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| What does the RIAA curve do during recording? |
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| Adds 17db @ 15khz and cuts 17db @ 50hz |
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| Which form of MTR is most cost effective? |
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| What is the most important thing to check when mic-ing? |
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| Most accurate method for repro azimuth? |
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| What is the act of moving audio within MTR for a 2nd storage place? |
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| Which processor lowers the noise floor? |
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| Which of the following is a spec deal? |
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| Studio time is free - agreed to pay for time if project profits |
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| What happens if you gate the bass track with the kick? |
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| Bass appears more pronounced |
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| How would you make the bass seem more pronounced? |
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| Purpose of the re-amp box? |
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| Yamaha NS-10s are boosted with a 7db increase at... |
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| The act of moving audio within the MTR is normally referred to as... |
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| What is the approx 1/16th note delay time for a song that is in 4/4 time at 110 BPM? |
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| What is the approx 1/8 note delay of a song in 4/4 time at 95 bpm? |
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| What best describes the difference between an audio subgroup and a fader VCA group? |
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| Audio subgroup routes the signal through a master I/O. A fader group offers lead control only and does not change signal flow. |
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| The signal flow for re-amping is typcially, starting with point of origin. |
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| From MTR - To Mic Line - To Mic Panel - To Reamp box - To amp - to Mic - back to mic panel - to console - to MTR |
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| What patch point would NOT be a good place to return an outboard mic pre? |
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| What is the best reason to take a D.I. from every possible instrument during a recording session? |
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| For reamping an effects processor later |
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| On many consoles, a function known as chancnel output is available, typically used during a mixing session. What specific changes occur in the consoles signal flow when the channel output function is engaged? |
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| bypass the routing matrix |
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| During a mix on the Amek, the engineer asks you to make a patch that will allow the signal coming from track 17 to show up in the channel path of both module 17 and module 18. What is the best patching scenario? |
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| Patch off 17 to line amp 18 |
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| Your client has rented a Neve 1073 preamp and a Summit TLA-100 compressor. These are to be used to record the vocals directly to tape, completely bypassing the console. What patch would you make? |
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| From the Mic lines to the 1073 preamp to TLA compressor to MTR send |
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| On the Amek, the preamp on I/O 44 is dead. However, a mic is plugged into 44 on the mic panel. You need to cross patch the mic to another channel and use that preamp. 24 is available. What patch would you make? |
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| Mic line 44 into mic amp 24 |
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| The primary purpose of a reamp box is to.... |
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| change balance level signal to unbalanced level signal |
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| Why do engineers typically place the aux and cue sends after the MTR in signal flow? |
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| So both line sources and playback from the MTR go to the cues and FX |
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| How do you set up an audio subgroup during a mixing session? |
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| Dynamic processors acting as a limiter of a single specific selected frequency is accomplished by implementing a device known as a... |
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| changes unbalanced mic signal to balanced line level signal |
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| Using the SSL, what patch would be best using Channel Output function and an outboard time-based processor? |
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| group output to processor input |
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| During a recording session on the SSL, you have a mic signal entering the console I/O 39 and bussed to track 19. Typically, you would monitor the signal on .... |
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| What is the proper routing for a mix engineer to "throw" a vocal on I/O 17 to an FX processor, given that the throw is set up on I/O 24? |
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| route the signal from I/O 17 to I/O 24 in the routing matrix and unmute the throw channel when the effect is needed |
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| The version of the Final mix that includes all tracks except the lead vocal is called the... |
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