Brooks M 44 Layering

The recording (or playing) of a musical part with of several similar sound patches playing simultaneous.

Bi-Directional Pattern
A microphone pick up pattern which has maximum pick up directly in front and directly in back of the diaphragm and least pick up at the sides.

Brooks Speakers Auxiliary Input or Return
A route back into the sound desk for a signal sent to a piece of outboard equipment via an auxiliary send.

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

Brooks Cinema ZL 44 Cable, TRS
A less common balanced cable that has 3 different contacts on its 1/4 inch connectors. Most headphone jacks are a good example of a TRS (Tip-Ring-Sleeve) connector. These are sometimes used instead of the more common XLR connection.

Headstock
The area of the guitar at the end of the neck where the strings are tuned.

Frequency Shift Key / FSK
The full name for FSK (A simple clock signal that can be used to run a sequencer in time with an audio tape).

Keying Input (Key Input)
An input on a dynamics processing device to control the device by an external audio signal.