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Recording Consoles

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






2. The negative electrode in an electrical circuit.






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






4. An audio signal that is mixed together and routed through a single audio channel.






5. 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.






6. Patching one end of the cable into a input so there is no signal.






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






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






9. Three- pin plug for three- conductor 'balanced' audio cables employed with high- quality microphones - mixers - and other audio equipment.






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






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






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






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.






14. The output of the stereo bus before the master fader; Normalled to the mix insert returns.






15. Another term for Tiny Telephone (TT) connectors.






16. 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.






17. 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).






18. +4db






19. The total amount of opposition to the flow of current.






20. 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)






21. 60 ? -40 db (roughly -50 dB)






22. To add something to the signal path across an I/O - the stereo bus - etc.






23. 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






24. 'Standard' level at which the inputs and outputs of domestic and professional sound equipment operate.






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






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






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






28. The power for pre- amplification in a condenser microphone - supplied by the audio console rather than a battery.






29. Boosts console's line level signal to a higher level to drive the speakers.






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






31. 14dB to +20dB






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






33. 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






34. 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)






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.






36. 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.






37. Measures the peak levels of a signal; Quick response; Often displays a peak hold.






38. 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.






39. The outputs of each track on the multi- track tape machine; Half- normalled to the Channel Line Inputs.






40. Vertical panel of controls on the audio mixer (another word for the I/O Module).






41. 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.






42. 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.






43. Tip-Ring-Sleeve connector; Common






44. Assigns console speakers to the studio loudspeakers.






45. 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.






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






47. 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.






48. 15dB to +15dB






49. 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.






50. Assigns console signal to the headphone amps.