Audio Control Handbook: For Radio and Television Broadcasting (Routledge Library Editions: Broadcasting)

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Original Title Page
Dedication
Original Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Preface
1 Introduction to Audio Control
	Transition from Sound to Audio Signal
	Analog Audio
	Digital Audio
	Review Questions
2 Control Board Equipment Basics
	Functions of a Control Board
	A Basic One Microphone–One Program Channel Console
	A Four Input–One Program Channel Console
	Multiprogram Channel Consoles
	Review Questions
3 Audio Signal Processing
	Effects and Aux Systems
	Audio Equalization and Filtering
	Signal Processing in Digital Audio
	Audio Signal Distortion
	Review Questions
4 Professional Control Boards
	Console Construction
	Console Specifications Sheet
	Types of Consoles
	Review Questions
5 Console Input Facilities
	Microphones
	Record Turntables and Disk Reproducers
	Compact Disk Players
	Tape Playback
	Line Inputs
	Review Questions
6 Console Outputs
	Lines Out
	Loudspeakers
	Warning Light Lines
	Review Questions
7 Disk Recording, Tape Recording, and Tape Editing
	Disk Formats
	Tape Recording
	Tape Cut Editing
	Leader Tape
	Care of the Tape Path
	Time-Code Synchronization
	Review Questions
8 Patching
	Using the Patch Cord and Patch Panel
	Impedance Matching
	Matrixing
	Equipment Racks
	Review Questions
9 Levels, Balance, and Operating Techniques
	Levels
	Balance
	Review Questions
10 Record Cue-Up, Record Start, and Tape Playback
	Record Cue-Up
	Record Play
	Tape Playback Techniques
	Review Questions
11 Microphone Use Techniques
	Polar Patterns
	Frequency-Response Curves
	Microphone Proximity or Peculiarity Factors
	Choice of Microphone
	Wireless Microphone Systems
	Mikes in Television
	Care of Mike Cables
	Microphone Stands
	Review Questions
12 Microphone Setups
	Voice Pickup
	Music Pickup
	How Many Mikes?
	Sound Avoidance
	Review Questions
13 The Program as the Operator Sees IT
	The Newscast
	The Sportscast
	The Disk Jockey Show
	The Panel Program
	The Telephone Talk Program
	The Dramatic or Documentary Program
	Review Questions
14 Studio–Control Room Communication
	Production Intercom
	Hand Signals
	Cue Sheet
	Review Questions
15 Remote Broadcasts and Recordings
	Equipment Needed
	Remote Broadcast-Recording Procedures
	Preremote Checkout
	On-Site Equipment Setup
	PA System Pickups
	Mult Pickups
	Aural Quality of Remotes
	Review Questions
16 The Effects of Studio Design on Sound Quality
	Studio Design Factors
	Live-End, Dead-End Studio
	Audio in the Television Studio
	Control Room Ergonomics
	Review Questions
17 Trade Unionism in the Broadcasting and Recording Industries
	Major Unions
	Local Unions
	Review Questions
18 The Audio Operator and the FCC
	Review Questions
19 Other Members of the Broadcast Team
	General Manager
	Commercial Manager
	Program Director
	Chief Engineer
	Television Operating Crew
	Review Questions
Glossary of Broadcasting Terminology
Index