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Recording Consoles
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1. 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.
Mic Lines
Tielines
Multi-Track Returns
Master Section
2. To patch the signal into a 'Mult' in order to split it and route it to several destinations.
Record Mode (Record Status)
Line Level Signal
Multing
Conductive Plastic Fader
3. 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.
Mix Insert Sends
Tape Input Control Range
Gain Staging
Mix Insert Returns
4. Tip-Ring-Sleeve connector; Common
TRS Connector
Electronic Crossover (X-Over)
Volume Unit Meter (VU)
Channel Line Inputs
5. Another term for Tiny Telephone (TT) connectors.
Dead Patching
Stereo Bus
Bantam Connector
Multi-Track Sends
6. Signal looses strength as it travels down the channel.
Attenuation
Conductive Plastic Fader
Half- Normalled
Mix Insert Returns
7. The positive electrode in an electrical circuit.
XLR
Normalled
Anode
Cathode
8. Assigns console signal to the headphone amps.
Cue Send
Fold Back Section (FB)
VCA Fader
Phantom Power
9. 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.
Patchbay
Record Mode (Record Status)
Cue Outputs
Mix Outputs
10. Second part of the console audio chain. MTR (source) ? Speakers (output source)
Bantam Connector
Tielines
Stereo Bus
Monitor Path
11. 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.
Universal Law of Patching
Bantam Connector
Mult
Auxiliary Outputs
12. 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.
Multi-Track Sends
DI Box
Oscillator
Summing Amplifiers
13. 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.
Monitor Inputs
DI Box
Plasma Meter
Channel Line Inputs
14. 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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15. The paths - or lines - on the motherboard on which data - instructions - and electrical power move from component to component.
Master Section
Plasma Meter
Bus
Auxiliary Outputs
16. A direct transfer of the audible sound to the mixing console; Microphones work as transducers and convert the audio into an electrical current.
Fully- Normalled
'Tiny Telephone' (TT) Connector
Microphone Line
Multi-Track Returns
17. To add something to the signal path across an I/O - the stereo bus - etc.
Patching Across
Bus
Fully- Normalled
Mix Insert Returns
18. Vertical panel of controls on the audio mixer (another word for the I/O Module).
Channel Strip
Group Outputs
Pan Pot (Panoramic Potentiometer)
Speakers Section (SLS)
19. 10dB
Group Outputs
Consumer Line Level
Master Section
Channel Insert Sends
20. The outputs of each individual bus located in the routing matrix of the console; Half- normalled to the Multi-Track Sends.
Normalled
Group Outputs
Plasma Meter
Impedance
21. The total amount of opposition to the flow of current.
Professional Line Level
Routing Matrix
Impedance
Mic Level
22. 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
Pre-Amp
Anode
Audio Grouping
Half- Normalled
23. The path an audio signal takes from source to output.
Split Console
Signal Flow
Anode
Mic Level
24. The inputs to each individual track on the MTR.
Conductive Plastic Fader
Multi-Track Sends
Mix Insert Returns
Attenuation
25. The main stereo output of the console; Normalled to the inputs of two track recorders.
VCA Fader
Mix Outputs
Group Outputs
'Tiny Telephone' (TT) Connector
26. 14dB to +20dB
Inline Console
Multi-Track Sends
DI Box
Line Input Range
27. 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.
Record Mode (Record Status)
Headroom Meter
VU Meter
'Tiny Telephone' (TT) Connector
28. +6dB to +60dB
Mic Input Range
I/O Module
Buss
Mix Insert Sends
29. Console that has two separate sections for the channel paths and the monitor paths.
VU Meter
Split Console
Channel Line Inputs
Binaural Localization
30. Inputs that typically feed the Channel Fader; Choice location for inserting dynamics processors into the signal flow.
Cue Outputs
Line Input Range
Channel Insert Returns
Cue Send
31. The outputs of each track on the multi- track tape machine; Half- normalled to the Channel Line Inputs.
Mix Outputs
Multi-Track Returns
Cue Outputs
Patch Points
32. Patching one end of the cable into a input so there is no signal.
Stereo
Balancing Circuit
Multi-Track Sends
Dead Patching
33. Patch point where the stereo cue mix leaves the console.
Channel Line Inputs
Cue Outputs
Group Outputs
Inline Console
34. 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).
Nominal Level
Reason for 2 Multi-Track Returns
Consumer Line Level
Group Outputs
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).
Anode
Pan Pot (Panoramic Potentiometer)
I/O Module
Professional Line Level
36. 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.
Volume Unit Meter (VU)
Universal Law of Patching
Mic Level
Auxiliary Outputs
37. 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.
Normalled
Routing Matrix
Universal Law of Patching
Power Amplifier
38. 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 Returns
Mult
Peak Program Meter (PPM)
Oscillator
39. Measures the peak levels of a signal; Quick response; Often displays a peak hold.
Peak Program Meter (PPM)
Cue Amp Inputs
Channel Mic Inputs
Signal Flow
40. 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
Channel Line Inputs
Tielines
Mix Insert Returns
Common Mode Rejection
41. 15dB to +15dB
Monitor Path
Tape Input Control Range
Normalled
Binaural Localization
42. 'Standard' level at which the inputs and outputs of domestic and professional sound equipment operate.
Line Level Signal
Impedance
Common Mode Rejection
Mic Level
43. A cable in either row breaks the connection and the signal now flows through the cord; Signal can be MOVED to a different input.
Fully- Normalled
Patching Across
Microphone Line
Channel Path
44. 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)
Master Section
Line Level Signal
Multi-Track Sends
Mix Mode (Mix Status)
45. An audio signal that is mixed together and routed through a single audio channel.
Cue Outputs
Power Amplifier
Pre-Amp
Mono
46. Receives the two out of phase signals coming from the source (typically a mic) - inverts them before combining them - and 'balances' them.
Power Amplifier
Line Level Signal
Consumer Line Level
Balancing Circuit
47. 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.
Impedance
Phantom Power
Speakers Section (SLS)
Channel Mic Inputs
48. Access to the signal flow of a channel or any jack providing access to a signal.
Patch Points
Master Section
Stereo
Patchbay
49. 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.
Channel Line Inputs
Group Outputs
Channel Path
Bantam Connector
50. 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.
Audient ASP8024
Reason for 2 Multi-Track Returns
Multing
Buss