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Recording Consoles

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






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. Patching one end of the cable into a input so there is no signal.






4. 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.






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






6. 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.






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






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






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. The inputs to each individual track on the MTR.






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






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






13. Wire that carries a signal.






14. 14dB to +20dB






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 10dB






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






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






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






26. Assigns console speakers to the studio loudspeakers.






27. Tip-Ring-Sleeve connector; Common






28. 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.






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






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






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






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 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.






34. 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)






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






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






37. +6dB to +60dB






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






39. 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.






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






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






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






43. The negative electrode in an electrical circuit.






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






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






46. 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.






47. 60 ? -40 db (roughly -50 dB)






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






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






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







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