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Recording Consoles

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1. 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.






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






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






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






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






6. 14dB to +20dB






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






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






13. 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.






14. 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






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






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






17. 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.






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






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






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






21. 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.






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






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






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






25. 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.






26. 15dB to +15dB






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






28. 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.






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






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






31. 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).






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






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






34. Compressing a group of signals together with a single processor.






35. 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).






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






37. 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.






38. Tip-Ring-Sleeve connector; Common






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






40. +6dB to +60dB






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






42. 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.






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






44. 10dB






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






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






47. 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






48. 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.






49. 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).






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