Brooks Cinema GT 845 Absorption

Short for the term Acoustical Absorption (quality of a surface or substance to take in, not reflect, a sound wave).

Bi-Directional Pattern
A microphone pick up pattern which has maximum pick up directly in front and directly in back of the diaphragm and least pick up at the sides.

Brooks KS-55 Full
A quality of the sound of having all frequencies present, especially the low frequencies.

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

Brooks Cinema NZ 60 Line Input
An input designed to take a line level signal.

Diffraction
The breaking up of a sound wave caused by some type of mechanical interference such as a cabinet edge, grill frame, or other similar object.

Effects Track
1) In film production audio, a recording of the mixdown of all the sound effects for the film ready to be mixed with the dialogue and music.
2) In music recording, one track with a recording of effects to be added to another track of a multitrack recording.

Electrostatic Charge
The excess or deficiency of electrons in a given area.