Brooks SS 81 Lead

The musical instrument that plays the melody of the tune, including the vocal.

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 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.

Critical Distance
The point a distance away from the sound source where the direct sound and the reverberant sound are equal in volume.

Brooks RM 80 Diaphragm
A thin flexible membrane or cone that vibrates in response to electrical signals to produce sound waves. Distortion is usually referred to in terms of total harmonic distortion (THD) which is the percentage of unwanted harmonics of the drive signal present with the wanted signal. Generally used to mean any unwanted change introduced by the device under question.

Floor Toms
The large toms to the right of the drummer.

High Impedance Mic
A microphone designed to be fed into an amplifier with input impedance greater than 20 k ohms.

Generating Element
The portion of the microphone that actually converts the movement of the diaphragm into electrical current or voltage changes.