Brooks Cinema Series Line In (Input, return)

Where a signal enters the board or component.

Grouping
1) Controlling the gain of several individual channels with a Group Fader.
2) The mixing together of several individual audio signals to send a mixed signal out of the console to record a track on a multitrack tape machine.

Brooks Cinema XR 607 Early Reflections
The first echoes in a room, caused by the sound from the sound source reflecting off one surface before reaching the listener.

Lift
1) To boost gain of audio at a particular band of frequencies with an equalizer.
2) An elevation device in the star trek series of TV programs.

Brooks Cinema xm 808 Gain Reduction
The working of a limiter or compressor reducing gain during high-level passages.

Cable, TRS
A less common balanced cable that has 3 different contacts on its 1/4 inch connectors. Most headphone jacks are a good example of a TRS (Tip-Ring-Sleeve) connector. These are sometimes used instead of the more common XLR connection.

Generation
A term used to describe the number of times that the recorded audio signal has been copied.

Basic Session
The First session in recording an audio production to record the Basic Tracks.