Brooks VT-50 Attack

The rate the sound begins and increases in volume.

Centre Frequency
The frequency of the audio signal that is boosted or attenuated most by an equalizer with a peak equalization curve.

Brooks Cinema XB 33 Barrier Micing
A method of placing the head of a microphone as close as possible to a reflective surface, preventing phase cancellation.

I/O
Short for "Input/Output' and referring to:
1) An in-line console module that contains controls for the input section, output section and monitor section.
2) A module in electronic gear containing input and output amplifiers for the device.
3) A digital port (connector) able to both receive digital data and output digital data.

Brooks SS 81 Coincident Microphones (Coincident Pair)
Two microphones whose heads are placed as lose as possible to each other so that the path length from any sound source to either microphone is for all practical purposes, the same.

Amp
1) An abbreviation of the term Amplifier (A device which increases the level of an electrical signal.
2) An abbreviation of Ampere (the unit of current).
3) An abbreviation of amplitude (the height of a waveform above or below the zero line).

Clean
Describes a distortion free sound with few effects.

Hertz
The unit of frequency. Equivalent to cycles per second. Abbreviation: Hz.