Audio Jargon

Audio Jargon

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.


Workshop on Violin amplification

Workshop on Violin amplification

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This workshop was started for the Balzin' in Beauly Festival 2008. I has been refined and expanded for this website. To understand how to amplify a...


Workshop on Feedback

Workshop on Feedback

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Feedback. Feedback is the disturbing howling sound heard when a microphone is too close to a loudspeaker. To be more accurate; the sound being prod...


Which amplifier?

Which amplifier?

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A good question and perhaps one that you need to answer yourself. The point of an amplifier is to make the sound of your instrument louder. Here I am ...


What is a Contact Microphone?

What is a Contact Microphone?

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What is a Contact Microphone? Microphones are transducers; this means they change one form of energy into another. Microphones change acoustic ener...


Volume/gain/level/attenuation controls

Volume/gain/level/attenuation controls

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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...


Microphone Types

Microphone Types

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Microphone types. This workshop will briefly explain how different microphones work with a short comparison between types. It follows on to describe ...


Jack input/XLR input/Combo input

Jack input/XLR input/Combo input

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These are connection sockets on amplifiers or mixers. Jack and XLR are types of audio connector. I will start off by describing the jack plug, i.e. th...


Harp Amplification

Harp Amplification

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Accusound workshop on Harp Amplification. Firstly let’s start by defining what we or I mean by amplification. Amplification is the increasing of t...


Frequency Response

Frequency Response

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Frequency response. The frequency response is way to characterise how an audio system performs. Microphones, amplifier, and loudspeaker have freque...


Effects send and return

Effects send and return

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These are usually ¼” jack sockets, they may be integrated into to one socket or they may be individual jack sockets. Effects Send or FXSnd is th...


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