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Recording Consoles

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






2. Wire that carries a signal.






3. 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.






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






5. 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.






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






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






8. 10dB






9. +6dB to +60dB






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






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






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






13. 60 ? -40 db (roughly -50 dB)






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






15. 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.






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






17. 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.






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






19. The positive electrode in an electrical circuit.






20. 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.






21. +4db






22. 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.






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






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






25. 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






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






27. 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.






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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).






35. 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.






36. Signal looses strength as it travels down the channel.






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






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






39. 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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40. Compressing a group of signals together with a single processor.






41. The negative electrode in an electrical circuit.






42. 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.






43. The ability of two ears to localize a sound source.






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






45. Assigns console speakers to the studio loudspeakers.






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






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






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






49. The outputs of each individual bus located in the routing matrix of the console; Half- normalled to the Multi-Track Sends.






50. Assigns console signal to the headphone amps.