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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.
Tape Input Control Range
Peak Program Meter (PPM)
Pre-Amp
Cue Outputs
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.
Audient ASP8024
I/O Module
Stereo
Signal Flow
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
Half- Normalled
Patch Points
Audient ASP8024
Stereo
4. 15dB to +15dB
DI Box
Tape Input Control Range
Channel Insert Returns
Channel Insert Sends
5. Three- pin plug for three- conductor 'balanced' audio cables employed with high- quality microphones - mixers - and other audio equipment.
XLR
Inline Console
Line Level Signal
Power Amplifier
6. The power for pre- amplification in a condenser microphone - supplied by the audio console rather than a battery.
Pan Pot (Panoramic Potentiometer)
Phantom Power
Consumer Line Level
Mic Lines
7. Wire that carries a signal.
Common Mode Rejection
Cue Outputs
Impedance
Buss
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.
Record Mode (Record Status)
Impedance
Headroom Meter
Tielines
9. Patching from one I/O module to another - or from one track on the MTR to another.
Unity Gain
Cross Patching
Gain Staging
'Tiny Telephone' (TT) Connector
10. 60 ? -40 db (roughly -50 dB)
Mic Level
Cue Amp Inputs
Mix Outputs
Electronic Crossover (X-Over)
11. The operating level at which an electronic signal processing device is designed to operate.
Fully- Normalled
Nominal Level
Mult
XLR
12. To patch the signal into a 'Mult' in order to split it and route it to several destinations.
Cross Patching
Multing
Stereo
Mix Insert Returns
13. First and most important path of the console audio chain; Mic input (source) ? MTR (destination);
Channel Path
Bantam Connector
Signal Flow
Inline Console
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.
Mic Level
Summing Amplifiers
Fully- Normalled
Monitor Inputs
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.
Channel Insert Returns
Group Outputs
Gain Staging
Plasma Meter
16. An exact duplicate of the Multi-Track Return that feeds the Channel Line Input - now half- normalled to the Monitor Path Inputs.
Record Mode (Record Status)
Mix Insert Sends
Multi-Track Returns
Line Level Signal
17. Cables that connect the control room to other rooms in the facility and back.
Stereo
Attenuation
Tielines
Channel Strip
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
Channel Path
Common Mode Rejection
I/O Module
Bus
19. To add something to the signal path across an I/O - the stereo bus - etc.
Routing Matrix
Patching Across
Reason for 2 Multi-Track Returns
VCA Fader
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
Electronic Crossover (X-Over)
Channel Insert Sends
Common Mode Rejection
Multi-Track Sends
21. An audio signal that is mixed together and routed through a single audio channel.
'Tiny Telephone' (TT) Connector
Group Outputs
Mono
Binaural Localization
22. Receives the two out of phase signals coming from the source (typically a mic) - inverts them before combining them - and 'balances' them.
Tielines
Balancing Circuit
Signal Flow
Audio Grouping
23. An audio connection point intended to be used for a limited time.
Split Console
Line Level Signal
Monitor Path
Patch
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.
Bus Compression
Half- Normalled
Channel Path
VCA Fader
25. The total amount of opposition to the flow of current.
Impedance
Multi-Track Returns
I/O Module
Mix Insert Sends
26. Signal looses strength as it travels down the channel.
Monitor Path
Attenuation
'Tiny Telephone' (TT) Connector
Mix Insert Returns
27. 14dB to +20dB
Fully- Normalled
Consumer Line Level
Dead Patching
Line Input Range
28. Boosts console's line level signal to a higher level to drive the speakers.
Phantom Power
Reason for 2 Multi-Track Returns
Power Amplifier
Fully- Normalled
29. +4db
Channel Mic Inputs
Professional Line Level
Mic Level
Attenuation
30. The stereo inputs to the cue system's amplifier.
Mix Outputs
Cue Amp Inputs
Mix Insert Returns
Mix Mode (Mix Status)
31. The path an audio signal takes from source to output.
Common Mode Rejection
Conductive Plastic Fader
Line Level Signal
Signal Flow
32. Another term for Tiny Telephone (TT) connectors.
Impedance
Power Amplifier
XLR
Bantam Connector
33. Assigns console speakers to the studio loudspeakers.
Channel Mic Inputs
Speakers Section (SLS)
Channel Strip
Buss
34. Measures the peak levels of a signal; Quick response; Often displays a peak hold.
'Tiny Telephone' (TT) Connector
Peak Program Meter (PPM)
Bus
Patch
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.
Mono
VCA Fader
Multi-Track Returns
Tielines
36. Outputs from the I/O module after the filters - equalizer - gate - and compressor; Half- normalled to the Channel insert Returns.
Channel Insert Sends
Nominal Level
Mix Outputs
Cue Amp Inputs
37. The positive electrode in an electrical circuit.
Cue Send
Balancing Circuit
Anode
TRS Connector
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.
Bus Compression
Oscillator
DI Box
Multi-Track Returns
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
Consumer Line Level
VCA Fader
Patching Across
Buss
41. Mechanical metering device where a needle moves to display average level. (VU = Volume Unit)
Routing Matrix
Patch Points
Audio Grouping
VU Meter
42. The paths - or lines - on the motherboard on which data - instructions - and electrical power move from component to component.
Oscillator
Bus
Split Console
Multi-Track Sends
43. A pair of summing amplifiers that are used to create the main stereo mix.
Patching Across
TRS Connector
Stereo Bus
Universal Law of Patching
44. The outputs of each track on the multi- track tape machine; Half- normalled to the Channel Line Inputs.
Channel Path
Channel Strip
Phantom Power
Multi-Track Returns
45. A signal path specifically dedicated to sending audio signal to headphones.
Line Input Range
Channel Insert Sends
Cue Send
Split Console
46. Inputs to the monitor fader/monitor path; Enables the monitoring of signals being recorded as well as those already recorded.
Anode
Mix Outputs
Speakers Section (SLS)
Monitor Inputs
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.
Gain Staging
Channel Mic Inputs
Oscillator
Auxiliary Outputs
48. +6dB to +60dB
Stereo Bus
TRS Connector
Mic Input Range
Routing Matrix
49. The outputs of each individual bus located in the routing matrix of the console; Half- normalled to the Multi-Track Sends.
Audio Grouping
Oscillator
Multi-Track Sends
Group Outputs
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.
VU Meter
Impedance
DI Box
Multi-Track Returns