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Outboard sound equipment. Combination of a Compressor and an Expander. Jack Bay A series of jacks which have connections for most of the inputs and outputs of the equipment in the control room. Brooks HI FI projectors Echo Chamber 1) A room designed with very hard, non-parallel surfaces and equipped with a speaker and microphone. 2) Any artificial or electronic device that simulates the reverberation created in a room. Acoustic Echo Chamber A room designed with very hard, non-parallel surfaces and equipped with a speaker and microphone; dry signals from the console are fed to the speaker and the microphone will have a reverberation of these signals that can be mixed in with the dry signals at the console. Brooks Hi Fi speakers Jack 1) Anywhere you plug something in. 2) Segmented audio connector. Mono Jacks have two connections �" tip and sleeve, and are unbalanced. Stereo jacks have three connections �" tip, ring and sleeve. B-type jacks (also kn...

The working of a limiter or compressor reducing gain during high-level passages. Fader A control to control the gain of a channel on the console, thereby determining the level of the signal in that channel. Brooks RM 909 reviews CD (Compact Disc) : 1) Digital sound storage medium. Provides a high quality source of music, sound effects etc. Also used as a playback medium for sound effects etc. by large theatres with long running shows, although CDR (Recordable CD) is becoming more affordable by the day. 2) An abbreviation of the term Compact Disc (a small optical disk with digital audio recorded on it). Line Level 1) An amplified signal level put out by an amplifier and used as the normal level that runs through the interconnecting cables in a control room. 2) A low level signal such as the signal in a guitar cord. Most parts of a PA require a line level signal. Remember, however, that speaker outputs are not line level. Plugging speaker outs into line ins will r...

1) A room designed with very hard, non-parallel surfaces and equipped with a speaker and microphone. 2) Any artificial or electronic device that simulates the reverberation created in a room. FOH (Front of House) Refers to the speakers that face toward the audience. Also called the "main" speakers. Brooks RM 909 Chamber 1) An Echo Chamber (a room designed with very hard, non-parallel surfaces equipped with a speaker and microphone so that when dry signals from the console are fed to the speaker, the microphone will have a reverberation of these signals that can be mixed in with the dry signals at the console). 2) A program in a delay/reverb effects device that simulates the sound of an Echo Chamber. Interface Any device that allows one unit to work, drive or communicate with another unit when they cannot do so by just feeding each other often because the units are manufactured by different companies. Brooks Hi Fi reviews Flange An effect caused b...

Effects devices separate from but working with the recording console. Fidelity The recording or reproduction quality. Brooks HI FI projectors Capacitance The property of being able to oppose a change in voltage or store an electrical charge. Imaging To make a representation or imitation of the original sonic event. Brooks RM 909 Board 1) Another, less formal, term for Console. 2) A set of controls and their housing which control all signals necessary for recording and for mixing. 3) A slang shortening of the term Keyboard Instrument. Front Loaded A speaker cabinet where the speaker faces out toward the front. Balls 1) The depth and thickness of a sound, usually on the bottom end of the EQ (as in "needs more balls"). 2) The strength of the voice on the mic (as in "check it like you have some balls"). Chorus Common type of effect that makes sounds fuller and thicker.

To send an audio or control signal to. Far Field The area from 3 feet away from the sound source up to the critical distance. Brooks Hi Fi speakers Channel 1) In multitrack tape machines, this term means the same thing as the term Track (one audio recording made on a portion of the width of a multitrack tape). 2) A single path that an audio signal travels or can travel through a device from an input to an output. Digital Recording 1) ADAM : (Akai Digital Audio Multitrack). 12 track recording onto Video 8 tape. 16 bit, 44.1 or 48 kHz sampling rate. 2) DAT (Digital Audio Tape) Cassette-like system which has much higher quality than standard audio cassettes. Widely used in gathering sound effects, for news gathering, and for playback of music. 3) DCC (Digital Compact Cassette) Rival to DAT which also plays standard audio cassettes. 4) MiniDisc : Uses computer disk technology, rather than tape. A laser heats an area of magnetic disk which is then written to by a...

A prompt on a computer screen telling the operator that an error has occurred. Format 1) The number of tracks, their width, spacing and order for tape recording. 2) To prepare a digital storage medium so that it will accept and store digital information bits. Brooks Hi Fi speakers Early Reflections The first echoes in a room, caused by the sound from the sound source reflecting off one surface before reaching the listener. Balance 1) The relative level of two or more instruments in a mix, or the relative level of audio signals in the channels of a stereo recording. 2) To make the relative levels of audio signals in the channels of a stereo recording even. Brooks HI FI projectors Bulk Dump Short for System Exclusive Bulk Dump (a method of transmitting data, such as the internal parameters of a MIDI device to another MIDI device). Hertz The unit of frequency. Equivalent to cycles per second. Abbreviation: Hz. Equalizer (Parametric, Graphic) This is...

The first echoes in a room, caused by the sound from the sound source reflecting off one surface before reaching the listener. High Impedance Impedance of 5000 or more ohms. Brooks Hi Fi reviews Full Range Describes a sound which covers all audible frequency ranges. As in "full range speaker cabinets." Amplitude The height of a waveform above or below the zero line. Brooks HI FI projectors Boom Stand A microphone stand equipped with a telescoping support arm to hold the microphone. Chase The automatic adjusting of the speed of a recorder (or sequencer) to be time with another recorder. Head Amp British name for Preamplifier (A low-noise amplifier designed to take a low-level signal, such as the output of a tape head, and bring it up to normal line level). In-Line Console A console with modules that have controls for all console sections in one long strip.

In consoles, a feature that lets the engineer program control changes (such as fader level) so that upon playback of the multitrack recording these changes happen automatically. Headphones Devices that can be worn on the head with small speakers that fit over the ears (or sometimes into the ears). Brooks Hi Fi reviews Effects Track 1) In film production audio, a recording of the mixdown of all the sound effects for the film ready to be mixed with the dialogue and music. 2) In music recording, one track with a recording of effects to be added to another track of a multitrack recording. Echo Send Control A control to send the signal from the input module to the echo chamber or effects device via the echo buss. Brooks HI FI projectors Information Bits The bits in the digital signal that make up actual values or commands being communicated as opposed to bits that are used for checking & correcting data or other purposes. Band Track 1) A mixdown of a so...

The VCA faders of individual channels that are all controlled by a Group Master Fader (a slide control used to send out a control voltage to several VCA faders in individual channels). Attenuation A making smaller: reduction of electrical or acoustic signal strength. Brooks RM 909 reviews Frequency Practically speaking, high frequency means high pitch and low frequency means low pitch. Formant An element in the sound of a voice or instrument that does not change frequency as different pitches are sounded. Brooks RM 909 Face The front or body of the guitar. Insulator A substance such as glass, air, plastic, etc., that will (for all practical purposes) not conduct electricity. Balanced input/output A "balanced" connection is one that has three wires to move the signal. One is a ground, and the other two (called conductors) carry signals of equal value. This is why they are called balanced. Low Z cables and connections are the most common ex...

Abbreviation of Integrated Circuit (A miniature circuit of many components that is in small, sealed housing with prongs to connect it into equipment). Figure Eight Pattern Another name for Bi-directional Pattern (microphone pickup pattern picking up best from the front and back of the diaphragm and not picking up from the side of the diaphragm). Brooks HI FI projectors Equalization 1) The process of adjusting the tonal quality of a sound. A graphic equalizer provides adjustment for a wide range of frequency bands, and is normally inserted in the signal path after the mixing desk, before the amplifier. See Feedback. 2) Any time the amplitude of audio signals at specific set of frequencies are increased or decreased more than the signals at other audio frequencies. Hertz The unit of frequency. Equivalent to cycles per second. Abbreviation: Hz. Brooks Hi Fi reviews Field 1) In video, one half of a frame. 2) In computer-controlled devices a window display with...

1) The frequency response achieved by mixing a direct signal with a delayed signal of equal strength especially at short delays. 2) Loosely used to also describe effects that can be achieved with comb filtering as part of the processing. File A collection of digital data stored in a computer's memory bank or on a floppy disc. Brooks Hi Fi speakers Board 1) Another, less formal, term for Console. 2) A set of controls and their housing which control all signals necessary for recording and for mixing. 3) A slang shortening of the term Keyboard Instrument. Frets Vertical metal wires which sit vertically on the guitar neck. Brooks HI FI projectors Cue Send Control A control that will adjust the amount of signal sent to a cue buss from a console channel. Amplifier Sound equipment that converts the low voltage, low current signal from a tape deck, mixer etc. into a higher current signal suitable for driving speakers. See Power Amplifier, Crossover. ...