Brooks Cinema ZL 44 Critical Distance

The point a distance away from the sound source where the direct sound and the reverberant sound are equal in volume.

Jam Sync
A generation of new SMPTE according to the input SMPTE signal

Brooks Cinema GT 845 Boundary Mic
A microphone mounted on a flat plate that acts as a reflective surface directing sound into the mic capsule. Used for general pick-up over a large area. See PCC, PZM.

File
A collection of digital data stored in a computer's memory bank or on a floppy disc.

Brooks Audio Design Review TM-22 Electronics
1) On a tape machine, the housing for and the channel circuitry which processes the signal to be fed to the heads, provide bias, and playback.
2) The branch of science dealing with the behaviour of electrons/charges in vacuums, gases, semiconductors and special conductors.

Headphones
Devices that can be worn on the head with small speakers that fit over the ears (or sometimes into the ears).

Electric Current
A more formal term meaning the same as the term Current (the amount of electron charge passing a point in a conductor per unit of time).

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.