Brooks Cinema XS - 45 Automation

In consoles, a feature that lets the engineer program control changes (such as fader level) so that upon playback of the multitrack recording these changes happen automatically.

Dolby
Trade name for a series of noise reduction systems that have become standard on many tape playback machines. Many film soundtracks are produced using this process. Different varieties are found from Dolby B on most personal cassette players, to Dolby SR and Digital, the current state of the art for cinema.

Brooks XS - 45 Initialize
To prepare a digital storage medium (like a floppy disk) so that it will accept and store digital information bits.

Level
The amount of signal strength; the amplitude, especially the average amplitude.

Brooks Cinema KM 22 Automatic Gain Control (Automatic Volume Control)
A compressor with a very long release time used to keep the volume of the audio very constant.

Clip
The action of deforming a waveform during overload.

kHz
An Abbreviation of kilo-Hertz.

Howlback
British term for the term Feedback (the pickup of the signal out of a channel by the input of the channel or the howling sound that this produces).