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Recording Consoles

Subject : engineering
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1. 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.






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






3. 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.






4. 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






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






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






7. The negative electrode in an electrical circuit.






8. 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)






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






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






11. 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.






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






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






20. 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)






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






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






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






24. Tip-Ring-Sleeve connector; Common






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






26. 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).






27. Shifts the proportion of sound from any point left to right between two output busses and the two loudspeakers necessary for reproducing a stereo sound.






28. 15dB to +15dB






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






30. 60 ? -40 db (roughly -50 dB)






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






36. Assigns console speakers to the studio loudspeakers.






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






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






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






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






41. 10dB






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






43. 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.






44. 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.






45. 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.






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






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






48. The positive electrode in an electrical circuit.






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






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