Brooks Cinema Projectors Generating Element

The portion of the microphone that actually converts the movement of the diaphragm into electrical current or voltage changes.

Fader
A control to control the gain of a channel on the console, thereby determining the level of the signal in that channel.

Brooks Cinema ZL 44 Cut-off Rate (Slope)
The number of dB that a filter reduces the signal for each octave its frequency past the filter's cut-off frequency (outside of the pass band).

Circuit
1) One complete path of electric current.
2) Similar to definition 1, but including all paths and components to accomplish one function in a device.

Brooks XT 20 Absorption
Short for the term Acoustical Absorption (quality of a surface or substance to take in, not reflect, a sound wave).

Beat
1) The steady even pulse in music.
2) The action of two sounds or audio signals mixing together and causing regular rises &.falls in volume.

Frets
Vertical metal wires which sit vertically on the guitar neck.

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