SoundCraft Ghost User Manual page 181

MASTER TAPE – A completed or final tape, from which other tape copies are
produced, or which is used for mass duplication. In this manual, we refer to two
types of master tapes: the multitrack master and the stereo (or 2-track) master.
The multitrack master contains the original recordings from a multitrack session. It
is routed through Ghost and mixed down to a 2-track deck, such as a DAT deck.
The original DAT tape is the stereo master.
METER, PEAK READING – A meter that reacts to and displays the peaks in a
signal. Also known as a Peak Program Meter (PPM).
METER, VU – A meter that displays the average level of a signal using Volume
Units (VU).
MICROPHONE PREAMPLIFIER – (Mic preamp). In a console, the first stage of
amplification, which raises microphone levels to line levels.
MIDI MACHINE CONTROL – (MMC). Not to be confused with MTC (MIDI
TimeCode), below. MMC is a MIDI protocol that allows one device to control
another device over MIDI cables. With Ghost, you can use the transport controls
in its CPU section (not Ghost LE), to control digital multitrack recorders, hard disk
recorders, and MIDI sequencers from Ghost.
MIDI TIMECODE – (MTC). Not to be confused with MMC (MIDI Machine
Control), above. Timecode that is derived from SMPTE TimeCode and is
expressed in the form of Hours:Minutes:Seconds:Frames:Sub-Frames. A SMPTE
TimeCode to MTC converter is required to convert SMPTE TC to MTC, and this
converter is usually part of a standard SMPTE TimeCode Reader/Generator.
Ghost (not Ghost LE) has a SMPTE TimeCode Reader/Generator/Converter in its
CPU section.
MIX B - In Ghost, the term used to refer to the monitor path in the Channel
strips. It is usually used to monitor the tape returns from the multitrack recorder.
MIX B PATH - In Ghost, the signal, either MIC/LINE or MIX B Input, assigned to
MIX B with the REV switch.
MIXDOWN – The process of routing the completed multitrack tape tracks (and
hard disk/MIDI tracks) through a console, and then processing and combining
them (mixing them down) to two tracks, and recording it on a 2-track machine,
such as a DAT deck or analog open-reel deck.
MMC – see MIDI Machine Control.
MONITOR – (a) A loudspeaker, usually in the control room. (b) To listen to,
either in the control room or studio.
MONOPHONIC – (Mono). One channel sound. The entire program is heard
from a single sound source. On Ghost, there is a MONO CHECK switch, which
can be used to monitor the signal in the control room, in Mono.
MTC – see MIDI TimeCode.
MULTITRACK – For purposes of this manual, a multitrack tape recorder, in
which you can record a total of 4 or more tracks, by recording 1 or more tracks at
a time, while monitoring (and not erasing) previously recorded tracks.
MUTE – see Cut Switch.
NOISE FLOOR – The noise level of an audio device with no signal applied. If the
input level of a signal is below the noise floor, the device’s noise will be heard.
Therefore, it is important to set the input level above the noise floor.
NOMINAL LEVEL – The recommended or standard operating level at which an
audio device operates.
OPEN TRACKS – On a multitrack tape recorder, tape tracks that have not yet
been recorded on.
OSCILLATOR – A signal generator, that outputs a pure sine wave. Ghost’s oscil-
lator can operate at 1kHz and 10kHz frequencies.
OUTBOARD DEVICE – In the case of a console, an external device used to
process the console’s signals.
OUT TAKE – A recording take, or section of a take, that is not going to be used.
GHOST Glossary 12.5