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| When was digital audio tape introduced? |
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| What invention brought the prices for logic-based devices within reach of professional and consumer buyers? |
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| The ____________ handles all of the business arrangements for a recording session, including transportation, airfare, hotels, studio costs, etc. |
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| The __________ is responsible for the creative process, including getting the project completed on time, within budget, and true to the objectives upon which it is based. |
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| The ________ is in charge of the technical end of things, and must translate ideas into sonic reality. |
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| The __________ is an employee of the studio and the person responsible for making everything run smoothly, from fetching lunch to recording vocals—and anything in between. |
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| The ______________ is responsible for the sale and scheduling of studio time, including scheduling equipment, facilities, and personnel. |
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| _______________are the people who may write and/or perform the music that will be recorded. |
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| The ________ are the talent scouts of a record company |
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| ____________ is the most critical part of any project; depending on the project’s nature, it can take several forms. |
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| _______________ involves recording the core elements of the music. |
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| _______________ refers to adding new material to the music recorded during the initial phase of the session. |
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| _______________ is the process of blending all of the individual sounds together. |
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| _______________ is the process of making changes in the mixes to prepare them for the various consumer formats. |
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| _______________ are duplicated on a high-speed machine called a bin loop duplicator. |
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| ___________ are created by a laser that burns a pattern of pits into a blank glass disc. |
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| The ________ is a negative vinyl impression made from the original acetate. |
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| The ______________ is the positive made from the initial negative vinyl impression. |
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The ______________ is then placed on a machine where it is heated and pressed into a
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______________ work with club disc jockeys and radio stations by helping get specific
types of music to the right people. |
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| ___________ are one of the best ways to promote the music of an artist, because a new audience sees it every night. |
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| ________ are the record industry equivalent of buying commercial air time on television. |
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| ___________ is the name given to audio information when it exists as electricity. |
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| A ____________ is anything that converts one form of energy to another. |
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| The kind of transducer that converts acoustic energy to electrical energy. |
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| The kind of transducer that converts electrical energy to acoustic energy. |
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| The kind of transducer that converts electrical energy to magnetic energy. |
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| The kind of transducer that converts magnetic energy to electrical energy. |
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| The kind of transducer that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy. |
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| The kind of transducer that converts electrical energy to light energy. |
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| A _____________ operates on the principle of a coil of wire attached to a diaphragm, which suspended in a magnetic field. |
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| A ____________ operates on the principle of two oppositely charged plates creating a capacitance, or storage of electrical energy. |
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| Power required to operate a condenser microphone is commonly called ______________. |
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| __________________connectors employ three conductors. |
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| __________ recording stores a waveform that is analogous to the original waveform. |
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| __________ recording converts an audio signal to binary-format computer data. |
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| The ____________ is responsible for moving the tape across the heads. |
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| The _____________ drives the left-hand reel of a tape machine. |
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| The _____________ drives the right-hand reel of a tape machine. |
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| The ________ records an ultra-high frequency (sometimes as high as 150 kHz) on the tape. |
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| The __________ records and plays back simultaneously. This allows for overdubbing. |
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| The ________ plays back with maximum fidelity. This is the head used in the mixing phase. |
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| The ___________ is a metallic dust that actually stores the signal. This metallic dust is magnetized, which allows recording to occur. |
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| The ________ is the glue that holds the oxide to the backing. |
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| The ________ is a Mylar or polyester substance to which the oxide is attached. |
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| Tape speed is measured as ___________________________. |
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| _______________ is the amplitude difference between the lowest and highest signal levels; in a sound source, it is measured from the softest sound to the loudest sound. In a piece of equipment, it is measured from the noise floor to the maximum level. |
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| _______________ is the highest amplitude allowed before distortion occurs. |
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| _______________ is the amplitude difference between nominal level and maximum level. |
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| _______________ is the ideal signal level, often referred to as a zero decibel (0 dB) level. |
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| _______________ is the amplitude difference between the nominal level and the noise floor (minimum level). |
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| _______________ is the level of resident noise/hum in any audio system. Any signal level at this point or below is unusable. It is described as a negative dB level. |
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| The path that the audio signal takes through the console is called _________________. |
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| The ______________________ cover most of the surface area of a console, and allow an independent audio signal from a source to be brought in. |
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| The ______________________ controls the audio signal we will send to the multitrack. |
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| The ______________________ controls the audio signal we will receive from the multitrack. |
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| The ______________________ controls the output of the entire console itself. |
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| The ______________________ adjusts the mixed audio signals’ amplitude level when it leaves the console. |
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| The ______________________ controls the ability to choose to listen to different pairs of speakers in the control room, to double check our mix from the console. |
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| The ______________________ is where all of the inputs and outputs to and from the control room meet and are connected together. |
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| The________________ is a path for us to send audio signal to the musicians’ headphones so they can hear themselves and other artists, as well as what is already recorded. |
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| The ____________ is a path used to send audio signals to outboard equipment that will create effects. |
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| A ____________ is any device that is used to alter the signal passing through it. |
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| ____________ are frequency selective amplifiers that allow us to alter the frequency characteristics of a given sound. |
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| ___________ control the amplitude of a signal with basically two states: Open and Closed. |
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| ____________ control the amplitude of a signal when the dynamic range of the signal is too wide. |
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| ____________ are devices that give the impression of different room sizes by imitating acoustic reflection. |
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| ______________are devices available that mimic phase difference, whose audible effect is described as a “swishing” or “tunneling” sound. |
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| ____________ allow the creation of distinct repetitions of sounds, and provide control of the timing of the repetitions. |
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