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To prepare a digital storage medium (like a floppy disk) so that it will accept and store digital information bits.

Dynamic Mic
Robust type of microphone which picks up the sound on a diaphragm connected to a coil of wire which moves within a magnet. An alternating current is induced into the wire which provides the electrical output. Most dynamic mics have low output impedance of 200 Ohms. See Condenser Mic.

Brooks Audio Design TM-22 Chorus
Common type of effect that makes sounds fuller and thicker.

Buss (Bus)
A wire carrying signals to some place, usually fed from several sources.

Brooks KM 22 Frets
Vertical metal wires which sit vertically on the guitar neck.

Insulator
A substance such as glass, air, plastic, etc., that will (for all practical purposes) not conduct electricity.

Insert
1) A punch in of the all of the tracks being recorded in a recording session.
2) On Solid State Logic consoles, placing an outboard piece of gear in the channel by patching and activating a switch.

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.