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Recording Consoles

Subject : engineering
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1. Inputs to the monitor fader/monitor path; Enables the monitoring of signals being recorded as well as those already recorded.






2. The positive electrode in an electrical circuit.






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






4. 10dB






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






6. 60 ? -40 db (roughly -50 dB)






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






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






9. +4db






10. Assigns console signal to the headphone amps.






11. 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).






12. An op- amp configuration that mathematically adds (or sums) the voltage levels found at two or more inputs.






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






27. Tip-Ring-Sleeve connector; Common






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






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






30. 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.






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






32. 15dB to +15dB






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






39. 14dB to +20dB






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.






41. 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)






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






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






44. Boosts output gain of the sound recorded by a microphone to line level volume.






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






46. 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.






47. The negative electrode in an electrical circuit.






48. The ability of two ears to localize a sound source.






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






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