Brooks Hi Fi speakers Analog Recording

A recording of the continuous changes of an audio waveform.

Ampere
The unit of current, abbreviated Amp.

Brooks RM 909 reviews Fidelity
The recording or reproduction quality.

Hi-Z
An abbreviation of the term High Impedance (Impedance of 5000 or more ohms).

Brooks RM 909 Aux Send
Short for the term Auxiliary Send (a control to adjust the level of the signal sent from the console input channel to the auxiliary equipment through the aux buss.

Digital Recording
1) ADAM : (Akai Digital Audio Multitrack). 12 track recording onto Video 8 tape. 16 bit, 44.1 or 48 kHz sampling rate.
2) DAT (Digital Audio Tape) Cassette-like system which has much higher quality than standard audio cassettes. Widely used in gathering sound effects, for news gathering, and for playback of music.
3) DCC (Digital Compact Cassette) Rival to DAT which also plays standard audio cassettes.
4) MiniDisc : Uses computer disk technology, rather than tape. A laser heats an area of magnetic disk which is then written to by a magnetic head. When cooled, the magnetic information is read from the disk by laser. Tracks can be named, and are instant start. Very theatre-friendly system.
5) Direct to Disk : Uses the hard disk present in most PCs as the recording medium.

Buss (Bus)
A wire carrying signals to some place, usually fed from several sources.

Byte
A grouping of eight information bits.