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.
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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.
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.
Saturday, March 30, 2024
Brooks RM 909 reviews Kilo
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.
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.
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.
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