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Recording Consoles

Subject : engineering
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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.






2. The positive electrode in an electrical circuit.






3. Wire that carries a signal.






4. Inputs that typically feed the Channel Fader; Choice location for inserting dynamics processors into the signal flow.






5. Patching from one I/O module to another - or from one track on the MTR to another.






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






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






8. Measures average voltage level of signal; Relatively slow response; Displayed level depends on amplitude and duration of signal.






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.






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)






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






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.






13. Tip-Ring-Sleeve connector; Common






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






15. The audio signal automatically flows between a vertical pair of patchbay jacks without the need for patch cables.






16. The ability of two ears to localize a sound source.






17. Stereo inputs of external stereo devices to the control room section via the control room monitor source switches in the master section.






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.






19. Second part of the console audio chain. MTR (source) ? Speakers (output source)






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






21. Assigns console speakers to the studio loudspeakers.






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.






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






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






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






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).






27. 10dB






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.






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






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






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






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.






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)






34. Cables that connect the control room to other rooms in the facility and back.






35. The path an audio signal takes from source to output.






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






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.






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






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






40. Assigns console signal to the headphone amps.






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.






42. First and most important path of the console audio chain; Mic input (source) ? MTR (destination);






43. +6dB to +60dB






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.






46. Signal looses strength as it travels down the channel.






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






48. The outputs of each individual bus located in the routing matrix of the console; Half- normalled to the Multi-Track Sends.






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.






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