Cycle 1 Test

Question 1

The application of scientific and mathematical principles to achieve an end result

Answer 1

engineering

Question 2

a room that is acoustically isolated from the studio and surround areas

Answer 2

control room

Question 3

allows the engineer to combine, control, and distribute audio signals

Answer 3

console

Question 4

a recorder that has three or more tracks to record to and play back from

Answer 4

multi-track recorder

Question 5

a type of recorder to combine all the tracks to. could be mono, stereo, or surround

Answer 5

mixdown recorder

Question 6

most important person in the studio

Answer 6

artist

Question 7

an addition musician used for the project, who is not normally part of the main recording group

Answer 7

session musician

Question 8

person in charge of the studio budget, studio booking, song arrangement, etc

Answer 8

producer

Question 9

the process of editing, fixing, adding, or replacing tracks

Answer 9

overdubbing

Question 10

any device that changes one form of energy into another corresponding form of energy

Answer 10

transducer

Question 11

electrical level measured in milivolts

Answer 11

mic level

Question 12

electrical level measured as 1.23 volts

Answer 12

line level

Question 13

electrical level measured from 1-50 volts

Answer 13

speaker level

Question 14

types of normals:

Answer 14

full, half, open, mult

Question 15

wavelength formula

Answer 15

wavelength = v / f

Question 16

wavelength is measured in

Answer 16

feet per cycle

Question 17

frequency is measured in

Answer 17

cycles per second or hertz

Question 18

to increase in amplitude

Answer 18

amplify

Question 19

to decrease in amplitude

Answer 19

attenuate

Question 20

one completed excursion of a wave

Answer 20

a cycle

Question 21

greater than normal atmospheric pressure

Answer 21

compression

Question 22

lesser than normal atmospheric pressure

Answer 22

rarefaction

Question 23

amplitude is measured in

Answer 23

decibels

Question 24

the time is takes to complete one cycle of a wave

Answer 24

period

Question 25

the relationship between two or more waveforms, measured in degrees

Answer 25

phase

Question 26

the difference in time of one waveform compared to another

Answer 26

phase shift

Question 27

the absolute positive and negative values in a waveform, compared to another

Answer 27

polarity

Question 28

define fundamental

Answer 28

the frequency of the note that is being played

Question 29

whole numbers multiples of the funamental

Answer 29

harmonics

Question 30

every time a frequency doubles in value, its called

Answer 30

an octave

Question 31

a sound pressure wave's ability to bend around objects

Answer 31

diffraction

Question 32

what dB level is considered the best for listening?

Answer 32

85 dB SPL

Question 33

Bell Labs engineers who established equal loudness contours of the human ear

Answer 33

fletcher + munsen

Question 34

velocity at 70º farenheight

Answer 34

1130 feet per second

Question 35

two basic ways to record

Answer 35

real-time, multitracking

Question 36

three main steps of multitrack recording

Answer 36

recording, overdubbing, mixing

Question 37

best operating device for audio devices is called

Answer 37

Nominal Level or 0dB

Question 38

the area between nominal level and distortion

Answer 38

headroom

Question 39

unwanted leakage between channels is called

Answer 39

crosstalk

Question 40

three sections of a recording console

Answer 40

Input, Output, Monitor

Question 41

four possible console inputs

Answer 41

Mic, Line, Tape, Group Signal on the I/O

Question 42

Two paths on a console

Answer 42

Channel Path, Monitor Path

Question 43

Two types of console layouts

Answer 43

In-Line, Split Monitor

Question 44

define Buss

Answer 44

a common signal line

Question 45

allows us to make multiple copies of a signal in parallel

Answer 45

a mult

Question 46

a ____ normalled row breaks the input

Answer 46

half

Question 47

a ____ normalled row breaks the input and output

Answer 47

full

Question 48

two types of dynamic mics

Answer 48

dynamic moving coil, ribbon mic

Question 49

dynamic microphones operate by using:

Answer 49

electromagnetic induction

Question 50

condenser microphones operate by using:

Answer 50

electrostatic principle

Question 51

what does ICA stand for? what does it do?

Answer 51

impedance conversion amplifier. lowers the output impedance from the mic and amplifies the output voltage to line level

Question 52

a PAD on a microphone will increase the max

Answer 52

SPL

Question 53

the three types of ribbon microphones

Answer 53

passive, active, tube

Question 54

the technical term for omnidirectional

Answer 54

pressure operated

Question 55

three types of unidirectional polar patterns

Answer 55

cardioid, supercardioid, hypercardioid

Question 56

slang name for bi-directional polar pattern

Answer 56

figure-8

Question 57

area where mic picks up the most sound

Answer 57

on-axis

Question 58

area where the mic rejects the most sound

Answer 58

null-point

Question 59

term for a pair of mics tested by the manufacturer to be exactly the same

Answer 59

matched pair