Audio Recording Vocabulary
Below is a list of terms that you need to know when working in the recording industry, or just in the field of electronics. For this course, you will be expected to define 10 of the terms per week. The best way to do this would be to copy the list into a word processing file, and look up the term on the Web or dictionary...if using the latter, then you better use the correct definition. Once you have looked up your term then type it out.
- AC
- DC
- Audio Frequencies
- Amplitude
- Balanced inputs
- Unbalanced inputs
- Compression
- Compressor
- Limiter
- XLR
- TRS
- TS
- RCA plugs
- Decibel
- Dbu
- Dbv
- Dbm
- Delay
- Reverb
- Echo
- Distortion
- Equalizer
- Filters
- Headroom
- Polarity
- Frequency
- Pitch
- timbre
- Phantom Power
- Cardioid
- hypercardioid
- Phase
- S/N Ratio
- Line Level
- Mic Level
- Electric Guitar level
- Power
- Watts
- Amps
- Impedance
- Noise Floor
- RF Interference
- RMS
- Audio Transformer
- VU Meters
- Analyzer
- Real time
- Frequency
- Attack time
- Release time
- Flanging
- Graphic Equalizer
- Sine Wave
- Standing Waves
- THD Total Harmonic Distortion
- Nodes
- Oscillator
