There is so much jargon or just key words that people bandy about expecting everyone else to know what they mean. Here I will mention some of them, particularly the one I use and give a brief explanation of what they mean and if they are important to you.
Audio Jargon 17/03/2022
This workshop will briefly explain how different microphones work with a short comparison between types. It follows on to describe the polar or pickup patterns of different microphones and again why or when different microphones would be used.
Audio Jargon 09/03/2022
Volume/gain/level/attenuation controls
These are terms that are often used interchangeably. When any signal is input to a device, mixer/amplifier, it must be increased in size in order that it can drive a loudspeaker and produce an increase sound level.
Audio Jargon 28/09/2022
A contact microphone uses the vibrations of a soundboard to collect the sound of an instrument.
Audio Jargon 17/03/2022
Feedback is the disturbing howling sound heard when a microphone is too close to a loudspeaker. To be more accurate; the sound being produced by the loudspeakers is being picked up by a microphone and being amplified again to a higher level than it was first received so producing an ever increasing