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Recording Consoles

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






2. 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.






3. 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






4. 15dB to +15dB






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






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






7. Wire that carries a signal.






8. 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.






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






10. 60 ? -40 db (roughly -50 dB)






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






16. An exact duplicate of the Multi-Track Return that feeds the Channel Line Input - now half- normalled to the Monitor Path Inputs.






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






18. 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






19. To add something to the signal path across an I/O - the stereo bus - etc.






20. 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






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






27. 14dB to +20dB






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






29. +4db






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






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






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






33. Assigns console speakers to the studio loudspeakers.






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






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






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






37. The positive electrode in an electrical circuit.






38. 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.






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


40. 10dB






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






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






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






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






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






46. Inputs to the monitor fader/monitor path; Enables the monitoring of signals being recorded as well as those already recorded.






47. 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.






48. +6dB to +60dB






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






50. 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.