Studio Maintenance
Studio Maintenance Mastery Quiz
Test your knowledge and expertise in studio maintenance with our comprehensive quiz! This quiz covers vital aspects of audio engineering, signal integrity, and studio documentation.
Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting, challenge yourself with questions about:
- Interference types and sources
- Cabling protocols
- Signal characteristics
- Shielding techniques
What is most likely to crap out in a piece of gear?
Components
Capacitors
Dry out, leaks, dieletric blows
Semiconductors blow out
Bad connections
Cold solder points
What is the One End Only Rule?
Closed loop in which current can flow
Recommended in an installed studio
Ground one side of shield it will direct noise to ground
Ground both sides of shield
Shield termination
What are 4 main types of Interference and sources?
Electric Field
Magnetic Field
Electromagnetic Field
Common Impedance
4 main types of Interference sources are
Avoidance of loops
close parallel lines
Grounding
Environments/Radio towers
What does XY mode do on an Oscilloscope?
Lissajous
The mode puts one channel in vertical mode and other in horizontal
Compares phase relationship
All of the above
Studio Documentation Why is it Important?
It creates a complete picture of your studio
Makes trouble shooting possible
Allows someone else to install it
Helps someone else use it
All of the above
Elements of documentation
Birds eye view picture of your studio
Footprints of all furniture
Location of any studio wall panels
Location of technical ground and point of entry ground ( copper rod driven in the earth at service entrance
Patch bay Protocols
Division in multi pairs in racks
Do not stretch the entire rack
Do not split between racks
Be logical and efficient avoid using two pair cable when higher count multi pair
What is so good about Star-Quad?
Twisted pairs cancels out magnetic interferance
Better CMNR
Braided Shield
Lower SCIN and more flexible than foil
S/PDIF
Sony Philips Digital Interface format
75ohms characteristic Impedance
Coaxial cable
Originally made for video
Only runs in double pair
AES3/EBU
110 ohm characteristic impedance
Balance digital cable
Media twist high spec Cat5
Made by Beldon
All of the above
Ethernet Cat5e cable, RJ45 Connector
Running digital audio on ethernet
A converter from AES3 to S/PDIF to ethernet
Connection for Facebook
Spiral Wrap ( Types of shield)
Used for multi pair
Cheaper mic cable
Good for low noise
Comes loose fairly easy
Faster to terminate
Foil (Types of shield)
Multi pair data and video
Sometimes single pair
Most effective sheilding
Very Robust
Do not move too much, tendency to tear
Best in permanent installations
All of the above
SCIN stands for
Scientific component instrument noise
Shield current induced noise
Shield Can Icon Normaled
All of the above
A wire list consists of?
Cable number
Cable type
Source rack #
Source gear
Source connector
Source specs
Source shield
Dest. Rack #
Dest. Gear
Dest. Connection
Dest. Spec
Dest. Shield
All of the above
Cable characteristics for live sound venues
Very Robust multi pair
Tough mic cable with braided shield durable out jacket
Price not so important
Highest quality possible Beldon, Gepco, Monster, Canare
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