Video Basics Chapter 7 Audio And Sound Control

Front 1

dynamic microphone

Back 1

A relatively rugged microphone. Good for outdoor use. No battery. Fine for interviews.

Front 2

condenser microphone

Back 2

high-quality, sensitive microphone for critical sound pickup

Front 3

ribbon microphone

Back 3

high quality, highly sensitive microphone for critical sound pickup in the studio, usually for recording string instruments

Front 4

unidirectional

Back 4

pickup pattern of a microphone that can hear best from the front

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omnidirectional

Back 5

pickup pattern of a microphone that can hear equally well from all directions

Front 6

cardioid

Back 6

heart-shaped pickup pattern of a unidirectional microphone

Front 7

hypercardiod

Back 7

a very narrow unidirectional pickup pattern with a long reach. the mic is also sensate to sounds coming directly from the back

Front 8

pickup pattern

Back 8

the territory around the microphone within which the mic can hear well

Front 9

lavalier (lav)

Back 9

a small microphone that is clipped to clothing

Front 10

wind sock (wind jammer)

Back 10

a mop like cloth cover that is put over the entire microphone to further reduce wind noise in outdoor use

Front 11

windscreen

Back 11

acoustic foam rubber that is put over the entire microphone to cut down wind noise

Front 12

fader

Back 12

a volume control that works by sliding a button horizontally along a specific scale. identical in function to a pot

Front 13

jack

Back 13

a socket or receptacle for a connector

Front 14

XLR connector

Back 14

professional three-wire connector for audio cables

Front 15

mini plug

Back 15

small audio connector

Front 16

RCA phono plug

Back 16

connector for video and audio equipment

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sweetening

Back 17

the postproduction manipulation of recorded sound

Front 18

polar pattern

Back 18

the two dimensional representation of the microphone pickup pattern

Front 19

volume-unit (VU) meter

Back 19

measures volume units, the relative loudness of amplified sound

Front 20

shotgun microphone

Back 20

a highly directional microphone often used on tv and movie sets and to capture outdoor sounds

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line input

Back 21

for relatively strong audio signals (from a video recorder or CD player)

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mic input

Back 22

for weak audio signals (like those coming from a microphone)

Front 23

fishpole

Back 23

a sturdy, lightweight metal pole that can be extended

Front 24

room tone

Back 24

the silence recorded at a location where no dialogue is spoken

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mixer

Back 25

amplifies weak signals from the microphone/other sound sources and lets you control the sound volume and mix (combine) two or more sound inputs.

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AGC

Back 26

automatic gain control, it automatically adjusts the volume of the various sounds to optimal levels. it amplifies desirable sounds and noise indiscriminately

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sound calibration

Back 27

adjusting the recorder's volume meter so that it reads identical volume units as on the mixer or console VU meter

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sound perspective

Back 28

close up pictures are matched with relatively close sounds. long shots are matched with sounds that seem to come from farther way

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sound continuity

Back 29

the change in sounds from one angle/scenes to another must be corrected for continuity (hard to tell during shooting, obvious in studio)