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Recording Consoles

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






2. 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.






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






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






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






6. Compressing a group of signals together with a single processor.






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






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






9. Measures average voltage level of signal; Relatively slow response; Displayed level depends on amplitude and duration of signal.






10. 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).






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






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






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






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






16. 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






17. +6dB to +60dB






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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.






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Wire that carries a signal.






32. 60 ? -40 db (roughly -50 dB)






33. 10dB






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






35. +4db






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






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






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






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






40. 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.






41. 14dB to +20dB






42. 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).






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






44. The negative electrode in an electrical circuit.






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. Takes the audio spectrum and divides it into a number of separate bands of frequencies called bandpasses. Each separate bandpass is then amplified independently in order to drive separate loudspeaker components - each of which reproduce a band of fre






47. 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.






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






49. Tip-Ring-Sleeve connector; Common






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