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Signal Flow

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is signal flow?

a)

a combination of inserts and sends.

b)

The path an audio signal takes from the input to the output in an audio console.

c)

a sum of multiple audio tracks

d)

the path an audio signal travels through the air.

2.

A line signal is +50db higher than a mic signal.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

What is a bus?

a)

the path an audio signal takes on a circuit board.

b)

something that controls the master fader of a console.

c)

a mixdown of several audio channels.

d)

a form of transportation on 4 wheels and is yellow.

4.

What does PFL stand for?

a)

Pre-Fader Listen

b)

Prestige Football League

c)

Proxy Fair Learning

d)

Pro Fader Listening

5.

The _______________________ switch/button will silence (or turn off) an audio signal on a channel.

a)

Mute

b)

Pan

c)

Gain

d)

none of the above.

6.

Any signal flow chain starts at the _______________________.

a)

sound frequency.

b)

sound source.

c)

sound bite.

d)

none of the above.

7.

What does AFL stand for?

a)

American Football League

b)

After Footage Loops

c)

Anti-Final Luck

d)

After-Fader Listen

8.

Understanding the nature of how a signal moves through hardware and

processing chains during the recording process is very important.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

An A/D converter does what?

a)

converts a digital signal to analog signal

b)

converts an .acc file into a .doc file.

c)

converts an analog signal to a digital signal

d)

none of the above

10.

A D/A converter does what?

a)

converts an analog audio signal to a digital signal.

b)

converts a .docx file type into an analog file type.

c)

converts a digital audio signal into an analog signal.

d)

all of the above

11.

If a patch bay is normalled, the inputs and outputs are automatically linked.

This mean if you patch into the output the connection DOES NOT break.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

If a patch bay is half-normalled, you are given the ability to patch into the

output without breaking the links between the jacks.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

What is unity gain (0)?

a)

when the output level is lower than the input level

b)

when the output level is greater than the input level

c)

when the output level is equal to the input level.

d)

none of the above

14.

What is a DAW?

a)

a dynamic audio workstation for syncing multiple audio files.

b)

computer software for recording, editing, and producing audio files. (Digital Audio Workstation)

c)

computer software for recording, editing, and producing video files.

d)

all of the above.

15.

What is a mixing desk/console/board?

a)

an electronic device for combining, routing, and changing the volume level, frequencies, and or dynamics of many different audio signals.

b)

an electronic device for combining multiple video files for post production.

c)

an electronic device used to analyze and recreate the waveform of an audio signal.

d)

all of the above.