Audio engineering

application of gain to a recording to achieve a target level

Holophonics is a binaural recording system created by Hugo Zuccarelli that is based on the claim that the human auditory system acts as an interferometer. It relies on phase variance, just like stereophonic sound. The sound characteristics of holophonics are most clearly heard through headphones, though they can be effectively demonstrated with two-channel stereo speakers, provided that they are phase-coherent. The word "holophonics" is related to "acoustic hologram".

the number of bits of information recorded for each sample

set of standards under development by the IEEE for real-time networking

thumb|MADI interface-box (RME MADIface) equipping both optical and coaxial interfaces, each can handle 64ch digital audio per link.

gramophone record made of a thin, flexible vinyl sheet

set of electromechanical parameters

changing the speed or duration of an audio signal without affecting its pitch

aspect of history

changing the sampling rate of a discrete signal to obtain a new discrete representation of the underlying continuous signal

technique for calibrating the pitch of an audio recording to match musical notes

thumb|400px|A graph of the A-, B-, C- and D-weightings across the frequency range 10 Hz – 20 kHz thumb|400px|Video illustrating A-weighting by analyzing a sine sweep (contains audio)

Amount by which a signal can exceed a designated nominal level

technical research centre in Tokyo, Japan

effects unit that mimics the sound of "wah wah"

assessment of the audio output from an electronic device

recording studio in Hollywood, California, United States

Portastudio refers to a series of multitrack recorders produced by TASCAM beginning in 1979 with the introduction of the TEAC 144, the first four-track compact cassette-based recorder. Although a TASCAM trademark, "portastudio" is commonly used to refer to any self-contained multitrack recorder dedicated to music production.

turntable that plays records using laser beams

difference in time that it takes a sound to travel between two ears

Digital signal performance enhancement

private arts college with campuses in various countries

audio engineering technique consisting of joining of several channels of similar information

electrical power transferred from an audio amplifier to a loudspeaker

Tonmeister is a job description in the music and recording industries that describes a so-called "sound master" (a literal translation of the German Tonmeister): a person who creates recordings or broadcasts of music who is also both musically trained (in classical and non-classical genres) and has theoretical and practical knowledge.

audio recording technique in which a performer sings or plays along with their own prerecorded performance, usually to produce a stronger or "bigger" sound than can be obtained with a single voice or instrument

method of interconnecting audio equipment

recording studio

control on an audio device

lossy audio coding format

Type of electronic filter used in audio

De-essing (also desibilizing) is any technique intended to reduce or eliminate the excessive prominence of sibilant consonants, such as the sounds normally represented in English by "s", "z", "ch", "j", "t" and "sh", in recordings of the human voice. Sibilance lies in frequencies anywhere between 2 and 10 kHz, depending on the individual voice.

type of control knob

U.S. National Historic Landmark research laboratory

Music industry award

real, perceived or claimed quality of sounds from vacuum tube amplifiers

organization

UK music production and entertainment industry company

nickname given to Motown's first headquarters, located at 2648 West Grand Boulevard in Detroit, Michigan

The pregap on a Red Book audio CD is the portion of the audio track that precedes "index 01" for a given track in the table of contents (TOC). The pregap ("index 00") is typically two seconds long and usually, but not always, contains silence. Popular uses for having the pregap contain audio are live CDs, track interludes, and hidden songs in the pregap of the first track (detailed below).

quasi-peak meter originally developed by the BBC

thumb|Diagram of print-through leaving echoes (A, C) of a signal (B) on a tape

Lossy audio coding technique