BNO Acoustics SQ-9: Room Tone

The background noise in a room without people speaking or music playing.

Console
A set of controls and their housing, which control all signals necessary for recording and mixing.

Ruggedness
Ability to withstand a lot of use, rough use or abuse.

BNO Acoustics Speakers: Polarizing Voltage
The voltage applied to the plates of the variable capacitor in the condenser microphone capsule.

Modular Digital Multitrack
A multitrack digital recorder with (usually) 8 tracks than can be run in synchronization with other machines (of the same type) to attain more tracks. ADAT brand recorders are an example.

Puck
Any circular piece of metal, fiber, rubber, etc., which drives something from a rotating power source.

Negative
The opposite of positive.