Audio Production Basics: Vocabulary

person or object producing sound

• Source

• Caption

• Mixer

• Noise

equipment used to proved a more even sound by removing peaks in sound frequency

• Equalizer

• Mixer

• Noise

• Pre-amplifier

tiny piece of metal inside a microphone which vibrates when sound waves hit it

• Diaphragm

• Plosive

• Hardware

• VU Meter

piece of a microphone responsible for transferring audio signals from audio soundwaves to electrical signals

• Transducer

• Plosive

• Distortion

• Destructive Interference

Software used to record audio

• DAW/Digital Audio Workstation

• Mixer

• Condenser Microphone

• Lavalier Microphone

microphone containing a diaphragm connected to a coiled wire within a magnetic field

• Dynamic Microphone

• Condenser Microphone

• Ribbon Microphone

• Shotgun Microphone

material used as barrier from breath sounds, popping noises or outdoor wind

• Windscreen

• Pick-up Pattern

• Mixer

• VU Meter

equipment used to boost the audio signal to be heard by other equipment

• Pre-amplifier

• Mixer

• Compressor

• Equalizer

Unwanted sounds introduced in the signal

• Noise

• Distortion

• Clipping

• Pre-amplifier

Interference caused by multiple signals occurring at one time

• Destructive Interference

• Radio Frequency

• Electrical Interference

• Electrical-Interference