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Recording Consoles

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






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






15. 60 ? -40 db (roughly -50 dB)






16. 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.






17. 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.






18. 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






19. Assigns console signal to the headphone amps.






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






21. +4db






22. 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.






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






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






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






26. 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).






27. 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.






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






29. 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)






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






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






32. 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.






33. 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.






34. Wire that carries a signal.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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






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






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






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






46. 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.






47. 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.






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






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






50. 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).







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