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Recording Consoles
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1. 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.
Peak Program Meter (PPM)
Multi-Track Returns
Patchbay
Dead Patching
2. Three- pin plug for three- conductor 'balanced' audio cables employed with high- quality microphones - mixers - and other audio equipment.
Balancing Circuit
XLR
Half- Normalled
Phantom Power
3. 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.
Mic Lines
Audient ASP8024
Consumer Line Level
Professional Line Level
4. 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
Peak Program Meter (PPM)
Common Mode Rejection
Group Outputs
Stereo
5. An input to the master fader; The place to patch a stereo compressor - should the need arise to compress the entire mix.
Patching Across
Mix Insert Returns
Peak Program Meter (PPM)
Summing Amplifiers
6. Receives the two out of phase signals coming from the source (typically a mic) - inverts them before combining them - and 'balances' them.
Summing Amplifiers
Balancing Circuit
Attenuation
Mix Mode (Mix Status)
7. The negative electrode in an electrical circuit.
Cathode
Audio Grouping
Line Input Range
Channel Mic Inputs
8. 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)
'Tiny Telephone' (TT) Connector
Multi-Track Returns
Mix Mode (Mix Status)
Professional Line Level
9. Patching from one I/O module to another - or from one track on the MTR to another.
Mix Insert Sends
Balancing Circuit
VCA Fader
Cross Patching
10. The path an audio signal takes from source to output.
Signal Flow
XLR
Half- Normalled
Fully- Normalled
11. 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.
Multi-Track Sends
Mono
Oscillator
Gain Staging
12. Another term for Tiny Telephone (TT) connectors.
Bantam Connector
Gain Staging
Plasma Meter
Tape Input Control Range
13. Outputs from the I/O module after the filters - equalizer - gate - and compressor; Half- normalled to the Channel insert Returns.
Bus Compression
Universal Law of Patching
Conductive Plastic Fader
Channel Insert Sends
14. Measures the peak levels of a signal; Quick response; Often displays a peak hold.
Peak Program Meter (PPM)
Master Section
Pan Pot (Panoramic Potentiometer)
Professional Line Level
15. 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.
Plasma Meter
XLR
Normalled
Bus Compression
16. The outputs of each track on the multi- track tape machine; Half- normalled to the Channel Line Inputs.
Multi-Track Returns
Mic Input Range
Audient ASP8024
Bus
17. The paths - or lines - on the motherboard on which data - instructions - and electrical power move from component to component.
Group Outputs
Patch Points
VCA Fader
Bus
18. A string of jacks wired in parallel so that all the jacks will see the same signal.
Mult
Bantam Connector
Unity Gain
Volume Unit Meter (VU)
19. An audio signal that is mixed together and routed through a single audio channel.
Mono
Anode
Fold Back Section (FB)
Mix Mode (Mix Status)
20. 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)
Fully- Normalled
DI Box
Reason for 2 Multi-Track Returns
Record Mode (Record Status)
21. The operating level at which an electronic signal processing device is designed to operate.
Peak Program Meter (PPM)
Gain Staging
Nominal Level
Audio Grouping
22. To add something to the signal path across an I/O - the stereo bus - etc.
Routing Matrix
Patching Across
Pre-Amp
Gain Staging
23. The audio signal automatically flows between a vertical pair of patchbay jacks without the need for patch cables.
Cue Send
Multing
Cue Amp Inputs
Normalled
24. Tip-Ring-Sleeve connector; Common
Unity Gain
Peak Program Meter (PPM)
TRS Connector
External Source Inputs
25. A signal path specifically dedicated to sending audio signal to headphones.
Master Section
Multi-Track Sends
Cue Send
Mix Outputs
26. 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).
Electronic Crossover (X-Over)
I/O Module
Cue Outputs
Phantom Power
27. Shifts the proportion of sound from any point left to right between two output busses and the two loudspeakers necessary for reproducing a stereo sound.
Mult
VCA Fader
Tielines
Pan Pot (Panoramic Potentiometer)
28. 15dB to +15dB
Inline Console
Attenuation
Tape Input Control Range
Anode
29. A pair of summing amplifiers that are used to create the main stereo mix.
Half- Normalled
Conductive Plastic Fader
Channel Path
Stereo Bus
30. 60 ? -40 db (roughly -50 dB)
Line Level Signal
Mic Input Range
Mic Level
Mix Mode (Mix Status)
31. The total amount of opposition to the flow of current.
Impedance
Headroom Meter
Mic Input Range
Gain Staging
32. The ability of two ears to localize a sound source.
External Source Inputs
Consumer Line Level
Binaural Localization
Balancing Circuit
33. Second part of the console audio chain. MTR (source) ? Speakers (output source)
Buss
Microphone Line
Cue Send
Monitor Path
34. 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.
Record Mode (Record Status)
Power Amplifier
Channel Mic Inputs
Pre-Amp
35. An audio connection point intended to be used for a limited time.
Professional Line Level
Patch
Universal Law of Patching
Reason for 2 Multi-Track Returns
36. Assigns console speakers to the studio loudspeakers.
VCA Fader
Monitor Path
Power Amplifier
Speakers Section (SLS)
37. Boosts console's line level signal to a higher level to drive the speakers.
Tape Input Control Range
Patch
Power Amplifier
Line Level Signal
38. Console that has two separate sections for the channel paths and the monitor paths.
Split Console
Line Level Signal
Channel Strip
Mic Lines
39. Measures average voltage level of signal; Relatively slow response; Displayed level depends on amplitude and duration of signal.
Peak Program Meter (PPM)
Signal Flow
Split Console
Volume Unit Meter (VU)
40. The outputs of each individual bus located in the routing matrix of the console; Half- normalled to the Multi-Track Sends.
Power Amplifier
Group Outputs
Channel Strip
VCA Fader
41. 10dB
I/O Module
Consumer Line Level
Channel Path
Line Input Range
42. 'Standard' level at which the inputs and outputs of domestic and professional sound equipment operate.
Line Level Signal
Gain Staging
Summing Amplifiers
Multi-Track Returns
43. 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.
Line Level Signal
Mic Lines
Reason for 2 Multi-Track Returns
I/O Module
44. 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.
Gain Staging
Nominal Level
Cue Send
'Tiny Telephone' (TT) Connector
45. 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.
Plasma Meter
Mix Mode (Mix Status)
Multing
Monitor Inputs
46. 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
Cue Outputs
Speakers Section (SLS)
Tape Input Control Range
47. Compressing a group of signals together with a single processor.
Routing Matrix
Channel Insert Returns
Audio Grouping
XLR
48. The positive electrode in an electrical circuit.
Fold Back Section (FB)
Line Level Signal
Common Mode Rejection
Anode
49. Voltage Controlled Amplifier; Amplifier determines output level; Can be remotely controlled for automated mixing; Often the 'large' or 'long' fader on large format consoles.
VCA Fader
Tape Input Control Range
Universal Law of Patching
Mix Insert Sends
50. Little or no active circuitry; Often the 'small' or 'short' fader on large format consoles.
DI Box
Conductive Plastic Fader
Patch
Mic Lines