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Recording Consoles
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1. Tip-Ring-Sleeve connector; Common
Mic Lines
Nominal Level
Multi-Track Sends
TRS Connector
2. 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)
Stereo Bus
Cross Patching
Mix Mode (Mix Status)
Tape Input Control Range
3. The fader position where the fader does not boost or attenuate the level of the signal sent to it (found at zero on the fader).
Tielines
Unity Gain
Fold Back Section (FB)
Impedance
4. 14dB to +20dB
Channel Insert Sends
Fully- Normalled
Pre-Amp
Line Input Range
5. To add something to the signal path across an I/O - the stereo bus - etc.
Pre-Amp
Headroom Meter
Signal Flow
Patching Across
6. Another term for Tiny Telephone (TT) connectors.
Bantam Connector
Record Mode (Record Status)
Bus Compression
Multi-Track Sends
7. 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
Common Mode Rejection
Buss
'Tiny Telephone' (TT) Connector
Consumer Line Level
8. Boosts output gain of the sound recorded by a microphone to line level volume.
I/O Module
Bantam Connector
Pre-Amp
Line Level Signal
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.
Cue Outputs
Common Mode Rejection
Cathode
Headroom Meter
10. Inputs that typically feed the Channel Fader; Choice location for inserting dynamics processors into the signal flow.
Speakers Section (SLS)
Impedance
Channel Insert Returns
Stereo
11. 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.
Gain Staging
Electronic Crossover (X-Over)
Mic Lines
Line Input Range
12. Assigns console signal to the headphone amps.
Fold Back Section (FB)
Electronic Crossover (X-Over)
Split Console
Multi-Track Sends
13. Measures the peak levels of a signal; Quick response; Often displays a peak hold.
VCA Fader
Peak Program Meter (PPM)
Audient ASP8024
Bantam Connector
14. The outputs of each individual bus located in the routing matrix of the console; Half- normalled to the Multi-Track Sends.
Group Outputs
Pan Pot (Panoramic Potentiometer)
Conductive Plastic Fader
Universal Law of Patching
15. Outputs from the I/O module after the filters - equalizer - gate - and compressor; Half- normalled to the Channel insert Returns.
Channel Insert Sends
Binaural Localization
Cue Send
Auxiliary Outputs
16. 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.
Split Console
Plasma Meter
Bus
Consumer Line Level
17. 60 ? -40 db (roughly -50 dB)
Fully- Normalled
Patch Points
Mic Level
Mix Outputs
18. 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.
Mix Mode (Mix Status)
Universal Law of Patching
Monitor Inputs
Cue Outputs
19. Patch point where the stereo cue mix leaves the console.
TRS Connector
Anode
Cue Outputs
Peak Program Meter (PPM)
20. The power for pre- amplification in a condenser microphone - supplied by the audio console rather than a battery.
VU Meter
Phantom Power
Cue Send
Impedance
21. 10dB
VU Meter
Pan Pot (Panoramic Potentiometer)
Consumer Line Level
DI Box
22. Designating sound transmission from two sources through two channels.
TRS Connector
Electronic Crossover (X-Over)
Stereo
Audio Grouping
23. 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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24. A pair of summing amplifiers that are used to create the main stereo mix.
Line Level Signal
Fully- Normalled
Stereo Bus
Consumer Line Level
25. 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.
Multi-Track Returns
DI Box
Universal Law of Patching
Channel Insert Sends
26. Boosts console's line level signal to a higher level to drive the speakers.
Oscillator
Power Amplifier
Patching Across
Line Input Range
27. Cables that connect the control room to other rooms in the facility and back.
Tielines
Electronic Crossover (X-Over)
Peak Program Meter (PPM)
Bus
28. Second part of the console audio chain. MTR (source) ? Speakers (output source)
Stereo
Mic Level
Unity Gain
Monitor Path
29. Voltage Controlled Amplifier; Amplifier determines output level; Can be remotely controlled for automated mixing; Often the 'large' or 'long' fader on large format consoles.
External Source Inputs
Cathode
Stereo
VCA Fader
30. 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
Cathode
Peak Program Meter (PPM)
Patch Points
31. An audio connection point intended to be used for a limited time.
Multi-Track Returns
Channel Strip
Patch
Tape Input Control Range
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.
Binaural Localization
Channel Line Inputs
Mult
Gain Staging
33. The inputs to each individual track on the MTR.
Auxiliary Outputs
XLR
Multi-Track Sends
Oscillator
34. The paths - or lines - on the motherboard on which data - instructions - and electrical power move from component to component.
Professional Line Level
Binaural Localization
Bus
Channel Strip
35. Wire that carries a signal.
Impedance
Buss
Power Amplifier
Professional Line Level
36. A signal path specifically dedicated to sending audio signal to headphones.
Professional Line Level
Cue Send
Half- Normalled
Bantam Connector
37. An audio signal that is mixed together and routed through a single audio channel.
Mono
Multing
Master Section
Monitor Path
38. 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.
Anode
Auxiliary Outputs
Bus
Cue Send
39. The positive electrode in an electrical circuit.
Anode
Bus
Signal Flow
Channel Mic Inputs
40. Vertical panel of controls on the audio mixer (another word for the I/O Module).
Monitor Path
Power Amplifier
Phantom Power
Channel Strip
41. Mechanical metering device where a needle moves to display average level. (VU = Volume Unit)
Cross Patching
Buss
VU Meter
External Source Inputs
42. 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).
Audient ASP8024
XLR
Reason for 2 Multi-Track Returns
Audio Grouping
43. 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)
Cross Patching
Channel Path
Record Mode (Record Status)
Professional Line Level
44. To patch the signal into a 'Mult' in order to split it and route it to several destinations.
Consumer Line Level
Mix Insert Returns
Multing
Line Level Signal
45. A cable in either row breaks the connection and the signal now flows through the cord; Signal can be MOVED to a different input.
Fully- Normalled
Line Input Range
Audient ASP8024
Channel Strip
46. The output of the stereo bus before the master fader; Normalled to the mix insert returns.
'Tiny Telephone' (TT) Connector
Mix Insert Sends
VU Meter
Multi-Track Returns
47. 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).
Monitor Path
Plasma Meter
Multi-Track Sends
I/O Module
48. The operating level at which an electronic signal processing device is designed to operate.
Common Mode Rejection
Bus Compression
Nominal Level
Mic Lines
49. The audio signal automatically flows between a vertical pair of patchbay jacks without the need for patch cables.
Tape Input Control Range
Normalled
Master Section
Conductive Plastic Fader
50. An op- amp configuration that mathematically adds (or sums) the voltage levels found at two or more inputs.
Bus Compression
Balancing Circuit
Oscillator
Summing Amplifiers