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27 Cards in this Set
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Source |
Sound that is intended to be recorded |
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Self noise |
Sound made by the recording equipment |
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Background noise |
Noise not made by the source or recording equipment |
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Floor noise |
The combined background noise and self noise present during recording |
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Signal to noise ratio |
The amount of signal from the source conpared to the noise floor. The largest amount of signal and the smallest amount of noise is the desired signal to noise ration. |
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Clipping |
Distortion created by exceeding the amount of a signal a device can handle - resulting in a change of waveform - adding unwanted and irrational harmonics- described as static-y |
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Auxiliary |
Features or equipment in sound mixing - eqs, compressors etc |
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Bus |
Electronical connection common to three or more curcuits. In mixer design bus carries signal from inputs to amplifiers |
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Channel strip |
The phyical realization of an audio channel on the front panel of a mixer - vertical strip of controls |
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Fader |
Another name for audio level control |
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Equalization |
Changing the frequency response of a curcuit to boost or cut |
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Gain |
The measure of how much a circuit amplifies a signal |
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Middle c |
261.6 |
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Lowest keyboad |
27.5 |
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Highest on piano |
4186 hz |
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Insert |
Place where signal path is broken and a processing device is placed. In/out pedal |
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Mic pre amp |
Amp whose job to bring the low key mic level signal up to line level |
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Monaural |
Mono- one ear |
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Nyquist sampling theorem |
Must be sampled at a frequency at least twice the highest audio frequency present |
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Pot potentiometer |
Varies , rotary knob |
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Pan pan pot |
Used to position the sound |
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Unity gain |
No amp but no lose. Everything at default |
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Threshhold of hearing |
0 db |
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Threshold of pain |
120 to 130 |
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Uncompressed |
Wav bmf aiff |
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Lossy |
Mp3 aac/m4a wma |
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Lossness |
Flac alac |
