GLOSSARY
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Wah Wah (Wah) – A changing filter giving more and less filtering of harmonics of an instrument's sound.
Watt – Unit of electrical power.
Wave – A continuous fluctuation in the amplitude of a quantity with respect to time.
Wave Flank -–A term with the same meaning as Bank or a collection of sound patches in memory.
Wave Velocity – The time it takes for one point of the waveform to travel a certain distance.
Waveform –- The shape made by the fluctuations of a quantity over time.
Waveshape – The shape made by the fluctuations of a quantity over time.
Wavelength – The length of one cycle in feet, inches, etc.
Weber - A unit that describes a number of magnetic lines of force and is used in the measurement or statement of magnetic flux density (the strength of magnetism). Also, a company that makes great B-B-Q grills.
Weighting –- An equalization curve used in audio tests that compensates for the Fletcher Munson Effect at various levels.
Wet – Having reverberation or ambience.
White Noise – A random energy where there is an energy distribution so that the amount of energy is the same for each cycle, causing the noise level to increase with frequency.
Wide Band Noise – Noise that has energy over a wide range of frequencies.
Wild Sound – Sound recordings that are done completely separate from the master recording (or picture recording) and therefore can not be synched to the master recording.
Window – A portion of a file shown on a screen, usually appearing as a menu on top of the current page of data.
Windscreen – A device that reduces or eliminates wind noise from the microphone being moved or from wind blowing into the microphone on remote location recordings.
Wireless Microphone – A microphone with an FM radio transmitter inside of its case that transmits a signal to an FM receiver off of the stage area.
Woodwind Controller – A device that plays like a woodwind instrument that puts out a control voltage or MIDI command to control a sound module.
Woofer – A speaker that is designed 10 reproduce bass frequencies only.
Wow – A low pitch change that happens because the recorder or playback machine fluctuating in speed slowly.
Wrap – The angle formed by the tape as it bends around the head.
Write Head – The device in a digital audio tape recorder that records the bits of digital information onto the storage medium.
Write Mode – A mode of operation of an automated console where the engineer is in control of channel gain and the computer is storing changes in gain caused by the engineer over time.
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