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Recording Consoles
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1. 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.
Consumer Line Level
Channel Line Inputs
DI Box
Fully- Normalled
2. Three- pin plug for three- conductor 'balanced' audio cables employed with high- quality microphones - mixers - and other audio equipment.
Signal Flow
Binaural Localization
XLR
Attenuation
3. 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 Input Range
Unity Gain
VCA Fader
Normalled
4. 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.
Microphone Line
Dead Patching
Inline Console
Channel Mic Inputs
5. Another term for Tiny Telephone (TT) connectors.
Bus
Stereo
'Tiny Telephone' (TT) Connector
Bantam Connector
6. A pair of summing amplifiers that are used to create the main stereo mix.
Tape Input Control Range
Stereo Bus
Split Console
Group Outputs
7. An audio connection point intended to be used for a limited time.
Record Mode (Record Status)
Patch
Mic Input Range
Line Input Range
8. Measures the peak levels of a signal; Quick response; Often displays a peak hold.
Cue Amp Inputs
Peak Program Meter (PPM)
Channel Mic Inputs
Volume Unit Meter (VU)
9. 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.
XLR
Patch Points
Headroom Meter
Channel Strip
10. Measures average voltage level of signal; Relatively slow response; Displayed level depends on amplitude and duration of signal.
Impedance
Balancing Circuit
Record Mode (Record Status)
Volume Unit Meter (VU)
11. Boosts console's line level signal to a higher level to drive the speakers.
Signal Flow
Universal Law of Patching
Power Amplifier
Gain Staging
12. 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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13. +6dB to +60dB
Monitor Path
Channel Insert Sends
Speakers Section (SLS)
Mic Input Range
14. 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.
Phantom Power
Line Input Range
Plasma Meter
Common Mode Rejection
15. The output of the stereo bus before the master fader; Normalled to the mix insert returns.
Cue Outputs
Mix Insert Sends
Anode
TRS Connector
16. Patch point where the stereo cue mix leaves the console.
Cue Outputs
Channel Strip
Buss
Summing Amplifiers
17. Receives the two out of phase signals coming from the source (typically a mic) - inverts them before combining them - and 'balances' them.
Balancing Circuit
Mix Outputs
I/O Module
Summing Amplifiers
18. 15dB to +15dB
Split Console
Power Amplifier
Multing
Tape Input Control Range
19. 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.
Conductive Plastic Fader
Oscillator
Multing
Pre-Amp
20. 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
Multing
Channel Strip
Headroom Meter
21. A string of jacks wired in parallel so that all the jacks will see the same signal.
Mult
Patch Points
Pan Pot (Panoramic Potentiometer)
Common Mode Rejection
22. 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.
Mix Insert Returns
Mic Lines
Multi-Track Returns
Mix Mode (Mix Status)
23. A cable in either row breaks the connection and the signal now flows through the cord; Signal can be MOVED to a different input.
Patch Points
Multi-Track Returns
Fully- Normalled
Unity Gain
24. The negative electrode in an electrical circuit.
Conductive Plastic Fader
Peak Program Meter (PPM)
Cathode
Bantam Connector
25. Cables that connect the control room to other rooms in the facility and back.
VCA Fader
Tielines
Volume Unit Meter (VU)
Dead Patching
26. Console where all paths are contained on one board.
Unity Gain
Inline Console
Mic Input Range
Multing
27. 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 Amp Inputs
Channel Path
Universal Law of Patching
XLR
28. A direct transfer of the audible sound to the mixing console; Microphones work as transducers and convert the audio into an electrical current.
Mic Input Range
Mix Outputs
Mix Insert Returns
Microphone Line
29. Boosts output gain of the sound recorded by a microphone to line level volume.
Anode
Tape Input Control Range
Nominal Level
Pre-Amp
30. Designating sound transmission from two sources through two channels.
Stereo
Line Level Signal
Mix Insert Returns
Audient ASP8024
31. 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).
Reason for 2 Multi-Track Returns
Oscillator
Bantam Connector
I/O Module
32. The total amount of opposition to the flow of current.
Mult
Cathode
Impedance
Channel Path
33. 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.
Inline Console
Mic Level
Binaural Localization
Master Section
34. Patching from one I/O module to another - or from one track on the MTR to another.
Cross Patching
Tape Input Control Range
Buss
Unity Gain
35. Console that has two separate sections for the channel paths and the monitor paths.
Cathode
Multing
Stereo Bus
Split Console
36. 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.
Nominal Level
Audio Grouping
Line Input Range
DI Box
37. The audio signal automatically flows between a vertical pair of patchbay jacks without the need for patch cables.
Channel Strip
Multi-Track Returns
Impedance
Normalled
38. 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.
Dead Patching
Speakers Section (SLS)
Bus Compression
Routing Matrix
39. 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
Half- Normalled
VU Meter
Monitor Inputs
Inline Console
40. The inputs to each individual track on the MTR.
Half- Normalled
Multi-Track Sends
Bus
Record Mode (Record Status)
41. A signal path specifically dedicated to sending audio signal to headphones.
Monitor Path
Cue Send
Group Outputs
Routing Matrix
42. An op- amp configuration that mathematically adds (or sums) the voltage levels found at two or more inputs.
Patch Points
Group Outputs
Gain Staging
Summing Amplifiers
43. 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.
Peak Program Meter (PPM)
Auxiliary Outputs
Gain Staging
Multing
44. 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)
Pan Pot (Panoramic Potentiometer)
Monitor Inputs
Mix Mode (Mix Status)
Half- Normalled
45. The main stereo output of the console; Normalled to the inputs of two track recorders.
Multi-Track Sends
Oscillator
Inline Console
Mix Outputs
46. 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
Summing Amplifiers
Monitor Path
Mic Input Range
47. 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).
Patch
Auxiliary Outputs
Stereo Bus
Reason for 2 Multi-Track Returns
48. The paths - or lines - on the motherboard on which data - instructions - and electrical power move from component to component.
Bus
Mix Mode (Mix Status)
Routing Matrix
Electronic Crossover (X-Over)
49. 60 ? -40 db (roughly -50 dB)
Channel Mic Inputs
Mic Level
Mono
Audio Grouping
50. The operating level at which an electronic signal processing device is designed to operate.
Professional Line Level
Cross Patching
Nominal Level
Tielines