Brooks QS 70 Flat

1) Lower in musical pitch.
2) A slang term used to describe the sensitivity to frequency of a microphone, amplifier, etc., as being even at all frequencies, usually within 2 dB.
3) Refers to the frequencies on the EQ when they are arranged in centred neutral positions.

Inductor
A device designed primarily to introduce inductance into an electric circuit. Sometimes called a choke or coil.

Brooks QS-70 Ground Adapter Plug
Adapts a three pronged electrical plug to a two pronged wall outlet. This bypasses the ground and may create a hum in the system. A lack of a good ground can cause mild electrical shock when touching a microphone.

Equal Loudness Contours
A drawing of several curves showing how loud the tones of different frequencies would have to be played for a person to say they were of equal loudness.

Brooks Speakers Bar
A term meaning the same thing as the term Measure (the grouping of a number of beats in music, most-often four beats).

Electret Mic
A condenser microphone where the capacitor plates are given a charge during manufacture which they retain, therefore requiring no external power supply.

Cable, 1/4 inch
An unbalanced cable most often used for instruments and patch cords. Commonly referred to as "guitar cords".

Field
1) In video, one half of a frame.
2) In computer-controlled devices a window display with functions and choices that the operator can make