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Recording Consoles

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1. 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.






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






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






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. Another term for Tiny Telephone (TT) connectors.






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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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13. +6dB to +60dB






14. 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.






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






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






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






18. 15dB to +15dB






19. 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.






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






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






22. 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.






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






24. The negative electrode in an electrical circuit.






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






26. Console where all paths are contained on one board.






27. 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.






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






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






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






31. 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).






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






33. 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.






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






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






36. 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.






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






38. 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.






39. 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






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






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






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






43. 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.






44. 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)






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






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






47. 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).






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






49. 60 ? -40 db (roughly -50 dB)






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