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Recording Consoles

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1. Tip-Ring-Sleeve connector; Common






2. 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)






3. 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).






4. 14dB to +20dB






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






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






7. 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






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






9. 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.






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






11. Where the microphone signal enters the control room; Commonly fully normalled to the Channel Mic Inputs; Could also be viewed as tielines between tracking rooms and control room.






12. Assigns console signal to the headphone amps.






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






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






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






16. 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.






17. 60 ? -40 db (roughly -50 dB)






18. 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.






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






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






21. 10dB






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






35. Wire that carries a signal.






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






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






38. 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.






39. The positive electrode in an electrical circuit.






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






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






42. 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).






43. 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)






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






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






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






47. 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).






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






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






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