Brooks KM 22 Compressor

A signal processing device that does not allow as much fluctuation in the level of the signal above a certain adjustable or fixed level.

Attenuator (Pot)
The electronic dohickey under the knobs that increases or reduces the strength of the signal running through it. When these get old and dirty, they can make popping noises or rumbles in your PA (As in "my pots are dirty").
Assign Tochoose to which place an output is going to be sent.

Brooks Cinema KM 22 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).

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

Brooks QS - 95 Level
The amount of signal strength; the amplitude, especially the average amplitude.

Cord (Speaker, Mic, Instrument)
Used to connect a sound system together. Each type of cord is made for a specific purpose and should not be used in place of another type of cord, not even if they look alike. Also see "cable"

Hertz
The unit of frequency. Equivalent to cycles per second. Abbreviation: Hz.

Cascade
To set and interconnect two mixers so that the stereo mixing buss(es) of the first mixer feeds the stereo buss(es) of a second mixer.