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Recording Consoles

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1. 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.






2. 15dB to +15dB






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






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






5. 14dB to +20dB






6. 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.






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






8. 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.






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






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






11. The negative electrode in an electrical circuit.






12. 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.






13. The positive electrode in an electrical circuit.






14. 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






15. Designating sound transmission from two sources through two channels.






16. Mechanical metering device where a needle moves to display average level. (VU = Volume Unit)






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






18. 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).






19. Wire that carries a signal.






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






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






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. 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.






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






25. Tip-Ring-Sleeve connector; Common






26. 10dB






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






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






29. 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.






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






31. Voltage Controlled Amplifier; Amplifier determines output level; Can be remotely controlled for automated mixing; Often the 'large' or 'long' fader on large format consoles.






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






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






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






35. +4db






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






37. +6dB to +60dB






38. Outputs from the I/O module after the filters - equalizer - gate - and compressor; Half- normalled to the Channel insert Returns.






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






40. 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).






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






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






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






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. 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.






46. 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.






47. Little or no active circuitry; Often the 'small' or 'short' fader on large format consoles.






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






49. 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.






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