Brooks GT 845 Driver

See transducer. Dynamic Range �" The range between the quietest and the loudest sounds a device can handle (often quoted in dB).

BPM
An abbreviation of Beat Per Minute (the number of steady even pulses in music occurring in one minute and therefore defining the tempo).

Brooks Cinema TX 509 Current
The amount of electron charge passing a point in a conductor per unit of time.

House Sync
A synchronization signal such as SMPTE time code that is used by all recorders in the control room.

Brooks QS-70 Infinite Repeat
A function on some delay lines that establish enough feedback so that the repeat echo will last forever, but not so much as to cause a howling sound.

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).

IM Distortion
An abbreviation of the term Intermodulation Distortion (Distortion caused by one signal beating with another signal and producing frequencies that are both the sum and the difference of the original frequencies present).

Crossover, Passive
Used inside of full range speaker cabinets to separate highs, mids, and lows and send them to their respective speakers within the each cabinet. These are not as efficient as active crossovers because they require all frequencies to draw from the same source of amplification.