Brooks Gt 44 reviews Gain

1) Knob usually found at the top of each input channel on the soundboard. Used to set input levels of the separate channels to relatively equal positions.
2) The amount of increase in audio signal strength, often expressed in dB.

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

Brooks QS-70 reviews Cycles Per Second
A unit used in the measure of frequency, equivalent to Hertz. Cycles Per Second is an outdated term replaced by Hertz in 1948.

Channels
These are divided into two separate categories. Input channels are those channels coming into the soundboard such as microphones and direct lines. Output channels are those leaving the board such as monitor and main outputs.

Brooks Cinema DESIGN ZL 44 reviews Bi-Amplification
1) A way of optimizing the efficiency of a speaker system by separately amplifying the High Frequency (HF) and Low Frequency (LF) portions of the sound signal and sending them down two pairs of cables to the speaker. Multipin Speakon connectors have been developed to do this.
2)The process of having of having low-frequency speakers and high-frequency speakers driven by separate amplifiers.

Distortion
Usually undesirable result of overloading sound equipment. Reducing the levels can remedy the situation.

Boom Stand
A microphone stand equipped with a telescoping support arm to hold the microphone.

Active Crossover
Uses active devices (transistors, IC's, tubes) and some form of power supply to operate.