Musc 407: Studio Recording I James Mark

MUSC 407 MIXING BOARD EXAM

** YOU MUST COMPLETE THIS EXAM TO COMPLETE THE COURSE **

All students are required to sign up for a 5-10 minute exam on TUESDAY DEC. 13TH, 2016
between 9:30AM-12:00PM.

I want to test your basic knowledge of the hardware in the studio. During the exam I will ask you
5-10 questions from the list below and I’ll expect students to demonstrate their knowledge either
by explanation or completing the task on the mixing board.

All the information to complete the questions can be found in the Presonus Studiolive manual
available online on D2L.

QUESTIONS

1. How do you plug a MICROPHONE into the mixing console?

2. What is the difference between LINE IN and INSERT?
3. Where are the AUXILIARY SENDS and what are they for?
4. Explain how you would setup a typical jazz band (drums, bass, guitar, vocal?)
5. How do you REVERSE PHASE?
6. How do you engage the HIGH PASS FILTER?
7. How do you turn on and set the GATE THRESHOLD & RELEASE?
8. How do you turn on the COMPRESSOR?
9. In the compressor what do the AUTO and SOFT buttons refer to?
10. In the compressor what do the THRESHOLD, RATIO, ATTACK, RELEASE &
MAKEUP GAIN encoders/meters refer to?
11. In the EQ section of the Fat Channel, what do the buttons SHELF & HI Q do?
12. How do you turn on the the LIMITER and what does it do?
13. How do you PAN a channel?
14. In the Fat Channel what does the LINK button do?
15. How would you assign a channel to one of the following; MAIN, SUB1, SUB2, SUB3,
SUB4?
16. What does the “Post EQ Dig Out” ON button do?
17. How do you set your meters to monitor the PFL level?
18. How do you set your meters to monitor the Post-Fader Output?
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19. How do you adjust the INPUT GAIN level?

20. How do you turn on Phantom Power and when would you use it?
21. What does the Firewire Input Select Switch do?
22. What do the SOLO and MUTE buttons do?
23. What does the CHANNEL FADER do?
24. How do you adjust the MASTER OUTPUT level of the AUXILIARY SENDS?
25. How would your route the AUXILIARY SENDS (headphone mix) through the FAT
CHANNEL?
26. How do you adjust the volumes of the individual channels to the AUXILIARY SENDS
(headphone mix?)
27. How is the MIX button different from the MIX/PAN button in the AUXILIARY SENDS
section do?
28. How do you send a SUBGROUP CHANNEL to the FAT CHANNEL?
29. How do you SOLO, MUTE or adjust the volume of a SUBGROUP CHANNEL?
30. Where would you find the levels (meters) for the individual SUBGROUPS?
31. How do you set the INPUT GAIN of the TALKBACK MIC?
32. How do you route the TALKBACK MIC. to the MAINS or SUBGROUPS?
33. How do you turn the TALKBACK MIC. on and off?
34. In what sequence should you turn on all the gear?
35. How do you create a headphone mix?
36. How do you insert an EQ PRESET to any given channel?
37. How do your create a REVERB EFFECT?
38. How do you create a secondary DELAY EFFECT?
39. How do you assign REVERB to a given channel?
40. How do you assign a SECONDARY EFFECT to any given channel?