Brooks XT 20 Dolby

Trade name for a series of noise reduction systems that have become standard on many tape playback machines. Many film soundtracks are produced using this process. Different varieties are found from Dolby B on most personal cassette players, to Dolby SR and Digital, the current state of the art for cinema.

Bar
A term meaning the same thing as the term Measure (the grouping of a number of beats in music, most-often four beats).

Brooks XB 22 Echo Return
An input of the console, which brings back the echo (reverberation) signal from the echo chamber or other echo effects device.

AES/EBU
Professional Interface A standard for sending and receiving digital audio adopted by the Audio Engineering Society and the European Broadcast Union.

Brooks Cinema KP 30 Electrons
Negatively charged particles, which revolve around the centre of atoms. The movement of such electrons down a conductor causes electrical current.

Fidelity
The recording or reproduction quality.

Humbucker
Pickups that are coupled together to get a certain sound.

FOH (Front of House)
Refers to the speakers that face toward the audience. Also called the "main" speakers.