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GLOSSARY
A Amperes
A.C. Alternating Current
ADAT Alesis Digital Audio Tape
ADC Analogue to Digital Converter
AES Audio Engineering Society - AES Digital Audio Format
ASP Analogue Signal Processing
DAW Digital Audio Workstation
DAC Digital to Analogue Converter
dB Decibel
dBA Decibel - measured using an A-Weighting Filter
dBu Decibel referenced to 0.775Vrms = 0 dBu
dBFS Decibel Full Scale
DB25 25-Pin DSUB Connector - Analogue Tascam Format
D.C. Direct Current
D.I Direct Injection (Instrument Input)
DoC Declaration of Conformity
EIN Equivalent Input Noise
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
HPF High Pass Filter
HMX Harmonic Saturation
HV High Voltage
Hz Hertz, cycles per second - measurement unit of frequency
i/o Input / Output
IRON Reference to Vintage Audio Transformer Core Material
JFET Junction Field Effect Transistor
LED Light Emitting Diode
MOSFET Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
Ohm Ω,UnitofResistance
RoHS Restriction of Hazardous Substances
S/PDIF Sony Philips Digital Interconnect Format
SMUX Sample Multiplexing
THD+N Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise
TRS Tip Ring Sleeve (1/4” Jack Balanced)
TS Tip Sleeve (1/4” Jack Unbalanced)
USB Universal Serial Bus
V Volts
XLR Extra Live Return, Extremely Low Resistance,
Canon X Series, Latching, Resilient Rubber Compound... or make up your own!
Z Ohms,Ω,InputImpedance-canbevariedbyadjustingZswitch