Impedance - The amount of opposition that a circuit aplies to current when a voltage is applied to it, Jack lead - A common connector for audio. Can be mono, stereo, balanced or unbalanced. 2 sizes. , Keyboard tracking - Spreading a single sample out across the keyboard. It is then pitch-shifted in response to the key played., Leslie speaker - Has a rotating cone, which has 2 speeds, Limiter - Prevents peaks of sound going above a pre-determined threshold, Looping - An audio of MIDI file of any length that repeats multiple times, Low frequency oscillator LFO - A control signal used to alter a parameter over time, used to modulated other elements of the sound, Low pass filter - Removes high frequencies above a set cutoff frequency, Mastering - The final stage of production before music is released, MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface - A universal language used to communicate between electronic musical instruments, MIDI message - Sent between electronic instruments, i.e. note on/off, controller, aftertouch, Mixing desk - A device for changing relative levels, EQ and dynamics of a number of signals and blending them together, Modulation - Effects with movement i.e. chorus, flanger, LFO, Monitoring - Equipment used to listen to audio during recording or mixing (speakers & headphones), Mono - A single sound source, speaker, or channel, Monophonic - When a synth can only play one note at a time, Moving coil microphone - Another name for a dynamic mic, Multisampling - Several samples at different pitches and velocities, to increase realism of a sampled instrument, Noise - Unwanted sound, Normalising - Boosting of audio so peak level stays at maximum level before distortion (0dB), Nyquist's Theorem - Sample rate should be at least twice the frequency of highest sound captured, Omnidirectional - Picks up sound from all around the mic, On/off axis - Placing a mic at different angles in relation to the sound source. , One-shot sample - Plays without cutting off the end, no matter how long key is pressed down for, Oscillator - Generates waveforms in a synth, Overdrive - A form of distortion where waves are deliberately clipped, Overdubbing - Overlaying additional recorded parts, Pad - A switch that attenuates the gain by a set amount to prevent clipping, Panning - Placing sound within a stereo field, Panning law - Determines how the volumes of L and R channels change when panned across stereo field,

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