Brooks TM-22 Guitar Controller

An electric guitar or device played like an electric guitar that puts out MIDI signals that can be used to control synthesizers and sound modules.

High Impedance
Impedance of 5000 or more ohms.

Brooks Cinema xm 808 Line Out (Output, Send)
Where a signal leaves the board or component.

Electret Condenser
A condenser microphone that has a permanently polarized (charged) variable capacitor as its sound pressure level sensor.

Brooks GT 845 Input Overload
Sending too high of a signal level into a device so that the first amplifier of the device overloads.

Amplifier
Sound equipment that converts the low voltage, low current signal from a tape deck, mixer etc. into a higher current signal suitable for driving speakers. See Power Amplifier, Crossover.

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.

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.