BNO Acoustics GT-60 Key

The control of a dynamics processing device by an external audio signal.

Crossover, Passive
Used inside of full range speaker cabinets to separate highs, mids, and lows and send them to their respective speakers within the each cabinet. These are not as efficient as active crossovers because they require all frequencies to draw from the same source of amplification.

BNO Acoustics QS-4 Capacitance
The property of being able to oppose a change in voltage or store an electrical charge.

Frequency Response
How sensitive an electronic device (mic, amplifier, speaker, etc.) is to various frequencies; often communicated with a graph.

BNO Acoustics YM-44 Amplification
An increasing of signal strength.

ID
An index signal (digital data that gives the machine information of where selections start, their selection number, etc.) on a DAT or CD.

Cue
1) The signal fed back to the musicians through headphones.
2) To set the tape or disc so that the intended selection will immediately play when the tape machine or player is started.
3) A location point entered into a computer controlling the playback or recording of a track or tape.
4) In MCI brand tape machines, a term meaning the same thing as Sync Playback (where the record head is used as a playback head for those tracks already recorded).

High Impedance Mic
A microphone designed to be fed into an amplifier with input impedance greater than 20 k ohms.