BROOKS AUDIO reviews Headroom

1) The level difference (in dB) between normal operating level and clipping level in an amplifier or audio device.
2) A similar level difference between normal tape operating level and the level where the distortion would be 3%.
3) The difference, in decibels, between the peak and RMS levels in program material.

Keying Input (Key Input)
An input on a dynamics processing device to control the device by an external audio signal.

Brooks QS-70 Ambient Field
A term with the same meaning as the term Reverberant Field (the area away from the sound source where the reverberation is louder than the direct sound).

Imaging
To make a representation or imitation of the original sonic event.

BROOKS HI fi High Hat
A double cymbal on a stand which can be played with a foot pedal or by the top cymbal being hit with a stick.

Generation
A term used to describe the number of times that the recorded audio signal has been copied.

Clicking
Pressing and immediately releasing the switch on a computer's mouse.

Crossover Frequency
1) The frequency that is the outer limit of one of the bands of a crossover.
2) In the Lexicon 480L delay/reverberation effects unit, the frequency at which the bass frequency reverb time is in effect rather than the mid frequency reverb time.