Homework 9 Monitoring: Amplifiers and Speakers Responses - Kenny

1. The Input Mix is intended for the engineer to check the inputs are working correctly, as well as a chance to check 3. A cue mix requires what 4. What does an amplifier do their level - to ensure they sort of channel at times, and and what sort of energy is have the best signal to noise 2. How does a monitoring why? State what type of required (powered by the ratio possible. What is signal and cue mix differ from each channel this is and how it amplifier) to drive a speaker to noise ratio? other? might be used. cone? An amplifier takes low level sound sources such as electric instruments or a mixing desk and projects much louder than they were originally. Youre really close Kenny the amplifier drives the speaker cone inside say a guitar cabinet or a studio monitor, which subsequently is why electric instruments or a mixing desk end up being much louder than they originally were because the speaker is making them audible via the power from the amplifier.

5. The movement and process of a speaker cone, which audibly reproduces a low level signal so that we can hear it, is the same as what in reverse?

6. Amplifiers change the type of current as listed below (choose the correct answer):

The signal to noise ratio is a measurement of how much of a audio signal there is in relation to the amount of noise/interference.

The cue mix is for the musicians and is not recorded. Its bqsicqlly q guide track for them to use. The monitoring mix is for the producer or engineer and is monitored on the studio speeakers. 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.)

An auxiliary send channel, so that different amounts of processing can be sent to different performers at their request e.g. to send a vocal reverb to the singer and not to the drummer. This is normally only executed when instrumentalists and singers are recording together live at the same time.

Some are battery powered yet the majority simply use the grid electricity when plugged into the mains. X Nope I was The movement of a microphone diaphragm or looking for electromagnetic ribbon energy.

Alternating Current (AC) to Direct Current (DC)

9. State two main differences between valve and transistor amplifiers. The main differences is the years of which they were released and the quality of the two. The valve amp had built in power supplies but the Im taking this transistor amp was question out of the simply made to be research task chaeper and more because Ive convinent. decided I dont think futhermore the revision guide is musicians preffered It ensures that the 100% right! Well the warm sound current is stable and talk about this in which the valve uninterrupted class amp produced

7. If the answer to question 6 is the first job carried out by an amplifier (i.e. power source), what is the second job that a power 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?

10. Briefly describe (in your own words) how a speaker works.

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?

Amplified electrical signals hit the coils inside and create a constant movement which eventually creqtes different air pressures which can be detected by the human ear

The biggest type of speaker designed for the lower bass frequencies

A port which allows the sound produced from the back of the This is the less speaker to be These are the common of the The crossover opposite to woofers three however the sperate the different channelled to the front of the speaker as they are made Midrange obviously signals into their enclosure, via the for higher is best used for mid correct frequency port frequencies range frequencies bands.

10 valid points Kenny reasonable. Its far from poor, but I still think you could do and need to do better. See the other homework 9 for my other feedback.