Brooks GT 44 Echo Return

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

Error Detection
The process of discovery that sonic information bits have been lost in digital audio.

Brooks M 44 Expander
A device that causes expansion of the audio signal.

Grouping
1) Controlling the gain of several individual channels with a Group Fader.
2) The mixing together of several individual audio signals to send a mixed signal out of the console to record a track on a multitrack tape machine.

Brooks Speakers Chord
Three or more musical pitches sung or played together.

Expansion
The opposite of compression; for example, an expander may allow the signal to increase 2 dB every time the signal input increased by 1 dB.

Central Processing Unit
1) The main "brain" chip of a computer that performs the calculations and execution of instructions.
2) The main housing of a computer that contains the "brain" chip as opposed to other pieces of the computer system such as keyboards, monitors, etc.

Attack
The rate the sound begins and increases in volume.