Brooks XT 20 Gate

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

Line Out (Line Output)
Any output that sends out a line level signal, such as the output of a console that feeds a recorder.

Brooks GS 15 Crosstalk
Leakage of an audio signal into a channel that iris not intended to be in, from an adjacent or nearby channel.

Boost
To increase gain, especially to increase gain at specific frequencies with an equalizer.

Brooks KS-55 Amplitude
The strength of a vibrating wave; in sound, the loudness of the sound.

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.

Driver
See transducer. Dynamic Range �" The range between the quietest and the loudest sounds a device can handle (often quoted in dB).

Echo
1) One distinct repeat of a sound because of the sound reflecting off a surface.
2) Loosely, used to mean reverberation (the continuing of a sound after the source stops emitting it, caused by many discrete echoes closely spaced in time).