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1. 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).
XLR
Inline Console
Channel Strip
Unity Gain
2. 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)
Conductive Plastic Fader
Record Mode (Record Status)
Patch
Cue Outputs
3. 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.
Conductive Plastic Fader
Patchbay
Mult
I/O Module
4. 60 ? -40 db (roughly -50 dB)
Binaural Localization
Plasma Meter
Volume Unit Meter (VU)
Mic Level
5. First and most important path of the console audio chain; Mic input (source) ? MTR (destination);
Channel Path
Pre-Amp
Patching Across
Common Mode Rejection
6. Voltage Controlled Amplifier; Amplifier determines output level; Can be remotely controlled for automated mixing; Often the 'large' or 'long' fader on large format consoles.
Oscillator
Unity Gain
VCA Fader
Channel Mic Inputs
7. A pair of summing amplifiers that are used to create the main stereo mix.
Stereo Bus
Pre-Amp
Group Outputs
Mic Level
8. 'Standard' level at which the inputs and outputs of domestic and professional sound equipment operate.
Professional Line Level
External Source Inputs
Line Level Signal
Mult
9. 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.
Plasma Meter
Mix Insert Returns
Cue Amp Inputs
Reason for 2 Multi-Track Returns
10. Boosts output gain of the sound recorded by a microphone to line level volume.
Monitor Inputs
Tielines
Multing
Pre-Amp
11. The inputs to each individual track on the MTR.
VU Meter
Split Console
Multi-Track Sends
Tape Input Control Range
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.
Gain Staging
Professional Line Level
VU Meter
Plasma Meter
13. 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.
Binaural Localization
Routing Matrix
Channel Line Inputs
Power Amplifier
14. Inputs to the monitor fader/monitor path; Enables the monitoring of signals being recorded as well as those already recorded.
Unity Gain
Monitor Inputs
Channel Insert Sends
Tape Input Control Range
15. An audio signal that is mixed together and routed through a single audio channel.
Mic Input Range
Tielines
Mono
Line Level Signal
16. 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.
Speakers Section (SLS)
Bus
Half- Normalled
Master Section
17. The output of the stereo bus before the master fader; Normalled to the mix insert returns.
Buss
Signal Flow
Stereo Bus
Mix Insert Sends
18. Little or no active circuitry; Often the 'small' or 'short' fader on large format consoles.
Professional Line Level
Cue Outputs
Conductive Plastic Fader
Universal Law of Patching
19. Measures the peak levels of a signal; Quick response; Often displays a peak hold.
Conductive Plastic Fader
'Tiny Telephone' (TT) Connector
Peak Program Meter (PPM)
Stereo
20. 10dB
Pan Pot (Panoramic Potentiometer)
Consumer Line Level
'Tiny Telephone' (TT) Connector
Routing Matrix
21. 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
Fully- Normalled
External Source Inputs
Phantom Power
22. 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)
Auxiliary Outputs
Audio Grouping
Patchbay
Mix Mode (Mix Status)
23. Stereo inputs of external stereo devices to the control room section via the control room monitor source switches in the master section.
Professional Line Level
Unity Gain
Patch Points
External Source Inputs
24. A direct transfer of the audible sound to the mixing console; Microphones work as transducers and convert the audio into an electrical current.
I/O Module
Microphone Line
Stereo
Headroom Meter
25. +6dB to +60dB
Mic Level
Mic Input Range
Nominal Level
Channel Strip
26. Vertical panel of controls on the audio mixer (another word for the I/O Module).
Line Input Range
Common Mode Rejection
Summing Amplifiers
Channel Strip
27. Outputs from the I/O module after the filters - equalizer - gate - and compressor; Half- normalled to the Channel insert Returns.
Volume Unit Meter (VU)
Balancing Circuit
Mic Lines
Channel Insert Sends
28. Assigns console speakers to the studio loudspeakers.
Speakers Section (SLS)
Bus
TRS Connector
I/O Module
29. Console that has two separate sections for the channel paths and the monitor paths.
Cathode
Split Console
Microphone Line
Audio Grouping
30. The audio signal automatically flows between a vertical pair of patchbay jacks without the need for patch cables.
Channel Insert Sends
Normalled
Universal Law of Patching
Pan Pot (Panoramic Potentiometer)
31. Tip-Ring-Sleeve connector; Common
Channel Line Inputs
TRS Connector
Mono
Master Section
32. Assigns console signal to the headphone amps.
Cue Outputs
Half- Normalled
Fold Back Section (FB)
Nominal Level
33. Inputs that typically feed the Channel Fader; Choice location for inserting dynamics processors into the signal flow.
Auxiliary Outputs
Buss
Monitor Path
Channel Insert Returns
34. 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.
Patchbay
Fully- Normalled
Bus Compression
External Source Inputs
35. The negative electrode in an electrical circuit.
Consumer Line Level
Mic Input Range
Tape Input Control Range
Cathode
36. 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).
Reason for 2 Multi-Track Returns
Tape Input Control Range
Multi-Track Sends
Stereo
37. A string of jacks wired in parallel so that all the jacks will see the same signal.
VU Meter
Mic Input Range
Mult
DI Box
38. 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.
Mult
Channel Mic Inputs
Group Outputs
Channel Line Inputs
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
Group Outputs
Tielines
Channel Strip
Half- Normalled
40. 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.
Bus Compression
Professional Line Level
Multing
Oscillator
41. Receives the two out of phase signals coming from the source (typically a mic) - inverts them before combining them - and 'balances' them.
Professional Line Level
Balancing Circuit
Cathode
Patchbay
42. Console where all paths are contained on one board.
Inline Console
Bantam Connector
Common Mode Rejection
Monitor Inputs
43. 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.
Patchbay
Auxiliary Outputs
Phantom Power
Pan Pot (Panoramic Potentiometer)
44. The main stereo output of the console; Normalled to the inputs of two track recorders.
Mix Outputs
Monitor Inputs
Master Section
Mic Level
45. 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.
Common Mode Rejection
Split Console
Universal Law of Patching
Mono
46. Designating sound transmission from two sources through two channels.
Mix Mode (Mix Status)
Half- Normalled
Stereo
Master Section
47. The paths - or lines - on the motherboard on which data - instructions - and electrical power move from component to component.
Bus
Pre-Amp
I/O Module
Mix Outputs
48. 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.
Normalled
Channel Mic Inputs
Plasma Meter
Audio Grouping
49. Patching from one I/O module to another - or from one track on the MTR to another.
Cross Patching
Bus Compression
Oscillator
Mono
50. The power for pre- amplification in a condenser microphone - supplied by the audio console rather than a battery.
Line Input Range
Channel Mic Inputs
Cue Outputs
Phantom Power
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