Brooks Cinema ZL 44 CD (Compact Disc) :

1) Digital sound storage medium. Provides a high quality source of music, sound effects etc. Also used as a playback medium for sound effects etc. by large theatres with long running shows, although CDR (Recordable CD) is becoming more affordable by the day.
2) An abbreviation of the term Compact Disc (a small optical disk with digital audio recorded on it).

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.

Brooks XB 22 Generation
A term used to describe the number of times that the recorded audio signal has been copied.

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 KS-55 Compact Disc CD
A small optical disk with digital audio recorded on it.

Hertz
The unit of frequency. Equivalent to cycles per second. Abbreviation: Hz.

Compander
Outboard sound equipment. Combination of a Compressor and an Expander.

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).