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7.4 Glossary
Ambient Music
atmospheric/lacking in a strong beat (e.g. can be played with a drum track, can be rhythmically gated etc.)
Balance
relative levels of left/right in a stereo pair, usually controlled by a panoramic potentiometer (panpot)
BPM
Beats Per Minute
Channel
input strip on a mixing desk
Clip, Clipping
overload, severe distortion
Compressor
device or program for limiting dynamic range (increasing energy)
Cross fader
fades in one music track while simultaneously fading out another
Cue
headphone feed
Cueing
getting music ready to come in at pre-arranged point
Cut Switch
silences audio
dB (decibel)
a unit of measurement, ratio of two voltages (dB = 20 log (V1/V2)), (dBu = voltage ratio relative to 0.775 V
RMS)
DI (Direct Injection)
connecting an electric instrument directly to the console via a DI-Box, converting the high level unbalanced
signal (from the instrument) into a low level balanced signal (for the console)
DJing
sequencing music tracks e.g. for dancing audience
Drum machine
electronic drum instrument
Echo
device or program for adding repeats
Effects (abbr. FX or EFX)
devices that alter the original (dry) sound or add something to it, e.g. delay
Equalizing
the use of filters for cutting or boosting selected frequencies
Exciter/Enhancer
device or program for improving treble and bass intelligibility
Expander
(see Noise Gate)
Fader
linear potentiometer with logarithmic response
Feedback (howlround)
unstable circuit (e.g. mic/speaker, input/output) where a signal is able to return to an input from an output,
causing successive cycles of progressively higher gain (avoid it by e.g. not using a mic close to a speaker
driven from the mics own signal)
Filter
device or program for adding or removing removing part of frequency bandwidth e.g. for dramatic effect
Flanger/Chorus
device or program for adding short modulated echoes
Gain
degree of amplification
Headroom
signal range between nominal level and clipping
Incoming (cue) track
music being auditioned prior to being played
Kill Switches
switches for removing frequency bands
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