CyberCollege TV Production Modules 41 - 45

A system that allows a director to talk to talent while they are on the air is

an IFB system

The device that increases the dynamic range of audio is

an expander

Rotary faders are also referred to as

"pots" for potentiometers

A modern, professional, high-quality, digital system of audio recording based on audiotape that can use time code is called

DAT

In audio production the term /vinyl/ commonly refers to

LP records

Studio mics commonly use what type of professional connector?

XLR

In the MS stereo micing technique

a bi-directional and a directional mic are typically used together

The most basic (and simple) type of automatic level control device is

a limiter

Today, most music and commercials at radio stations is recorded and played back from

hard drives

Reverberation in a room interferes with the intelligibility of speech. This would be the greatest problem when the room

has smooth walls and a hardwood floor

The digital 5.1 sound

is based on a six-speaker design

A /pan pot/ in stereo production is used to

move a course of audio from one stereo channel to another

When hooking up speakers, if the electrical polarity is reversed the result is

phase cencellation and a loss of bass

Phase cancellation results in hollow, low-level sound. This problem can be reduced or eliminated by

placing mics as close as possible to the talent; using directional mics; placing the speaker's mic at one-third or less the distance of the next nearest mic

In audio dynamic range refers to

the audio frequency range from loud to soft that equipment can reproduce