Brooks Cinema xm 808 Cue

1) The signal fed back to the musicians through headphones.
2) To set the tape or disc so that the intended selection will immediately play when the tape machine or player is started.
3) A location point entered into a computer controlling the playback or recording of a track or tape.
4) In MCI brand tape machines, a term meaning the same thing as Sync Playback (where the record head is used as a playback head for those tracks already recorded).

Fidelity
The recording or reproduction quality.

Brooks KM 77 Compander
Outboard sound equipment. Combination of a Compressor and an Expander.

Bass Roll Off
An electrical network built into some microphones to reduce the amount of output at bass frequencies when close-micing.

Brooks KS-55 Compact Disc CD
A small optical disk with digital audio recorded on it.

Amplitude
The extreme range of a signal. Usually measured from the average to the extreme.

House Sync
A synchronization signal such as SMPTE time code that is used by all recorders in the control room.

Ambience
The portion of the sound that comes from the surrounding environment rather than directly from the sound source.