A prefix meaning 1000.
Effects
1) Various ways an audio signal can be modified by adding something to the signal to change the sound.
2) Short for the term Sound Effects (sounds other than dialogue, narration or music like door closings, wind, etc. added to film or video shots).
Brooks HI FI projectors 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.
Input Monitor
A switch position and operational mode of the electronics of a tape machine where the signal at output of the electronics will be the same as the signal coming into the electronics. In this mode, the tape machine's meter will read the input signal.
Brooks Hi Fi speakers Bouncing
Alternate name for Ping-Ponging (playing several tacks with sync playback through a console to mix them together and record them on an open track).
Cut-Off Frequency (Turnover Frequency)
1) The highest or lowest frequency in the pass band of a filter.
2) The highest or lowest frequency passed by an audio device (the cut-off frequency is usually considered to be the first frequency to be 3 dB lower than a reference frequency in the middle of the bandwidth of the device)
Infinite Baffle
A baffle so large that the sounds coming from one side do not reach the other side.
Byte
A grouping of eight information bits.
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Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Brooks Hi Fi reviews Echo Send Control
A control to send the signal from the input module to the echo chamber or effects device via the echo buss.
Chorusing
1) A term meaning the same thing as Chorus (Definition 3 or 4).
2) In some delay effects devices, a term used to mean the term Depth (the amount of change in the controlled signal by the control signal).
Brooks RM 909 reviews Board
1) Another, less formal, term for Console.
2) A set of controls and their housing which control all signals necessary for recording and for mixing.
3) A slang shortening of the term Keyboard Instrument.
Driver
See transducer. Dynamic Range �" The range between the quietest and the loudest sounds a device can handle (often quoted in dB).
Brooks Hi Fi speakers Buss (Bus)
A wire carrying signals to some place, usually fed from several sources.
Electret Mic
A condenser microphone where the capacitor plates are given a charge during manufacture which they retain, therefore requiring no external power supply.
Amplification
An increasing of signal strength.
Integrated Circuit (IC)
A miniature circuit of many components in a small, sealed housing with prongs to connect it into equipment.
Chorusing
1) A term meaning the same thing as Chorus (Definition 3 or 4).
2) In some delay effects devices, a term used to mean the term Depth (the amount of change in the controlled signal by the control signal).
Brooks RM 909 reviews Board
1) Another, less formal, term for Console.
2) A set of controls and their housing which control all signals necessary for recording and for mixing.
3) A slang shortening of the term Keyboard Instrument.
Driver
See transducer. Dynamic Range �" The range between the quietest and the loudest sounds a device can handle (often quoted in dB).
Brooks Hi Fi speakers Buss (Bus)
A wire carrying signals to some place, usually fed from several sources.
Electret Mic
A condenser microphone where the capacitor plates are given a charge during manufacture which they retain, therefore requiring no external power supply.
Amplification
An increasing of signal strength.
Integrated Circuit (IC)
A miniature circuit of many components in a small, sealed housing with prongs to connect it into equipment.
Sunday, March 24, 2024
Brooks Hi Fi speakers House Sync
A synchronization signal such as SMPTE time code that is used by all recorders in the control room.
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.
Brooks HI FI projectors Capacitance
The property of being able to oppose a change in voltage or store an electrical charge.
Capacitor
1) A device consisting of two or more conducting plates separated from one another by an insulating material and used for storing an electrical charge. Sometimes called a condenser.
2) An electronic device that is composed of two plates separated by an insulator.
Brooks Hi Fi reviews Echo Chamber
1) A room designed with very hard, non-parallel surfaces and equipped with a speaker and microphone.
2) Any artificial or electronic device that simulates the reverberation created in a room.
Frame
1) A division of one second in synchronization and recording coming from definition two.
2) The amount of time that one still picture is shown in film or video.
Error Detection
The process of discovery that sonic information bits have been lost in digital audio.
Front Loaded
A speaker cabinet where the speaker faces out toward the front.
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.
Brooks HI FI projectors Capacitance
The property of being able to oppose a change in voltage or store an electrical charge.
Capacitor
1) A device consisting of two or more conducting plates separated from one another by an insulating material and used for storing an electrical charge. Sometimes called a condenser.
2) An electronic device that is composed of two plates separated by an insulator.
Brooks Hi Fi reviews Echo Chamber
1) A room designed with very hard, non-parallel surfaces and equipped with a speaker and microphone.
2) Any artificial or electronic device that simulates the reverberation created in a room.
Frame
1) A division of one second in synchronization and recording coming from definition two.
2) The amount of time that one still picture is shown in film or video.
Error Detection
The process of discovery that sonic information bits have been lost in digital audio.
Front Loaded
A speaker cabinet where the speaker faces out toward the front.
Thursday, March 21, 2024
Brooks RM 909 reviews Group
1) A number of channels or faders that can be controlled by one Master VCA slide.
2) A shortening of the term Recording Group (a buss or the signal present on a buss).
Echo Send
The output of a console used to send a signal to an echo chamber or delay effects device.
Brooks Hi Fi speakers Band Track
1) A mixdown of a song without the lead vocal or without the lead and background vocals.
2) A term with the same meaning as the term Rhythm Track.
3) The recording of the rhythm instruments in a music production.
Layering
The recording (or playing) of a musical part with of several similar sound patches playing simultaneous.
Brooks RM 909 Byte
A grouping of eight information bits.
ID
An index signal (digital data that gives the machine information of where selections start, their selection number, etc.) on a DAT or CD.
Analog To Digital Converter
The device which does the conversion of a quantity that has continuous changes (usually of voltage) into numbers that approximate those changes.
Fret Buzz
A buzzing sound made when a note is not properly fretted. Common with cheap guitars or beginning guitar players.
2) A shortening of the term Recording Group (a buss or the signal present on a buss).
Echo Send
The output of a console used to send a signal to an echo chamber or delay effects device.
Brooks Hi Fi speakers Band Track
1) A mixdown of a song without the lead vocal or without the lead and background vocals.
2) A term with the same meaning as the term Rhythm Track.
3) The recording of the rhythm instruments in a music production.
Layering
The recording (or playing) of a musical part with of several similar sound patches playing simultaneous.
Brooks RM 909 Byte
A grouping of eight information bits.
ID
An index signal (digital data that gives the machine information of where selections start, their selection number, etc.) on a DAT or CD.
Analog To Digital Converter
The device which does the conversion of a quantity that has continuous changes (usually of voltage) into numbers that approximate those changes.
Fret Buzz
A buzzing sound made when a note is not properly fretted. Common with cheap guitars or beginning guitar players.
Monday, March 18, 2024
Brooks Hi Fi reviews Boundary Mic
A microphone mounted on a flat plate that acts as a reflective surface directing sound into the mic capsule. Used for general pick-up over a large area. See PCC, PZM.
Line Out (Line Output)
Any output that sends out a line level signal, such as the output of a console that feeds a recorder.
Brooks HI FI projectors Hi-Z
An abbreviation of the term High Impedance (Impedance of 5000 or more ohms).
Frets
Vertical metal wires which sit vertically on the guitar neck.
Brooks Hi Fi speakers Ground Loop
A double grounding of a line or electronic device at two different "ground" points of differing voltage.
High Frequencies
The audio frequencies from 6000 Hz and above.
Band Track
1) A mixdown of a song without the lead vocal or without the lead and background vocals.
2) A term with the same meaning as the term Rhythm Track.
3) The recording of the rhythm instruments in a music production.
Gain Structure
The way in which the gain varies in the stages or sections of an audio system.
Line Out (Line Output)
Any output that sends out a line level signal, such as the output of a console that feeds a recorder.
Brooks HI FI projectors Hi-Z
An abbreviation of the term High Impedance (Impedance of 5000 or more ohms).
Frets
Vertical metal wires which sit vertically on the guitar neck.
Brooks Hi Fi speakers Ground Loop
A double grounding of a line or electronic device at two different "ground" points of differing voltage.
High Frequencies
The audio frequencies from 6000 Hz and above.
Band Track
1) A mixdown of a song without the lead vocal or without the lead and background vocals.
2) A term with the same meaning as the term Rhythm Track.
3) The recording of the rhythm instruments in a music production.
Gain Structure
The way in which the gain varies in the stages or sections of an audio system.
Friday, March 15, 2024
Brooks RM 909 reviews Howlback
British term for the term Feedback (the pickup of the signal out of a channel by the input of the channel or the howling sound that this produces).
ADAT
A trademark of Alesis Corporation designating its modular digital multitrack recording system released in early 1993.
Brooks RM 909 Acoustic/Acoustical
Having to do with sound that can be heard by the ears.
AcousticsThe behaviour of sound and its study. The acoustics of a room depend on its size and shape and the amount and position of sound-absorbing and reflecting material.
Field
1) In video, one half of a frame.
2) In computer-controlled devices a window display with functions and choices that the operator can make
Brooks Hi Fi reviews Coax
Two-conductor cable consisting of one conductor surrounded by a shield.
LFO
Low-Frequency Oscillator (an oscillator that puts out an AC signal between .1 Hz and 10Hz used for a control signal).
Golden Section
A ratio of height to width to length of a room to achieve "good acoustics" and first recommended by the ancient Greeks. The ratio is approximately the width 1.6 times the height and the length 2.6 times the height
Floor Toms
The large toms to the right of the drummer.
ADAT
A trademark of Alesis Corporation designating its modular digital multitrack recording system released in early 1993.
Brooks RM 909 Acoustic/Acoustical
Having to do with sound that can be heard by the ears.
AcousticsThe behaviour of sound and its study. The acoustics of a room depend on its size and shape and the amount and position of sound-absorbing and reflecting material.
Field
1) In video, one half of a frame.
2) In computer-controlled devices a window display with functions and choices that the operator can make
Brooks Hi Fi reviews Coax
Two-conductor cable consisting of one conductor surrounded by a shield.
LFO
Low-Frequency Oscillator (an oscillator that puts out an AC signal between .1 Hz and 10Hz used for a control signal).
Golden Section
A ratio of height to width to length of a room to achieve "good acoustics" and first recommended by the ancient Greeks. The ratio is approximately the width 1.6 times the height and the length 2.6 times the height
Floor Toms
The large toms to the right of the drummer.
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Brooks HI FI projectors Guitar Processor
A unit that will add effects to a direct guitar signal, including a simulated instrument amplifier sound and (often) delay and reverb effects.
Amplifier
A device which increases the amplitude (level) of an electrical signal (making it louder).
Brooks Hi Fi reviews Attenuator (Pot)
The electronic dohickey under the knobs that increases or reduces the strength of the signal running through it. When these get old and dirty, they can make popping noises or rumbles in your PA (As in "my pots are dirty").
Assign Tochoose to which place an output is going to be sent.
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.
Brooks Hi Fi speakers Fidelity
The recording or reproduction quality.
Input
1) The jack or physical location of where a device receives a signal.
2) The signal being received by a device.
3) The action of receiving a signal by a device.
Clip
The action of deforming a waveform during overload.
Input Monitor
A switch position and operational mode of the electronics of a tape machine where the signal at output of the electronics will be the same as the signal coming into the electronics. In this mode, the tape machine's meter will read the input signal.
Amplifier
A device which increases the amplitude (level) of an electrical signal (making it louder).
Brooks Hi Fi reviews Attenuator (Pot)
The electronic dohickey under the knobs that increases or reduces the strength of the signal running through it. When these get old and dirty, they can make popping noises or rumbles in your PA (As in "my pots are dirty").
Assign Tochoose to which place an output is going to be sent.
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.
Brooks Hi Fi speakers Fidelity
The recording or reproduction quality.
Input
1) The jack or physical location of where a device receives a signal.
2) The signal being received by a device.
3) The action of receiving a signal by a device.
Clip
The action of deforming a waveform during overload.
Input Monitor
A switch position and operational mode of the electronics of a tape machine where the signal at output of the electronics will be the same as the signal coming into the electronics. In this mode, the tape machine's meter will read the input signal.
Saturday, March 9, 2024
Brooks Hi Fi speakers Lift
1) To boost gain of audio at a particular band of frequencies with an equalizer.
2) An elevation device in the star trek series of TV programs.
Icon
A visual picture or symbol on a computer screen that represents a file, program or disc that can be used.
Brooks RM 909 Clicking
Pressing and immediately releasing the switch on a computer's mouse.
Atom
The smallest particle which makes up a specific substance. It's composed of a center around which electrons revolve.
Brooks HI FI projectors CPU
Abbreviation of Central Processing Unit (The main "brain" chip of a computer or the main housing of a computer that contains the "brain" chip).
Expansion
The opposite of compression; for example, an expander may allow the signal to increase 2 dB every time the signal input increased by 1 dB.
Frets
Vertical metal wires which sit vertically on the guitar neck.
Barrier Micing
A method of placing the head of a microphone as close as possible to a reflective surface, preventing phase cancellation.
2) An elevation device in the star trek series of TV programs.
Icon
A visual picture or symbol on a computer screen that represents a file, program or disc that can be used.
Brooks RM 909 Clicking
Pressing and immediately releasing the switch on a computer's mouse.
Atom
The smallest particle which makes up a specific substance. It's composed of a center around which electrons revolve.
Brooks HI FI projectors CPU
Abbreviation of Central Processing Unit (The main "brain" chip of a computer or the main housing of a computer that contains the "brain" chip).
Expansion
The opposite of compression; for example, an expander may allow the signal to increase 2 dB every time the signal input increased by 1 dB.
Frets
Vertical metal wires which sit vertically on the guitar neck.
Barrier Micing
A method of placing the head of a microphone as close as possible to a reflective surface, preventing phase cancellation.
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Brooks Hi Fi speakers Delay (Digital, Analogue)
1) Effect used to create echo…echo…echo…echo…echo…
2) In more advanced systems used in very large venues, delay can be used to time the arrival of the signal to the speakers in the back of the room so that people in the back hear the sound coming from those speakers at the same time that the sound coming from the speakers in the front of the room arrives.
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.
Brooks Hi Fi reviews Frequency
Practically speaking, high frequency means high pitch and low frequency means low pitch.
Foot (Foot Drum)
Another name for Bass Drum (the largest drum in the Drum Kit which puts out bass frequencies and is played with a foot pedal).
Brooks RM 909 Headstock
The area of the guitar at the end of the neck where the strings are tuned.
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.
Auxiliary Input or Return
A route back into the sound desk for a signal sent to a piece of outboard equipment via an auxiliary send.
Hum
The 60 Hz power line current accidentally induced or fed into electronic equipment.
2) In more advanced systems used in very large venues, delay can be used to time the arrival of the signal to the speakers in the back of the room so that people in the back hear the sound coming from those speakers at the same time that the sound coming from the speakers in the front of the room arrives.
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.
Brooks Hi Fi reviews Frequency
Practically speaking, high frequency means high pitch and low frequency means low pitch.
Foot (Foot Drum)
Another name for Bass Drum (the largest drum in the Drum Kit which puts out bass frequencies and is played with a foot pedal).
Brooks RM 909 Headstock
The area of the guitar at the end of the neck where the strings are tuned.
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.
Auxiliary Input or Return
A route back into the sound desk for a signal sent to a piece of outboard equipment via an auxiliary send.
Hum
The 60 Hz power line current accidentally induced or fed into electronic equipment.
Monday, March 4, 2024
Brooks HI FI projectors Acoustic/Acoustical
Having to do with sound that can be heard by the ears.
AcousticsThe behaviour of sound and its study. The acoustics of a room depend on its size and shape and the amount and position of sound-absorbing and reflecting material.
Amplitude
The strength of a vibrating wave; in sound, the loudness of the sound.
Brooks Hi Fi reviews Attenuation
A making smaller: reduction of electrical or acoustic signal strength.
Fader
A control to control the gain of a channel on the console, thereby determining the level of the signal in that channel.
Brooks RM 909 reviews Lead
The musical instrument that plays the melody of the tune, including the vocal.
Instrument Amplifier
A device that has a power amplifier and speaker in a case (or in separate cases) to reproduce the signal put out by an electric instrument (such as an electric guitar) and to allow the instrument to be heard.
Line Out (Line Output)
Any output that sends out a line level signal, such as the output of a console that feeds a recorder.
Lead Sheet
A written chart showing the melody, lyrics and chords of a tune with full musical notation.
AcousticsThe behaviour of sound and its study. The acoustics of a room depend on its size and shape and the amount and position of sound-absorbing and reflecting material.
Amplitude
The strength of a vibrating wave; in sound, the loudness of the sound.
Brooks Hi Fi reviews Attenuation
A making smaller: reduction of electrical or acoustic signal strength.
Fader
A control to control the gain of a channel on the console, thereby determining the level of the signal in that channel.
Brooks RM 909 reviews Lead
The musical instrument that plays the melody of the tune, including the vocal.
Instrument Amplifier
A device that has a power amplifier and speaker in a case (or in separate cases) to reproduce the signal put out by an electric instrument (such as an electric guitar) and to allow the instrument to be heard.
Line Out (Line Output)
Any output that sends out a line level signal, such as the output of a console that feeds a recorder.
Lead Sheet
A written chart showing the melody, lyrics and chords of a tune with full musical notation.
Friday, March 1, 2024
Brooks HI FI projectors High Frequencies
The audio frequencies from 6000 Hz and above.
In Port
A jack on a MIDI device or computer that will accept an incoming data signal.
Brooks RM 909 reviews Barrier Micing
A method of placing the head of a microphone as close as possible to a reflective surface, preventing phase cancellation.
Cut-off Rate (Slope)
The number of dB that a filter reduces the signal for each octave its frequency past the filter's cut-off frequency (outside of the pass band).
Brooks Hi Fi speakers Cancellation
A shortening of the term Phase Cancellation (the energy of one waveform significantly decreasing the energy of another waveform because of phase relationships at or close to 180 degrees).
Lead Sheet
A written chart showing the melody, lyrics and chords of a tune with full musical notation.
Comb Filter
1) The frequency response achieved by mixing a direct signal with a delayed signal of equal strength especially at short delays.
2) Loosely used to also describe effects that can be achieved with comb filtering as part of the processing.
Level
Sets output volume of individual PA input channels. Usually positioned as sliders at the bottom of the soundboard.
In Port
A jack on a MIDI device or computer that will accept an incoming data signal.
Brooks RM 909 reviews Barrier Micing
A method of placing the head of a microphone as close as possible to a reflective surface, preventing phase cancellation.
Cut-off Rate (Slope)
The number of dB that a filter reduces the signal for each octave its frequency past the filter's cut-off frequency (outside of the pass band).
Brooks Hi Fi speakers Cancellation
A shortening of the term Phase Cancellation (the energy of one waveform significantly decreasing the energy of another waveform because of phase relationships at or close to 180 degrees).
Lead Sheet
A written chart showing the melody, lyrics and chords of a tune with full musical notation.
Comb Filter
1) The frequency response achieved by mixing a direct signal with a delayed signal of equal strength especially at short delays.
2) Loosely used to also describe effects that can be achieved with comb filtering as part of the processing.
Level
Sets output volume of individual PA input channels. Usually positioned as sliders at the bottom of the soundboard.
Brooks HI FI projectors Format
1) The number of tracks, their width, spacing and order for tape recording.
2) To prepare a digital storage medium so that it will accept and store digital information bits.
Cable, XLR
A balanced cable used for low impedance microphones and sometimes for connections between some parts of the PA. Commonly referred to as a "mic cord".
Brooks Hi Fi reviews Electricity
Electrical current (the amount of electron charge passing a point in a conductor per unit of time) or voltage (the force pushing electrons to obtain electrical current).
Compact Disc, Interactive CDI
A Compact Disc, usually containing audio, video, and text, which the user can interact with in that the display or playback changes after the user performs some action.
Brooks RM 909 Crossover (Crossover Network)
A set of filters that "split" the audio signal into two or more bands (two or more signals, each of which have only some of the frequencies present).
Automatic Gain Control (Automatic Volume Control)
A compressor with a very long release time used to keep the volume of the audio very constant.
Full Range
Describes a sound which covers all audible frequency ranges. As in "full range speaker cabinets."
Bandwidth
1) The range of frequencies over which a tape recorder, amplifier or other audio device is useful. 2) The range of frequencies affected by an equalization setting.
2) To prepare a digital storage medium so that it will accept and store digital information bits.
Cable, XLR
A balanced cable used for low impedance microphones and sometimes for connections between some parts of the PA. Commonly referred to as a "mic cord".
Brooks Hi Fi reviews Electricity
Electrical current (the amount of electron charge passing a point in a conductor per unit of time) or voltage (the force pushing electrons to obtain electrical current).
Compact Disc, Interactive CDI
A Compact Disc, usually containing audio, video, and text, which the user can interact with in that the display or playback changes after the user performs some action.
Brooks RM 909 Crossover (Crossover Network)
A set of filters that "split" the audio signal into two or more bands (two or more signals, each of which have only some of the frequencies present).
Automatic Gain Control (Automatic Volume Control)
A compressor with a very long release time used to keep the volume of the audio very constant.
Full Range
Describes a sound which covers all audible frequency ranges. As in "full range speaker cabinets."
Bandwidth
1) The range of frequencies over which a tape recorder, amplifier or other audio device is useful. 2) The range of frequencies affected by an equalization setting.
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