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Recording Consoles

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






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






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






4. Assigns console signal to the headphone amps.






5. 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)






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






7. Inputs to the monitor fader/monitor path; Enables the monitoring of signals being recorded as well as those already recorded.






8. Wire that carries a signal.






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






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






11. +4db






12. 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.






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






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






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






17. 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.






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






23. 60 ? -40 db (roughly -50 dB)






24. +6dB to +60dB






25. The negative electrode in an electrical circuit.






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






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






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






29. 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.






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






31. Little or no active circuitry; Often the 'small' or 'short' fader on large format consoles.






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






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






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






35. 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)






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






37. 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






38. 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






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






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






41. The inputs to each individual track on the MTR.






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






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






44. 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.






45. 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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46. 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.






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






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






49. Tip-Ring-Sleeve connector; Common






50. 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.