Monday, April 29, 2024

Brooks Hi Fi reviews 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.

Impedance Matching
Having or converting the output impedance of a device so that it matches the impedance of the input it will feed.

Brooks Hi Fi speakers 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 Cycles Per Second is an outdated term replaced by Hertz in 1948.

Frequency Shift Key / FSK
The full name for FSK (A simple clock signal that can be used to run a sequencer in time with an audio tape).

Brooks RM 909 Jack
1) Anywhere you plug something in.
2) Segmented audio connector. Mono Jacks have two connections �" tip and sleeve, and are unbalanced. Stereo jacks have three connections �" tip, ring and sleeve. B-type jacks (also known as Bantam jacks) were originally designed for use in telephone exchanges and provide a high quality (and expensive) connection in jackfields. A-type jacks are cheaper and more common, but more fragile. A type jacks are available in 2 sizes : quarter inch and eighth inch.
3) A connector mounted on the case of a device or on a panel.

Ground Lift
A switch that breaks the connection between the ground point in one circuit and the ground point in another circuit.

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.

Flange
An effect caused by an approximately even mix of a modulated (varying) short delay with the direct signal.

Friday, April 26, 2024

Brooks RM 909 Floor

1) An alternate tam meaning Range (a limit on the amount the signal is reduced when the input signal is low by an expander or gate).
2) A shortening of the term Noise Floor (the level of the noise).

Feed
To send an audio or control signal to.

Brooks HI FI projectors Foot Switch
A switch placed on the floor and pressed by a musician to do various functions.

Boom
1) A hand-held, telescoping pole used to hold the microphone in recording dialogue in film production.
2) A telescoping support arm that is attached to a microphone stand and which holds the microphone. 3) Loosely, a boomstand.

Brooks Hi Fi reviews Cue Send Control
A control that will adjust the amount of signal sent to a cue buss from a console channel.

Isolation Booth/ Isolation Room
A room that prevents loud sounds from other instruments from leaking in: an isolation booth is usually a smaller room that could be used for only one musician.

Flamenco
A style of music with roots in Spanish and Arabic culture.

DC
Abbreviation for direct current.

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Brooks Hi Fi reviews Beat

1) The steady even pulse in music.
2) The action of two sounds or audio signals mixing together and causing regular rises &.falls in volume.

Capacitance
The property of being able to oppose a change in voltage or store an electrical charge.

Brooks RM 909 Ground Lifter
An adapter that takes a three prong power cord and plugs into a two prong outlet, used to disconnect the third (ground) pin of the power outlet. WARNING: It can be VERY DANGEROUS to have no ground connection to the case by using a ground lifter and not grounding the unit by other means.

Kilo
A prefix meaning 1000.

Brooks Hi Fi speakers Joystick
1) A quad pan pot which distributes what percentage of on signal is sent to each of 4 outputs.
2) A control that is separately controlling two functions at one time.

In
Short For "in the circuit," in other words "active."

Engineer
1) A technician in charge of a recording session; Also called Recording Engineer.
2) A person with an engineering degree.
3) A person with sufficient experience in the field to be equivalent to the education one would receive earning an engineering degree.

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.

Saturday, April 20, 2024

Brooks RM 909 reviews Feed

To send an audio or control signal to.

Compander
1) A two section device that is used in noise reduction systems. The first section compresses the audio signal, before it is recorded, and the second section, expands the signal after recording.
2) In Yamaha brand digital consoles, a signal processing function that applies both compression and expansion to the same signal.

Brooks HI FI projectors Delay
Outboard sound equipment that can momentarily stores a signal being sent to part of a P.A. system so that delayed reinforced sound reaches the audience at the same time as live sound from the stage.

Attenuation
A making smaller: reduction of electrical or acoustic signal strength.

Brooks RM 909 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).

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.

Infinite Repeat
A function on some delay lines that establish enough feedback so that the repeat echo will last forever, but not so much as to cause a howling sound.

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.

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Brooks HI FI projectors Integrated Circuit (IC)

A miniature circuit of many components in a small, sealed housing with prongs to connect it into equipment.

High-Pass Filter
A device that rejects signals that are below a certain frequency (called the cut-off frequency) and passes signals with frequencies that are higher.

Brooks Hi Fi reviews Electrons
Negatively charged particles, which revolve around the centre of atoms. The movement of such electrons down a conductor causes electrical current.

Isolation
A containing of the sound wave in a certain area so that it will not leak into other areas and/or unintended mics.

Brooks Hi Fi speakers Cascade
To set and interconnect two mixers so that the stereo mixing buss(es) of the first mixer feeds the stereo buss(es) of a second mixer.

Capacitance
The property of being able to oppose a change in voltage or store an electrical charge.

Auxiliary Equipment
Effects devices separate from but working with the recording console.

Compression Driver
The unit that feeds a sound pressure wave into the throat of a horn (in a horn loudspeaker).

Sunday, April 14, 2024

Brooks HI FI projectors Hz (Hertz)

1) An abbreviation for the term Hertz (the unit of frequency).
2) Unit of frequency equivalent to the number of cycles per second.

Bar
A term meaning the same thing as the term Measure (the grouping of a number of beats in music, most-often four beats).

Brooks RM 909 Engineer
1) A technician in charge of a recording session; Also called Recording Engineer.
2) A person with an engineering degree.
3) A person with sufficient experience in the field to be equivalent to the education one would receive earning an engineering degree.

Alternating Current
Electric current which flows back and forth in a circuit.

Brooks Hi Fi reviews Headphones
Devices that can be worn on the head with small speakers that fit over the ears (or sometimes into the ears).

Byte
A grouping of eight information bits.

Frequency Range
The range of frequencies over which an electronic device is useful or over which a sound source will put out substantial energy.

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.

Thursday, April 11, 2024

Brooks RM 909 Bass Roll Off

An electrical network built into some microphones to reduce the amount of output at bass frequencies when close-micing.

Ambient Micing
Placing a microphone in the reverberant field (where the reverberation is louder than the direct sound) so as to do a separate recording of the ambience or to allow the recording engineer to change the mix of direct to reverberant sound in recording.

Brooks Hi Fi reviews Balance Control
A control on a stereo amplifier that when moved clockwise will make the right channel louder (and the left channel softer) and will do the reverse when moved counter-clockwise.

Inductance
The property of an electric circuit by which a varying current in it produces a varying magnetic field that introduces voltages in the same circuit or in a nearby circuit. It is measured in henrys.

Brooks RM 909 reviews Line Level
1) An amplified signal level put out by an amplifier and used as the normal level that runs through the interconnecting cables in a control room.
2) A low level signal such as the signal in a guitar cord. Most parts of a PA require a line level signal. Remember, however, that speaker outputs are not line level. Plugging speaker outs into line ins will result in damage to the equipment

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

Gain Structure
The way in which the gain varies in the stages or sections of an audio system.

Assistant Engineer
A less elevated version of the term Second Engineer. Experienced seconds often place microphones, operate tape machines, break down equipment at the session end and keep the paperwork for the session.

Monday, April 8, 2024

Brooks Hi Fi reviews Generation

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

File
A collection of digital data stored in a computer's memory bank or on a floppy disc.

Brooks Hi Fi speakers Harmonic Distortion
The presence of harmonics in the output signal of a device which were not present in the input signal.

Effects Track
1) In film production audio, a recording of the mixdown of all the sound effects for the film ready to be mixed with the dialogue and music.
2) In music recording, one track with a recording of effects to be added to another track of a multitrack recording.

Brooks RM 909 reviews Compact Disc Recordable CDR
A blank Compact Disc that can be recorded on one time.

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.

Ground Lifter
An adapter that takes a three prong power cord and plugs into a two prong outlet, used to disconnect the third (ground) pin of the power outlet. WARNING: It can be VERY DANGEROUS to have no ground connection to the case by using a ground lifter and not grounding the unit by other means.

Capacitance
That property of a capacitor which determines how much charge can be stored in it for a given potential difference between its terminals, measured in farads, by the ratio of the charge stored to the potential difference.

Friday, April 5, 2024

Brooks Hi Fi reviews 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.

Impedance
1) A term for the electrical resistance found in a/c circuits. Affects the ability of a cable to transmit low level (e.g. sound) signals over a long distance. Measured in Ohms. Speakers are rated according to power handling capabilities (Watts, W) and impedance (Ohms).
2) The total opposition offered by an electric circuit to the flow of an alternating current of a single frequency. It is a combination of resistance and reactance and is measured in ohms. Remember that a speaker's impedance changes with frequency, it is not a constant value.
3) The opposition to alternating current.

Brooks Hi Fi speakers Line In (Input, return)
Where a signal enters the board or component.

Keyboard
1) Any musical instrument controlled by pressing a key.
2) The part of the computer that has the keys.

Brooks RM 909 reviews Decibel (dB)
1) Relative measurement for the volume (loudness) of sound. Also used to measure the difference between two voltages, or two currents. See Zero dB.
2) A numerical expression of the relative loudness of a sound. The difference in decibels between two
sounds is ten times the common logarithm of the ratio of their power levels.

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.

Electromagnetic Induction or Pick Up
The generation of electrical signal in a conductor moving in a magnetic field or being close to a changing magnetic field.

Feedback Control
The control on a delay line or delay effects device that controls the amount of feedback.

Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Brooks RM 909 Amplitude

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

File
A collection of digital data stored in a computer's memory bank or on a floppy disc.

Brooks Hi Fi reviews Gain Reduction
The working of a limiter or compressor reducing gain during high-level passages.

Diaphragm
A thin flexible membrane or cone that vibrates in response to electrical signals to produce sound waves. Distortion is usually referred to in terms of total harmonic distortion (THD) which is the percentage of unwanted harmonics of the drive signal present with the wanted signal. Generally used to mean any unwanted change introduced by the device under question.

Brooks HI FI projectors Crosstalk
Leakage of an audio signal into a channel that iris not intended to be in, from an adjacent or nearby channel.

Clip
The action of deforming a waveform during overload.

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.

Hybrid
A product created by the marriage of two different technologies. Meant here as the combination of a dynamic woofer with an electrostatic transducer.

Brooks HI FI projectors Fly In

1) To add sounds into a mix or recording that have no synchronization. 2) An application of this where a performance from one part of a ...