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Recording Consoles
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1. 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
Pan Pot (Panoramic Potentiometer)
I/O Module
Patch Points
Common Mode Rejection
2. The operating level at which an electronic signal processing device is designed to operate.
Nominal Level
Patching Across
Bus
Stereo Bus
3. Measures average voltage level of signal; Relatively slow response; Displayed level depends on amplitude and duration of signal.
Stereo
Routing Matrix
VU Meter
Volume Unit Meter (VU)
4. 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.
DI Box
Volume Unit Meter (VU)
Headroom Meter
Peak Program Meter (PPM)
5. Receives the two out of phase signals coming from the source (typically a mic) - inverts them before combining them - and 'balances' them.
Mic Level
Balancing Circuit
Mic Lines
Multing
6. Access to the signal flow of a channel or any jack providing access to a signal.
Cue Send
Patch Points
Tielines
Patching Across
7. Measures the peak levels of a signal; Quick response; Often displays a peak hold.
Peak Program Meter (PPM)
Mult
Patchbay
Electronic Crossover (X-Over)
8. 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.
Multi-Track Sends
VCA Fader
Auxiliary Outputs
Pan Pot (Panoramic Potentiometer)
9. First and most important path of the console audio chain; Mic input (source) ? MTR (destination);
Channel Path
Cathode
Nominal Level
Dead Patching
10. 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
Half- Normalled
Auxiliary Outputs
Multi-Track Sends
Audient ASP8024
11. 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.
Plasma Meter
Audient ASP8024
Audio Grouping
Patch
12. Compressing a group of signals together with a single processor.
Mix Mode (Mix Status)
Power Amplifier
Audio Grouping
Cathode
13. 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.
Headroom Meter
Stereo Bus
Universal Law of Patching
Phantom Power
14. Designating sound transmission from two sources through two channels.
Record Mode (Record Status)
Fold Back Section (FB)
Stereo
Multi-Track Returns
15. A signal path specifically dedicated to sending audio signal to headphones.
Volume Unit Meter (VU)
Cue Send
Peak Program Meter (PPM)
Summing Amplifiers
16. A pair of summing amplifiers that are used to create the main stereo mix.
Stereo Bus
Cross Patching
Normalled
VCA Fader
17. Assigns console signal to the headphone amps.
I/O Module
Fold Back Section (FB)
Cue Send
Bantam Connector
18. Inputs that typically feed the Channel Fader; Choice location for inserting dynamics processors into the signal flow.
Channel Insert Returns
Dead Patching
Bantam Connector
VCA Fader
19. An exact duplicate of the Multi-Track Return that feeds the Channel Line Input - now half- normalled to the Monitor Path Inputs.
DI Box
Mix Mode (Mix Status)
Cathode
Multi-Track Returns
20. Another term for Tiny Telephone (TT) connectors.
Channel Mic Inputs
Bantam Connector
Anode
Channel Insert Returns
21. The ability of two ears to localize a sound source.
Peak Program Meter (PPM)
Binaural Localization
Cue Amp Inputs
Stereo
22. Voltage Controlled Amplifier; Amplifier determines output level; Can be remotely controlled for automated mixing; Often the 'large' or 'long' fader on large format consoles.
VCA Fader
Signal Flow
Mult
Pre-Amp
23. Tip-Ring-Sleeve connector; Common
TRS Connector
Anode
Buss
DI Box
24. A direct transfer of the audible sound to the mixing console; Microphones work as transducers and convert the audio into an electrical current.
Microphone Line
'Tiny Telephone' (TT) Connector
Dead Patching
Channel Path
25. The path an audio signal takes from source to output.
Signal Flow
Pan Pot (Panoramic Potentiometer)
Electronic Crossover (X-Over)
Channel Insert Sends
26. The inputs to each individual track on the MTR.
Line Level Signal
Attenuation
Multi-Track Sends
Master Section
27. An audio signal that is mixed together and routed through a single audio channel.
Dead Patching
Mix Insert Returns
Mono
Volume Unit Meter (VU)
28. 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.
Cue Outputs
Bus Compression
Fully- Normalled
Plasma Meter
29. Cables that connect the control room to other rooms in the facility and back.
Record Mode (Record Status)
Channel Path
Speakers Section (SLS)
Tielines
30. 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).
Monitor Inputs
Reason for 2 Multi-Track Returns
Microphone Line
Common Mode Rejection
31. To patch the signal into a 'Mult' in order to split it and route it to several destinations.
Channel Insert Sends
Inline Console
Multing
Stereo Bus
32. Takes the audio spectrum and divides it into a number of separate bands of frequencies called bandpasses. Each separate bandpass is then amplified independently in order to drive separate loudspeaker components - each of which reproduce a band of fre
Electronic Crossover (X-Over)
Volume Unit Meter (VU)
Monitor Path
'Tiny Telephone' (TT) Connector
33. An op- amp configuration that mathematically adds (or sums) the voltage levels found at two or more inputs.
DI Box
Cue Outputs
Dead Patching
Summing Amplifiers
34. Patch point where the stereo cue mix leaves the console.
Dead Patching
Patching Across
Monitor Path
Cue Outputs
35. The stereo inputs to the cue system's amplifier.
Summing Amplifiers
Unity Gain
Cue Amp Inputs
Multi-Track Returns
36. The audio signal automatically flows between a vertical pair of patchbay jacks without the need for patch cables.
Impedance
Normalled
Balancing Circuit
Audient ASP8024
37. 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.
I/O Module
Gain Staging
Plasma Meter
Channel Mic Inputs
38. 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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39. 'Standard' level at which the inputs and outputs of domestic and professional sound equipment operate.
Cue Outputs
Line Level Signal
I/O Module
External Source Inputs
40. The power for pre- amplification in a condenser microphone - supplied by the audio console rather than a battery.
Channel Line Inputs
VU Meter
Phantom Power
Monitor Inputs
41. Boosts output gain of the sound recorded by a microphone to line level volume.
Cathode
Oscillator
Pre-Amp
XLR
42. 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.
Microphone Line
Tape Input Control Range
Multi-Track Returns
Pan Pot (Panoramic Potentiometer)
43. The outputs of each individual bus located in the routing matrix of the console; Half- normalled to the Multi-Track Sends.
Channel Strip
Group Outputs
Phantom Power
Mult
44. 14dB to +20dB
Audient ASP8024
Line Input Range
Pre-Amp
Mix Insert Returns
45. Boosts console's line level signal to a higher level to drive the speakers.
DI Box
Auxiliary Outputs
Power Amplifier
Pan Pot (Panoramic Potentiometer)
46. 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).
Unity Gain
Universal Law of Patching
I/O Module
External Source Inputs
47. 15dB to +15dB
Tape Input Control Range
Multi-Track Returns
Patching Across
Universal Law of Patching
48. 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.
Dead Patching
Multi-Track Returns
Master Section
Normalled
49. The total amount of opposition to the flow of current.
Line Level Signal
Universal Law of Patching
Summing Amplifiers
Impedance
50. Stereo inputs of external stereo devices to the control room section via the control room monitor source switches in the master section.
Audio Grouping
Monitor Inputs
External Source Inputs
Channel Strip