Brooks Cinema RM 909 Floor

1) An alternate tam meaning Range (a limit on the amount the signal is reduced when the input signal is low by an expander or gate).
2) A shortening of the term Noise Floor (the level of the noise).

Close Micing
A technique of placing a microphone close to the sound source (within one foot) in order to pick up mainly the direct sound and to avoid picking up leakage or ambience.

Brooks Cinema Series Amplitude
The height of a waveform above or below the zero line.

Amplifier
A device which increases the amplitude (level) of an electrical signal (making it louder).

Brooks Cinema KP 30 Isolation Booth/ Isolation Room
A room that prevents loud sounds from other instruments from leaking in: an isolation booth is usually a smaller room that could be used for only one musician.

Gate
A dynamic processing device that turns a channel off or down when the signal drops below a certain level.

Jam Sync
A generation of new SMPTE according to the input SMPTE signal

Hum
The 60 Hz power line current accidentally induced or fed into electronic equipment.