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Audio P. Console
Audio Production Console Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A form of severe audio distortion that results from peaks of the audio signal attempting to rise above the capabilities of the amplifier circuit. | Clipping |
| Refers to the measurement of the level of an audio signal as compared to the level of noise that is present in that signal | Signal to Noise Ratio |
| Compensates for frequency discrepancies in the signal | Equalization |
| Shelving, Graphic, and Parametric | Three main types of EQ |
| ctave, 1/2 Octave and 1/3 octave varieties,Separate boost/cut adjustment (usually a slide pot) for each band, Display of slide pots in a row shows a "graphic" picture of EQ | GRAPHIC EQ |
| Separate adjustment of Boost/Cut, Center Frequency, and Q (sharpness of peak/dip) | PARAMETRIC EQ |
| Found in most mixers (including Ramsa and Mackie), "Bass" (LF) and "Treble" (HF) controls boost or cut beginning at a certain point ("knee"),Sometimes midrange (MF) is included, and sometimes with adjustable midpoint frequency | SHELVING EQ |
| An insert is an access point built into the console, allowing the user to add external devices into a channel’s signal flow between the preamp and the mix bus, Inserts can be used as an alternate way to route signals such as to a multitrack recorder | Inserts |
| used to route signals from an input strip to effects units or to create cue mixes | Aux Sends |
| determines each input strip’s bus output level | Fader |
| determines signal’s bus assignments or left/right placement in stereo field | Pan Pot |
| when pressed, monitor outputs for all other channels are muted | Solo |
| when pressed, selected channel is cut from the monitor outputs | Mute |
| The pathway along which an electrical signal flows. | Bus |
| instrument with multiple mics (or group of instruments) needs to be recorded onto a single track | Grouping |
| Allows overall levels of an output bus or individual group bus levels to be trimmed | Master Fader |
| necessary in the control room to hear a balanced “mix” | Monitoring |
| Newer consoles (since the 70s) have additional small fader sections used to directly feed the recorded signal that’s being fed to either the multi-track recorder or the monitor mixer | Input Monitoring |
| Uses the direct out/insert sends of each input strip to feed the multi- track recorder | Direct Insertion Monitoring |
| Input, bus outputs and other level points of a console often use a meter to display the signal’s strength | Metering |
| Optimizing levels as they pass from one “functional block” of an input strip or outboard device to the next | Gain Structure |
| Centralized I/O access to recording, effects or monitoring devices w/in a facility | Patch Bay |
| When no plugs are inserted, I/O is electrically connected | Normalled |
| When a cable is inserted into the top jack (output), the electrical connection is still intact; Inserting a plug in the bottom front panel jack breaks the connection between the top and bottom circuits | Half-Normalled |
| When a plug is inserted into either the top or bottom jack, the in/out connection will still be intact | Parallel |
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