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The Input Mix is intended for the engineer to check the inputs are working correctly, as well as a chance to check their level - to ensure they have the best signal to noise ratio possible. What is signal to noise ratio? signal to noise ratio is the ratio describing what happens to the amount of noise created when the signal is turned up x When you talk about a ratio it is like an equation: there are always two parts! Youve only talked about one part the amount of noise Signal to noise ratio is the amount of noise compared with?

2. How does a monitoring and cue mix differ from each other?

4. What does an 5. The amplifier do movement and and what process of a sort of speaker cone, energy is which audibly required reproduces a 3. A cue mix requires (powered by low level what sort of channel the signal so that at times, and why? amplifier) to we can hear it, State what type of drive a is the same as channel this is and speaker what in how it might be used. cone? reverse?

7. If the answer 6. to question 6 is Amplifiers the first job change the carried out by type of an amplifier current as (i.e. power listed below source), what is (choose the the second job correct that a power answer): source does?

8. What is the main difference between a large proportion of instrument amplifier (e.g. electric guitar amp) and a studio's pre and power amplifier?

9. State two main differences between valve and transistor amplifiers.

10. Briefly describe (in your own words) how a speaker works. a current is past into a coil which creates movement of a the magnet attached to the cone creating a specific frequency The movement of the magnet represents the contours (peaks and troughs) of the waveform being sent through the speaker cone.

11. What is a woofer?

12. What is a tweeter?

13. What is the other type of speaker driver / cone?

14. What is the main purpose of a crossover?

15. What does a speaker port do?

a monitoring mix is for mixing to and a cue mix is so to be sent to the headphones to provide the cue Often, cue mixes have processing that is present just for the instrumentalist or singer to listen to, to enhance their performance, but this is not captured as part of the monitoring mix. (An engineer might add reverb to a singers cue mix, but this reverb is just to aid the performance and is not recorded.)

a talk back channel in order to be able to talk to the musicians in the sound proof room x

an amplify can be used to control the amount of An auxiliary send energy going channel, so that to the different amounts of speaker processing can be sent cone to different performers at their request e.g. to send a vocal reverb they usually to the singer and not to run on DC the drummer. This is mains normally only executed electricity x I when instrumentalists was looking and singers are for electro recording together live magnetic at the same time. energy

they produce less hiss it brings down the voltage to the correct level x Makes sure that the current is even and uninterrupted Im taking this question out of the research task because Ive decided I dont think the revision guide is 100% right! Well talk about this in class The valve amp contains a valve and has a much brighter sound x Valve is warmer and more epxensive

Direct Current (DC) to Alternating The movement Current (AC) of a microphone x cone diaphragm or ribbon AC to DC

the largest cone which handles bass frequencies

the smallest cone which handles the highest frequencies

Midrange

to make sure the right frequencies are sent to the right places speakers / tweeters / woofers not places Henry too vague!

a port to attach the speaker to the source of the sound x A port which allows the sound produced from the back of the speaker to be channelled to the front of the speaker enclosure, via the port

Homework 9 Monitoring: Amplifiers and Speakers Responses Henry

6 valid points (poor) and a lot of silly mistakes. There are quite a few questions where you were the only person to get it wrong Henry thats because everyone else has the common sense to sit down and read through the revision guide! Again youve done what is becoming your trademark making answers from what you think you know rather than making sure what you think you know is right by undertaking proper revision and research!