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Recording Consoles

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






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






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






4. The main stereo output of the console; Normalled to the inputs of two track recorders.






5. 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.






6. 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.






7. +6dB to +60dB






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






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






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






11. Wire that carries a signal.






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






13. 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.






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






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






16. 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.






17. Buttons at the top of each I/O that assign signal to the MTR; ACN ? 'Active Combining Network'; Made up of many summing amplifiers referred to as a buss or group.






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






23. 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






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






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






26. 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.






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






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






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






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






31. 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.






32. 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.






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






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






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






36. Assigns console signal to the headphone amps.






37. The negative electrode in an electrical circuit.






38. 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.






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






40. 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.






41. +4db






42. 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)






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






44. 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).






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






46. The positive electrode in an electrical circuit.






47. Where the global controls for the console are located; Contains master controls for mixing bus outputs - reverb send and return - master fader - and multiple other functions.






48. Tip-Ring-Sleeve connector; Common






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






50. The power for pre- amplification in a condenser microphone - supplied by the audio console rather than a battery.