BNO Acoustics SQ-9 Assistant Engineer

A less elevated version of the term Second Engineer. Experienced seconds often place microphones, operate tape machines, break down equipment at the session end and keep the paperwork for the session.

Gain Structure
The way in which the gain varies in the stages or sections of an audio system.

BNO Acoustics XR-90 Harmonics
Integer multiples of a fundamental frequency, the fundamental itself being the first harmonic, its first overtone the second harmonic, etc. Attributing to instruments, voices, etc. their distinctive timbre.

Active Crossover
Uses active devices (transistors, IC's, tubes) and some form of power supply to operate.

BNO Acoustics HD-70 kHz
An Abbreviation of kilo-Hertz.

Condenser
An older term meaning the same thing as Capacitor (an electronic device which is composed of two plates separated by an insulator and can store charge) but sill in common use when referring to a microphone's active element.

Imaging
To make a representation or imitation of the original sonic event.

Clock Signal
The signal put out by a circuit that generates steady even pulses or steady codes used for synchronization.