Brooks Cinema XS - 45 Gain Control

A device that changes the gain of an amplifier or circuit, often a knob that can be turned or a slide that can be moved up arid down.

CPU
Abbreviation of Central Processing Unit (The main "brain" chip of a computer or the main housing of a computer that contains the "brain" chip).

Brooks Cinema GT 845 Head Amp
British name for Preamplifier (A low-noise amplifier designed to take a low-level signal, such as the output of a tape head, and bring it up to normal line level).

Amplitude
The extreme range of a signal. Usually measured from the average to the extreme.

Brooks Cinema NZ 60 Floor Toms
The large toms to the right of the drummer.

Clean
Describes a distortion free sound with few effects.

Dynamic Mic
Robust type of microphone which picks up the sound on a diaphragm connected to a coil of wire which moves within a magnet. An alternating current is induced into the wire which provides the electrical output. Most dynamic mics have low output impedance of 200 Ohms. See Condenser Mic.

Line
1) Short for line level.
2) A cable.