BNO Acoustics TR-12 Close Micing

A technique of placing a microphone close to the sound source (within one foot) in order to pick up mainly the direct sound and to avoid picking up leakage or ambience.

Insert
1) A punch in of the all of the tracks being recorded in a recording session.
2) On Solid State Logic consoles, placing an outboard piece of gear in the channel by patching and activating a switch.

BNO Acoustics 6k-52 Hi-Z
An abbreviation of the term High Impedance (Impedance of 5000 or more ohms).

Auxiliary Input or Return
A route back into the sound desk for a signal sent to a piece of outboard equipment via an auxiliary send.

BNO Speakers Critical Distance
The point a distance away from the sound source where the direct sound and the reverberant sound are equal in volume.

Chip
1) A slang term with the same meaning as the term IC (a miniature circuit of many components that is in small, sealed housing with prongs to connect it into equipment).
2) The thread cut away from the master lacquer to make the groove, while disc recording.

Graphic Equalizer
An device with several slides controlling the gain of audio signal present which is within one of several evenly spaced frequency bands (spaced according to octaves).

In-Line Console
A console with modules that have controls for all console sections in one long strip.