Brooks Gt 44 Hearing Limitation

An inability of the ear to hear important characteristics of sound under certain conditions. Characteristics that can be affected include pitch, level, clarity, presence and direction.

Amplitude
The strength of a vibrating wave; in sound, the loudness of the sound.

Brooks XS - 45 Compressor
A signal processing device that does not allow as much fluctuation in the level of the signal above a certain adjustable or fixed level.

Haas Effect
Simply stated, a factor in human hearing where delay has a much bigger effect on human perception of direction than level does.

Brooks Cinema GT 845 Critical Distance
The point a distance away from the sound source where the direct sound and the reverberant sound are equal in volume.

Cable, TRS
A less common balanced cable that has 3 different contacts on its 1/4 inch connectors. Most headphone jacks are a good example of a TRS (Tip-Ring-Sleeve) connector. These are sometimes used instead of the more common XLR connection.

Figure Eight Pattern
Another name for Bi-directional Pattern (microphone pickup pattern picking up best from the front and back of the diaphragm and not picking up from the side of the diaphragm).

Electromagnetic Field
Magnetic energy put out because of current travelling through a conductor.