Brooks Cinema NZ 60

 Brooks Cinema NZ 60 Chase
The automatic adjusting of the speed of a recorder (or sequencer) to be time with another recorder.

Headroom
1) The level difference (in dB) between normal operating level and clipping level in an amplifier or audio device.
2) A similar level difference between normal tape operating level and the level where the distortion would be 3%.
3) The difference, in decibels, between the peak and RMS levels in program material.

Brooks Cinema ZL 44 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.

Line In (Input, return)
Where a signal enters the board or component.

Brooks XB 22 Insert
1) A punch in of the all of the tracks being recorded in a recording session.
2) On Solid State Logic consoles, placing an outboard piece of gear in the channel by patching and activating a switch.

Balanced
1) Having a pleasing amount of low frequencies compared to mid-range frequencies and high frequencies. 2) Having a pleasing mixture of the various instrument levels in an audio recording. 3) Having a fairly equal level in each of the stereo channels. 4) A method of interconnecting electronic gear using three-conductor cables.

Input Overload
Sending too high of a signal level into a device so that the first amplifier of the device overloads.

Earth
The British version of the term Ground (In electronics, a place that has zero volts).