Homework 9 Monitoring: Amplifiers and Speakers Responses Gabby 1.

1. 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?

4. What does an 3. A cue mix amplifier do and requires what sort of what sort of channel at times, energy is 2. How does a and why? State what required monitoring and cue type of channel this (powered by the mix differ from is and how it might amplifier) to drive each other? be used. a speaker cone?

5. The movement and process 7. If the answer of a speaker to question 6 is cone, which 6. the first job audibly Amplifiers carried out by reproduces a change the an amplifier low level type of (i.e. power signal so that current as source), what we can hear it, listed below is the second is the same as (choose the job that a what in correct power source reverse? answer): does?

Cue mixes are used to enable performers to follow the music for overdubs where as monitoring mix is the sound which is monitored on the studio speakers. Often, cue mixes have processing that is present just for the instrumentalist or singer to listen to, to it is the ratio of enhance their signal power at performance, but this a reference is not captured as point in a part of the monitoring circuit to the mix. (An engineer noise power might add reverb to a that would singers cue mix, but exist if the this reverb is just to signal were aid the performance removed 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.

an amplifier basically amplifies sound (makes it louder). A speaker cone requires a suitable amount of electromagnetic energy which the amplifier provides.

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

makes sure that the current is even and uninterrupted

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? instrument amps are just amps that come with speakers built in where as pre and power amps come as part a mixing desk or hardware digital recorder or monitoring system 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

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

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?

valve amps are older and cheaper nope more expensive! with a warmer sound compared to the transitor amps

amplified electrical signals reach the coil and magnet assembly which are located in the speakers. This causes the flexibly suspended cone in the speaker basket to move back and forth in a copy of the waveform that had been sent to it. This produces variation in air pressure which the human ear can hear. Please try to use your own words Gabriele!

Large sized speaker cone designed to handle bass frequencies

small sized speaker cone designed for upper frequencies

midrange speaker cone

to send high frequencies to tweeter cone and low frequencies woofer cone

"allows sound produced behind speaker cones to be redirected to reinforce vibrations from the front"

12 valid points again pretty good Gabby! Just try and use your own words rather than copying straight from the revision guide.