Recording and Voice Processing, Volume 1

Glossary

A

Audio Interface: sometimes called a sound card, this is a computer device that connects microphones, instruments and listening systems to a computer via a USB, PCI, Firewire or Thunderbolt port. It provides analog-to-digital conversion.

Auto-tune: tone correction software created by Antares Audio Technologies.

Auxiliary: on a mixing console, each of the input channels has one or more sends called “auxiliaries”. For these, you can generally switch to “post-fader” or “pre-fader” mode (see later in this Glossary) depending on the type of signal sampling you want to carry out, after or before the fader, the role of which is to manage the output volume of each of the input channels (slices).

B

Backing track: a backing track that makes it possible for a performer to add an additional part to a piece of music. This is particularly the case for a singer. It can be purely rhythmic.

Baxandall: audio bass/treble tone corrector invented by Peter Baxandall in 1950.

Bus: in the audio field, this is a temporary processing channel, making it possible to gather together different channels or inputs on a mixing console.

Bus master: gathers the output channels of a mixing console. Usually, the master bus is copied to the monitoring section for listening in the studio.

Bypass: the bypass mode allows an audio signal to pass through a processing device without affecting its sound characteristics.

C

Circum-aural: a headset that completely encloses the ears (see also Intra-aural and Supra-aural). ...