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Recording Consoles

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






2. Wire that carries a signal.






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






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






5. 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.






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






12. Assigns console speakers to the studio loudspeakers.






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






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






15. Inputs that typically feed the Channel Fader; Choice location for inserting dynamics processors into the signal flow.






16. 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






17. 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.






18. The ability of two ears to localize a sound source.






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






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






28. 10dB






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






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






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






32. 15dB to +15dB






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






34. 14dB to +20dB






35. 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).






36. 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.






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






38. 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.






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






40. 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.






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






42. 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.






43. 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)






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






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






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






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






48. Assigns console signal to the headphone amps.






49. 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






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