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Recording Consoles

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1. 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.






2. To patch the signal into a 'Mult' in order to split it and route it to several destinations.






3. 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.






4. Tip-Ring-Sleeve connector; Common






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






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






7. The positive electrode in an electrical circuit.






8. Assigns console signal to the headphone amps.






9. 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.






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






11. 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.






12. 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.






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






19. 10dB






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






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






22. 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






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






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






25. The main stereo output of the console; Normalled to the inputs of two track recorders.






26. 14dB to +20dB






27. 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.






28. +6dB to +60dB






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






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






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






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






33. Patch point where the stereo cue mix leaves the console.






34. 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).






35. 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).






36. 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.






37. 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.






38. 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.






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






40. 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






41. 15dB to +15dB






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






43. A cable in either row breaks the connection and the signal now flows through the cord; Signal can be MOVED to a different input.






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)






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






46. Receives the two out of phase signals coming from the source (typically a mic) - inverts them before combining them - and 'balances' them.






47. 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.






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






49. 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.






50. 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.