BNO Acoustics Speakers: Generation

A term used to describe the number of times that the recorded audio signal has been copied.

Stretched String Instruments
Instruments that use stretched strings to generate the tones such as guitars, violins and pianos.

BNO Acoustics 6k-52: Nut
The point on the guitar neck where the strings touch the neck and join the headstock.

High Hat
A double cymbal on a stand which can be played with a foot pedal or by the top cymbal being hit with a stick.

Quantization Distortion/Quantization Error
A modulation noise (also perceived as a distortion) that occurs in digital processing/recording caused by the sample levels being altered to conform to standard Quantization levels.

Turntable
1) A device to support and rotate a phonograph record during playback.
2) One of the round disc platters that holds a reel and reel lock and is driven by a reel motor.

Record Equalization
The increase in amplitude of signals, in a tape machine's electronics, at the high frequencies as a tape is recorded to keep high-frequency signals recorded above the tape noise.