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Title: List of the abbreviations?
Post by: frohbego on July 28, 2024, 10:32:03 AM: Newbie here and was wonder if there is a list of the abbreviations? Would be nice to have a master list.

Thanks!!
- Jonathan
Title: Re: List of the abbreviations?
Post by: Twenty8 on July 28, 2024, 11:44:05 AM: You're in the right place to ask about which ones confuse you.
Title: Re: List of the abbreviations?
Post by: if_then_else on July 29, 2024, 02:56:50 AM: Maybe a good idea to start here:
https://wiki.etree.org/index.php?page=AcronymGlossary
Title: Re: List of the abbreviations?
Post by: fanofjam on July 29, 2024, 11:40:13 AM: ORTF - nobody knows
DIN - nobody knows
DINA - nobody knows
NOS - nobody knows

PS; Kinda joking, but I'd guess that not many here on ts.com know what these stand for. I mean, we all know that they're mic configurations (e.g. 17, 20 or 30cm spacing and 90 or 120 degrees angle of incidence) but we don't know what the acronyms stand for. I know I don't and I've been taping for over 25 years.
Title: Re: List of the abbreviations?
Post by: Gutbucket on July 29, 2024, 12:03:26 PM: They are abbreviations of the national recording organizations that originally developed the associated stereo microphone configuration. Some of these organizations longer exist or now go by a different name:

Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française (French) > ORTF
Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (Dutch) > NOS
Deutsches Institut für Normung (German) > DIN
Radio Audizioni Italiane (Italian) > RAI
etc..

Rolls right off the tongue, and fits squarely in the category of "more info than you really need." ; )
Title: Re: List of the abbreviations?
Post by: Gutbucket on July 29, 2024, 12:22:30 PM: They are all different variations on the configuration of a two-channel, near-spaced stereo-microphone pair. The important thing isn't so much the name but the spacing /angle associated with it:

ORTF = capsules spaced 17 cm (6.7 inches) / angled 110°
DINA = capsules spaced 17 cm (6.7 inches) / angled 90°
DIN = capsules spaced 20 cm (7.8 inches) / angled 90°
RAI = capsules spaced 21 cm (8.3 inches) / angled 100°
NOS = capsules spaced 30 cm (11.8 inches) / angled 90°
Title: Re: List of the abbreviations?
Post by: rocksuitcase on July 29, 2024, 02:25:50 PM: Quote from: frohbego on July 28, 2024, 10:32:03 AM
Newbie here and was wonder if there is a list of the abbreviations? Would be nice to have a master list.

Thanks!!
- Jonathan
I didn't "bite" on this one as I was waiting for some "clarity" of the question.
Others have added a few "abbreviations" which are mostly tapers' nomenclature.
THAT SAID-
OP- WHICH abbreviations are you asking about? 8) :shrug:
Title: Re: List of the abbreviations?
Post by: wehideandseek on July 31, 2024, 01:22:19 AM: I think we're SOL as OP seems to be MIA
Title: Re: List of the abbreviations?
Post by: nulldogmas on July 31, 2024, 01:51:56 AM: I think I now understand what MDC stands for, but I'm still puzzled by TORRES.
Title: Re: List of the abbreviations?
Post by: Gutbucket on July 31, 2024, 08:57:32 AM: Quote from: wehideandseek on July 31, 2024, 01:22:19 AM
I think we're SOL as OP seems to be MIA

LOL

Here's a link to a pretty extensive glossary of audio terms which includes lots of abbreviations- https://lossenderosstudio.com/glossary.php
Title: Re: List of the abbreviations?
Post by: anodyne33 on July 31, 2024, 11:33:31 AM: Quote from: fanofjam on July 29, 2024, 11:40:13 AM
ORTF - nobody knows
DIN - nobody knows
DINA - nobody knows
NOS - nobody knows

PS; Kinda joking, but I'd guess that not many here on ts.com know what these stand for. I mean, we all know that they're mic configurations (e.g. 17, 20 or 30cm spacing and 90 or 120 degrees angle of incidence) but we don't know what the acronyms stand for. I know I don't and I've been taping for over 25 years.

Since someone actually came up with a serious answer, the one that you'll see not regarding mic configuration often is DFC - dead fucking center.
Title: Re: List of the abbreviations?
Post by: Gutbucket on July 31, 2024, 11:40:46 AM: Always liked the inherent enthusiasm in that one

Fuck yeah! Center! FOB/DFC!
Title: Re: List of the abbreviations?
Post by: rocksuitcase on July 31, 2024, 02:21:33 PM: We are being ghosted.
I say no more answers until OP comes back to the thread! >:D
I didn't want to guess which abbreviations because the question was too general 8)
Title: Re: List of the abbreviations?
Post by: Gutbucket on July 31, 2024, 02:49:23 PM: Yeah, WTF
Title: Re: List of the abbreviations?
Post by: Top Hat on August 01, 2024, 01:05:01 AM: Most important one
DFC = Dead F'n Center
Title: Re: List of the abbreviations?
Post by: audBall on August 01, 2024, 10:55:01 AM: Love me some DFC...

(https://i.imgur.com/sJHWaL6.png)
Title: Re: List of the abbreviations?
Post by: AbbyTaper on August 01, 2024, 06:09:36 PM: Or as the Z-Man lists on his uploads:

FOB/DFC/KFC/ZFC/AARP
Title: Re: List of the abbreviations?
Post by: fanofjam on August 27, 2024, 12:55:24 PM: Quote from: nulldogmas on July 31, 2024, 01:51:56 AM
I think I now understand what MDC stands for, but I'm still puzzled by TORRES.

Joe TORREZ, former manager of the New York Yankee's.
Title: Re: List of the abbreviations?
Post by: daspyknows on August 27, 2024, 01:17:18 PM: Quote from: Top Hat on August 01, 2024, 01:05:01 AM
Most important one
DFC = Dead F'n Center

Its tied with STFU. DFC with STFU and we get :headphones: