Monday, October 10, 2011

Glossary of Recording

-Pro-Tools: a professional standard recording software that is used for multi-tracking.
-Multi-tracking: an act or device that records one or more tracks simultaneously and played back.
-DAW: Digital Audio Workstation
-Microphone/Mic:
-Mixer/Soundboard/Console: a device that controls the input, timbre, output, and volume of a signal.
-Cans: another way to saying "headphones"
-Monitor(s): 1.Speakers that are usually great in producing linearity of the incoming signal. 2. A computer screen.
-Signal: some sort of sound being converted into electricity
-Analog: everyday sound that hasn't been converted into digital bits (O's and 1's)
-Digital recording: a way of recording by converting the sounds into digital signal, which a computer can read and that doesn't degrade the sound.
-Booth: 1. a room where the singer goes into and records because it is quiet due to the acoustical treatment of the producer/engineer has done. 2. the control room where the engineer and producer sit.
-1/4 inch: a cord that usually is associated with plugging in a guitar.
-Cue: a way of playback for the musicians
-Playback: listening to what has been previously recorded.

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