BROOKS AUDIO DESIGN Condenser Mic (Capacitor Mic)

A microphone that uses the varying capacitance between two plates with a voltage applied across them to convert sound to electrical pulses. Condenser microphones need a power supply to provide the voltage across the plates, which may be provided by a battery within the case of the microphone, or it may be provided from an external phantom power supply. A condenser mic is more sensitive and has a faster reaction to percussive sounds than a Dynamic mic and produces a more even response. See Electret Mic.

ADSR
The letters A, D, S &R are the first letters of: Attack, Decay, Sustain and Release. These are the various elements of volume changes in the sounding of a keyboard instrument.

Brooks Cinema DESIGN ZL 44 Dry
Describes a sound coming from the PA with no effects on it.

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

Broom RM 909 Linearity
The extent to which any signal handling process is accomplished without amplitude distortion.

Cycle
1) An alternation of a waveform which begins at a point, passes through the zero line, and ends at a point with the same value and moving in the same direction as the starting point.
2) On a Solid State Logic Console, a command to have the console computer control the tape machine to play and replay a certain section of the tape.

FOH (Front of House)
Refers to the speakers that face toward the audience. Also called the "main" speakers.

In-Line Console
A console with modules that have controls for all console sections in one long strip.