Audio Equipment and Terminology

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Boom Pole

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Used to extend shotgun microphone

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Calibration

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Process of adjusting or standardizing equipment to be precise, matching an established standard

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Channel

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Slider which identifies the sound source on the sound mixing board

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Cues

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Locations which are custom-defined in a waveform to make it easy to identify, navigate, make selections, perform edits or play back audio; known as markers in Adobe® Audition®

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Digital Recording Device

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Sound recorder used to capture and convert audio signals into simple pulse patterns

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Double-System Audio

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System in which sound is captured separately using a sound recording device

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Equalizer (EQ)

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Manages the frequency of sound on a sound mixing board

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Fader

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Used quickly to introduce or close out sound on a sound mixing board

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Foley Sound

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Everyday sounds re-created and recorded by a sound artist

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Lavalier Microphone

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Small, unobtrusive microphone placed discreetly close to the chest or on the upper part of the body