Brooks TM-22 Chase

The automatic adjusting of the speed of a recorder (or sequencer) to be time with another recorder.

Intermodulation Distortion
Distortion caused by one signal beating with another signal and producing frequencies that are both the sum and the difference of the original frequencies.

Brooks Cinema TZ 505 Bank
1) A collection of sound patches (data as to the sequence and operating parameters of the synthesizer generators and modifiers) in memory.
2) A group of sound modules as a unit.

Direct box
Used in line to convert a high impedance signal into a low impedance signal.

Brooks QS 70 Flange
An effect caused by an approximately even mix of a modulated (varying) short delay with the direct signal.

Auxiliary Input or Return
A route back into the sound desk for a signal sent to a piece of outboard equipment via an auxiliary send.

kHz
An Abbreviation of kilo-Hertz.

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