Sends.
Mix Insert Returns
Split Console
Group Outputs
Pre-Amp
8. 'Standard' level at which the inputs and outputs of domestic and professional sound equipment operate.
VU Meter
Group Outputs
Line Level Signal
Monitor Inputs
9. The ability of two ears to localize a sound source.
Channel Line Inputs
Impedance
Binaural Localization
Cue Send
10. Assigns console signal to the headphone amps.
Binaural Localization
Fold Back Section (FB)
Unity Gain
Peak Program Meter (PPM)
11. The paths - or lines - on the motherboard on which data - instructions - and electrical power move from component to component.
Impedance
Conductive Plastic Fader
Bus
Audio Grouping
12. 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.
Plasma Meter
Speakers Section (SLS)
Stereo Bus
Binaural Localization
13. Common mode signals (signals appearing in phase in a differential circuit) are canceled at the input of the destination gear when the differential signal is combined; RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) or EMI (Electro- Magnetic Interference) picked u
Consumer Line Level
Tielines
Common Mode Rejection
Stereo
14. Assigns console speakers to the studio loudspeakers.
Speakers Section (SLS)
Fold Back Section (FB)
Cue Outputs
Conductive Plastic Fader
15. The total amount of opposition to the flow of current.
Impedance
I/O Module
VCA Fader
Plasma Meter
16. Console that has two separate sections for the channel paths and the monitor paths.
Mono
Split Console
Mix Insert Returns
Professional Line Level
17. To patch the signal into a 'Mult' in order to split it and route it to several destinations.
Multing
Channel Insert Sends
Record Mode (Record Status)
Phantom Power
18. A pair of summing amplifiers that are used to create the main stereo mix.
Mic Lines
Stereo Bus
Monitor Inputs
Multing
19. Another term for Tiny Telephone (TT) connectors.
Buss
Bantam Connector
Line Level Signal
Fully- Normalled
20. Tip-Ring-Sleeve connector; Common
Channel Mic Inputs
TRS Connector
Dead Patching
Monitor Path
21. 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.
Dead Patching
Bus Compression
Buss
Channel Line Inputs
22. 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.
TRS Connector
Oscillator
Monitor Inputs
Binaural Localization
23. 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.
Master Section
Oscillator
Cue Outputs
Fold Back Section (FB)
24. The main stereo output of the console; Normalled to the inputs of two track recorders.
Mix Outputs
Mono
Line Input Range
Microphone Line
25. Boosts output gain of the sound recorded by a microphone to line level volume.
Pre-Amp
Audient ASP8024
Normalled
Consumer Line Level
26. 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.
Bantam Connector
Routing Matrix
Anode
Summing Amplifiers
27. Patch point where the stereo cue mix leaves the console.
Record Mode (Record Status)
Tielines
Cue Outputs
Bus Compression
28. The inputs to each individual track on the MTR.
VU Meter
Electronic Crossover (X-Over)
Patch Points
Multi-Track Sends
29. 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
Electronic Crossover (X-Over)
Patching Across
Bantam Connector
Normalled
30. 60 ? -40 db (roughly -50 dB)
Impedance
Mic Level
Fully- Normalled
Microphone Line
31. Little or no active circuitry; Often the 'small' or 'short' fader on large format consoles.
Channel Insert Sends
Half- Normalled
Conductive Plastic Fader
Multi-Track Sends
32. Receives the two out of phase signals coming from the source (typically a mic) - inverts them before combining them - and 'balances' them.
Volume Unit Meter (VU)
Group Outputs
Balancing Circuit
Patching Across
33. 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).
Bus
Patch
Audio Grouping
Unity Gain
34. The negative electrode in an electrical circuit.
Cathode
Patchbay
Cue Outputs
Multi-Track Sends
35. 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.
Cue Outputs
Headroom Meter
Conductive Plastic Fader
Channel Line Inputs
36. Compressing a group of signals together with a single processor.
Mix Outputs
Audio Grouping
Cue Send
Mix Insert Sends
37. The output of the stereo bus before the master fader; Normalled to the mix insert returns.
Mono
Half- Normalled
Mix Insert Sends
Unity Gain
38. 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
39. 15dB to +15dB
Fully- Normalled
Patching Across
Normalled
Tape Input Control Range
40. Measures average voltage level of signal; Relatively slow response; Displayed level depends on amplitude and duration of signal.
Electronic Crossover (X-Over)
Phantom Power
Volume Unit Meter (VU)
Channel Insert Sends
41. Inputs to the monitor fader/monitor path; Enables the monitoring of signals being recorded as well as those already recorded.
Consumer Line Level
Common Mode Rejection
Monitor Inputs
Electronic Crossover (X-Over)
42. A cable in either row breaks the connection and the signal now flows through the cord; Signal can be MOVED to a different input.
Split Console
Fully- Normalled
Cue Amp Inputs
Multi-Track Returns
43. 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.
Channel Line Inputs
Split Console
Audient ASP8024
Patch
44. First and most important path of the console audio chain; Mic input (source) ? MTR (destination);
Multi-Track Sends
Channel Path
Bus
Dead Patching
45. An audio connection point intended to be used for a limited time.
Bantam Connector
Master Section
Patch
Half- Normalled
46. Measures the peak levels of a signal; Quick response; Often displays a peak hold.
Multing
Auxiliary Outputs
Patchbay
Peak Program Meter (PPM)
47. To add something to the signal path across an I/O - the stereo bus - etc.
'Tiny Telephone' (TT) Connector
Speakers Section (SLS)
Patching Across
Group Outputs
48. +6dB to +60dB
Summing Amplifiers
Mic Input Range
Patch
Fully- Normalled
49. The positive electrode in an electrical circuit.
Anode
Line Level Signal
Common Mode Rejection
Impedance
50. Voltage Controlled Amplifier; Amplifier determines output level; Can be remotely controlled for automated mixing; Often the 'large' or 'long' fader on large format consoles.
Fold Back Section (FB)
Signal Flow
VCA Fader
Power Amplifier