Studio Environment
On-the-go studio
What is the Portable studio?
Mechnical or electrical device that changes one form of energy into another corresponding form of energy
What is a transducer?
Avoid the "Fix it ____" syndrome.
What is "in the mix?"
When 2 identical waveforms combine 180° out of phase, the result is
What is cancellation?
The most common form of signal processing
What is EQ?
Optimized as a critical listening space with monitor speakers, console, computer + DAW, and outboard gear
What is the Control Room?
This polar pattern picks up signal from all directions
What is omnidirectional?
Excessive "p", "b" and "s" sounds during tracking are called ___ traps
What are vocal?
The range of human hearing
What is 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz?
Indicates the ear's average sensitivity to different frequencies at various levels
What is the Fletcher Munson Curve?
Large speakers usually soffit-mounted, delivers a "clean" sound at moderate to high SPLs
What are far-field moniters?
Most condenser mics require +48V of this...
What is phantom power?
Re-recording a bad segment of an almost perfect take onto the same (or different) track
What is punching in?
The recommended monitoring level
What is 75 to 90 dB SPL?
The center of the soundfield
What is the "sweet spot"?
Ensures that unwanted sounds from one instrument aren't picked up by another instrrument's mic
What is acoustic separation?
Bass boost in directional mics at close working ranges
What is proximity effect?
To digitally encode a desired bandwidth, the sample-rate must be at least 2X the highest frequency to be recorded.
What is The Nyquist Theorem?
For every unit of distance b/t a mic and its sound source, a nearby mic should be at least 3X that distance
What is the 3:1 Distance Rule?
Process to increase bit resolution of a recorded signal when converting from a higher to a lower bit rate
What is dither?
Electrically connected in patchbay, inserting cable into bottom row breaks connection
What is half-normalled?
Classical orchestral miking technique involving an elevated 3-mic arrangement for L-C-R pickup
What is Decca Tree?
Difference b/t the maximum operating level without distortion and average operating level of the system
What is headroom?
Overall dynamic range of human hearing is up to...
What is 140 dB?
Spatial processing from stereo to 5.1
What are Up-Mix?