Brooks TM-22 Key

The control of a dynamics processing device by an external audio signal.

Initialize
To prepare a digital storage medium (like a floppy disk) so that it will accept and store digital information bits.

Brooks QS 70 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 Cycles Per Second is an outdated term replaced by Hertz in 1948.

Bit
The smallest unit of digital information representing a single "0" or 1.

Brooks Cinema xm 808 Console
A set of controls and their housing, which control all signals necessary for recording and mixing.

Echo Send Control
A control to send the signal from the input module to the echo chamber or effects device via the echo buss.

Compressor
1) Effect used to squash the sound together. Used properly, it can take the edge off or your sound. Used improperly, it can take the life right out of your system and make it sound like an MTV mix.
2) A piece of sound processing equipment that ensures all wanted signals are suitably placed between the noise and distortion levels of the recording medium. It evens out the unwanted changes in volume you get with close-miking, and in doing so, adds punch to the sound mix. A Limiter is used to stop a signal from exceeding a preset limit. Beyond this limit, the signal level will not increase, no matter how loud the input becomes. A Limiter is often used to protect speaker systems (and human ears) by preventing a system from becoming too loud.

Crisp
Describes a good clean high midrange sound. It can be good or bad depending on the look on the face of the guy who said it.