Brooks Audio Design

A drawing of several curves showing how loud the tones of different frequencies would have to be played for a person to say they were of equal loudness. Buss (Bus) A wire carrying signals to some place, usually fed from several sources. Brooks HI FI projectors Front Loaded A speaker cabinet where the speaker faces out toward the front. Head 1) In tape recording, the transducer (energy converter) that changes the audio energy from electrical energy to magnetic energy and back; also the devices that apply magnetism to the recording tape for other purposes such as in the erase head. 2) The part of a device that immediately includes the transducer to change sound or audio signals from one energy form to another. Brooks Hi Fi speakers 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. Half Step A pitch difference of the amount ...

1) A condition where two signals mix together to form one sound or to give the sound of one sound source or one performance. 2) Mixing the left and right signal together slightly which makes the instruments sound closer to the center of the performance stage. 3) A method of panning during mixing where instruments are not panned extremely left or right. Gain Structure The way in which the gain varies in the stages or sections of an audio system. Brooks RM 909 AC 1) Abbreviation for alternating current. 2) An abbreviation of the term Alternating Current (electric current which flows back and forth in a circuit; all studio signals running through audio lines are AC). Fret Buzz A buzzing sound made when a note is not properly fretted. Common with cheap guitars or beginning guitar players. Brooks Hi Fi speakers Crossover Frequency 1) The frequency that is the outer limit of one of the bands of a crossover. 2) In the Lexicon 480L delay/reverberation effects ...