Brooks GT 845 Light Emitting Diode

A light that allows current to flow in one direction only and emits light whenever a voltage of a certain level or beyond is applied to it.

Circuit
1) One complete path of electric current.
2) Similar to definition 1, but including all paths and components to accomplish one function in a device.

Brooks Audio Design GT 845 Capsule
1) The variable capacitor section of a condenser microphone.
2) In other types of microphones, the part of the microphone that includes the diaphragm and the active element.

Echo Chamber
1) A room designed with very hard, non-parallel surfaces and equipped with a speaker and microphone.
2) Any artificial or electronic device that simulates the reverberation created in a room.

Brooks QS-70 Insert
1) A punch in of the all of the tracks being recorded in a recording session.
2) On Solid State Logic consoles, placing an outboard piece of gear in the channel by patching and activating a switch.

Frequency Response
How sensitive an electronic device (mic, amplifier, speaker, etc.) is to various frequencies; often communicated with a graph.

Ground Loop
A double grounding of a line or electronic device at two different "ground" points of differing voltage.

Kick (Kick Drum)
Another term for Bass Drum.