Brooks Cinema KP 30 Arc

The visible sparks generated by an electrical discharge.

Amp
1) An abbreviation of the term Amplifier (A device which increases the level of an electrical signal.
2) An abbreviation of Ampere (the unit of current).
3) An abbreviation of amplitude (the height of a waveform above or below the zero line).

Brooks Cinema TX 509 Assistant Engineer
A less elevated version of the term Second Engineer. Experienced seconds often place microphones, operate tape machines, break down equipment at the session end and keep the paperwork for the session.

First Generation
A descriptive term meaning original (as opposed to a copy).

Brooks SS 81 Line Out (Line Output)
Any output that sends out a line level signal, such as the output of a console that feeds a recorder.

Channel
1) In multitrack tape machines, this term means the same thing as the term Track (one audio recording made on a portion of the width of a multitrack tape).
2) A single path that an audio signal travels or can travel through a device from an input to an output.

Instrument Out Direct
Feeding the output of an electric instrument (like an electric guitar) to the recording console or tape recorder without using a microphone.

Buss (Bus)
A wire carrying signals to some place, usually fed from several sources.