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Recording Consoles

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






2. 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.






3. Assigns console signal to the headphone amps.






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






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






6. +6dB to +60dB






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






8. 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






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






10. 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.






11. 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).






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






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






15. 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.






16. 15dB to +15dB






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






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






19. The positive electrode in an electrical circuit.






20. 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.






21. 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.






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






28. 14dB to +20dB






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






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






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






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






33. 60 ? -40 db (roughly -50 dB)






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






35. 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.






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






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






38. 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.






39. Stereo inputs of external stereo devices to the control room section via the control room monitor source switches in the master section.






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






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






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






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






44. 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.






45. 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.






46. 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).






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






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.






49. A direct transfer of the audible sound to the mixing console; Microphones work as transducers and convert the audio into an electrical current.






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