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No electricity, Captured through Horns, Direct to Disk, Limited Frequency Range.
Uses Electricity to power elements, Editing Capabilities, Overdubbing is Possible, Multitrack Recording, can be processed as much as you want
Replaced acoustic horns; captured more accurate and sensitive sound.
Allowed quieter instruments to be heard; no need for physical balancing.
Enabled editing, overdubbing, and multitracking
Allowed instruments/vocals to be recorded separately, then mixed later.
Improved precision, flexibility, and storage. DAWs replaced analog tape.
Infinite sound manipulation, automation, and recall.
Sound is dented into a wax cylinder with a stylus
Etches the waves into a wax cylinder with a needle
Where the grooves are etched
By who was closest to the horn, where the musicians were positions, physical volume dynamics
Controls electric flow in amplifiers
Stores and releases electric energy, stabilizes voltage, filters frequencies
Used to amplify or switch electric signals, modern replacement for vacuum tubes.
A variable resistor to control signals, knob.
A linear variable resistor, adjusts signals
Multiple faders linked together to control several audio channels
Adjusts the stereo positioning of the sound coming out of the speaker.
A coil moves within a magnetic field to convert sound into electric signals
Boosts low level mic level signals and brings them to line level
Signal paths where multiple signals can be sent to outputs
One input channel
The complete flow of signal from mic, to processing, to speakers
Separate from main mix, used to send signal to the headphones or monitors for the performers
Mic that only goes through the monitor path, used by the engineers to speak to the performers.
Same as talkback, just musician to engineer.
Panel that you can have flexible routing in a more confined and organized space
Pre-configured patch bay connections that are internally linked unless physically disconnected by inserting a patch cable. It's already made for you.
Works either way
Only works one way, keeps the connection but splits off
Fixed panel for mic inputs
Convert electric signal into audible sound
A preamp outside the mixer
A rack unit combining preamp, EQ, and dynamics processing that can be connected externally to a mixing console or recording setup.
Adjusts frequency balance, you can manipulate what signals are amplified or muted
Makes loud sounds quieter, and quiet sounds louder,
A type of compressor that limits the signal from exceeding a set level, so that you can avoid distortion
increase the dynamic range by reducing or muting signals that go above a certain threshold
Repeats audio signal after short time
Combines delay sounds slightly altered in pitch to make a fuller effect
Similar to chorus, but uses a shorter delay time
Uses a metal plate vibrating
Uses a physical room or chamber
Uses springs, common for guitar amps
Uses algorithms to mimic different spaces
Uses magnetic tape
Uses digital memory
Software-based system for recording, editing, mixing, and producing audio entirely on a computer, without external hardware processing.
Recording all the instruments, the entire performance, onto a stereo mix, 2 tracks (LR).
Recording more takes onto the same tracks. Destructive
The initial recording session, laying the foundation for the sound
Small acoustically treated rooms made to isolate the sound to get minimal bleed and get a clean sound
Portable acoustic panels or barriers placed between instruments or microphones to reduce sound bleed and control reflections during recording sessions.
Recording more parts to add into the song
Allows you and the performer to listen to the previously recorded sound, while recording the new parts
The final step. All parts have been recorded, now you are just balancing levels, adding effects, processing the audio, finalizing the mix.
Your perceived position of sound in the landscape.
The thin, flexible membrane inside a microphone that vibrates in response to sound waves, converting acoustic energy into electrical signals.
The diaphragm is attached to a coil of wire suspended in a magnetic field. When the diaphragm vibrates, the coil moves, inducing an electrical current proportional to the sound.
Typically lower than condensers, needs more gain
Less sensitivity at very high frequencies
Harsh S sounds
Good for loud sources, has a warm sound
A microphone using a thin aluminum ribbon suspended between magnets that generates an electrical signal by movement of the ribbon in the magnetic field
Not required, would damage the mic
Passive needs no extra power, active has a built in power source
Smooth, natural, warm, used for vocals a lot
Uses a capacitor (condenser) element: a diaphragm and a back plate form a capacitor whose capacitance changes with sound vibrations, converting acoustic energy into electrical signals.
Requires it to operate
Diaphragm and back plate
Fixed plate opposite the capacitor
Changes in distance between the back plate and the diaphragm cause voltage variations
Uses vacuum tubes
Most sensitive mics
Has good responses to fast sounds
Sensitivity in different regions depending on the polar pattern
Picks up sound equally from all directions
Heart shaped
Front and back equally
Angle of incidence: Graph of microphone sensitivity at different angles relative to the front of the mic, showing how off-axis sounds are captured or rejected
Sound waves bouncing off surfaces, lets us know relative size
The tonal quality of the sound changes depending on the angle you stand at
Electromagnetic or piezo: uses magnets or coils to capture the signal
To convert signals into low level, balanced signals that can be mixed. Takes it to mic level
Takes the signal to line level
Around 1mV
Around 1V, +4dBu, 1.23 V, -10dBV , .316V (316 mV)
Higher quality gain
Mic Input: Connects the microphone. Trim/Level Control: Adjusts the gain (amplification amount). +48V Phantom Power Circuit: Supplies power for condenser microphones. High-Pass Filter (HPF): Cuts low-frequency rumble or noise. Pad: Attenuates (reduces) incoming signal strength to prevent distortion.
Single layer of sound. Can be individually processed and edited
Alters signal characteristics
Alters space and used creatively
Power amplifier (used for speakers or headphones): increases line level up to speaker level
The speed it reacts to abrupt signal changes
Have two drivers - typically a woofer (for low/mid frequencies) and a tweeter (for high frequencies)
Add a midrange driver, allowing better frequency division and clarity.
High frequencies
Bass frequencies
Opening in a speaker cabinet to help the bass