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Slope
Rise or fall within a curve with regard to an envelope.
SMPTE
Abbreviation for Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
Standardised protocol for the synchronisation of audio and video
technology
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Timecode
SRC
Sample Rate Converter
Sum
Signal mixed together with a mixing console from different input
signals with the purpose of further editing.
TDM
Time division multiplex, picking up a signal from a data stream
Telephone hybride
Device for the level adjustment of a 2-wire phone line (tone line with
two wires for bidirectional talk and for one message or comment
line) to a telephone mixing console without acoustic feedback.
Threshold
Parameter that defines for the compressor the gain above which a
gain reduction is triggered. For gate and expander it is the level
below which a reduction is triggered.
Tiny channel
Audio channel without signal processing.
Unit
This general expression signifies the complete range of all units of a
console that are accessable (channel, fader, ...)
VCA
Abbreviation for Voltage Controlled Amplifier.The VCA serves lesser
for the amplification of audio signals but rather for their exactly
dosed attenuation.
Sources:
Jürg Jecklin, „Musikaufnahmen”, 2 Auflage, Franzis Unterhaltungs-Elektronik
Michael Dickreiter, „Handbuch der Tonstudiotechnik” Band 1/2” , 5 Auflage, K.G.
Saur
Jan Friedrich Conrad, „Taschenlexikon”, PPV
Jan Friedrich Conrad, „Recording”, PPV
Friedrich Guthmann, „Lexikon der Tontechnik”
„KEYBOARDS”, Magazin für Musik und Computer, Ausgaben 12/00, 01/01, 02/01
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