Brooks Audio Design SS 81 Lead Sheet

A written chart showing the melody, lyrics and chords of a tune with full musical notation.

Auxiliary Input or Return
A route back into the sound desk for a signal sent to a piece of outboard equipment via an auxiliary send.

Brooks GT 845 Line Out (Line Output)
Any output that sends out a line level signal, such as the output of a console that feeds a recorder.

Inverse Square Law
Simply stated, the fact that in an un-obstructed area (like an open field) the sound pressure level will drop to half-pressure (-6 dB) every time the distance to the sound source is doubled.

Brooks GT 845 Line Input
An input designed to take a line level signal.

Ground
In electronics, a place (terminal) that has zero volts.

Amplifier (Power amp, Head)
It's the part of the sound system that actually magnifies or "amplifies" the sound. In other words, it makes stuff louder.

Limiter
A device which reduces gain when the input voltage exceeds a certain level.