This site contains an extensive glossary of terms (electronics dictionary) for the sound engineer.
Definitions from Absorption to Axis, from from Baffles to Byte, from Cable to Cyclic Redundancy, from dB to Dynamic Mic, from Early Reflections to Expansion, from Face to Fundamental, from Gain to Guitar Processor, from Haas Effect to Hz (Hertz), from IC to Isolation Booth/ Isolation Room, from Jack to Joystick, K to Kilo, from Layering to Lower Toms, from Machine Head to Mute Switch, from NAB to Nyquest Rate, from Octave to Overtones, from Pad to PZM, from Q to Quarter Track, from Rack to Run Off, from Safe to System Exclusive Bulk Dump, from Tablature to Two Way Speaker, from m to Upper Toms, from Vacuum Tube to VU Meter (VU – Volume Unit), from Wah Wah to Write Protect, from XLR to XY Micing, Y-cord, Zenith and Zero dB.
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Audioengineering graduate currently cutting grass. Always loved doing audio things. Maybe its time to dip my big toe in the waves again.
Great glossary – could almost use this as revision material for my audioeng exams coming up!
Great resource- thank you…
Great list. Finally found out what a baffle and a pan pot are. Very useful resource for us sound guys.
I am wondering what the word “transparent” means when talking about audio, or about microphones. It’s not in this glossary.
Hi Shane
I think there may be more than one definition of transparent audio. For me it is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transparency_(data_compression)
I hope that helps.
Hi
The word transparent is used to describe any type of equipment or process that doesn’t add it’s own characteristics to the sound you are trying to capture or mix.
Some equipment can colour the audio and some are transparent.
Dolby Digital is a surround sound codec, not a noise reduction system!
Dave,
I disagree. The Dolby system originally started out as a noise reduction system, specifically for the hiss that was present in tape recordings and in LP recordings. As time went on, the Dolby function was combined with various codecs, and today, the noise reduction function of such codecs is pretty much ignored. If it says “Dolby”, the noise reduction function is still there.
The term propagation of sound…. What does it mean?!!!
Hi Kutlwano
See http://www.jhu.edu/virtlab/ray/acoustic.htm for a definition.