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Glossary of the letter "c"
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cables - 1/4 inch: Unbalanced cable most often used for instruments and patch cords. TRS (Tip-Ring-Sleeve): Balanced cable that has 3 different contacts on its 1/4 inch connectors (headphone jacks are an example) XLR: Balanced cable used for low impedance
cancellation (phase cancellation) - The energy of one waveform significantly decreasing the energy of another waveform because of phase relationships at or close to 180 degrees
capsule - The variable capacitor section of a condenser microphone, in other types of microphones, the part of the microphone that includes the diaphragm and the active element
cardioid pattern - A microphone pick up pattern, which has maximum pick up from the front, less pick up from the sides, and least pick up from the back of the diaphragm
cascade - To set and interconnect two mixers so that the stereo mixing buss(es) of the first mixer feeds the stereo buss(es) of a second mixer
center frequency - Frequency of the audio signal that is boosted or attenuated most by an equalizer with a peak equalization curve
chamber - Echo Chambers are rooms designed with very hard, non-parallel surfaces equipped with a speaker and microphone so that when dry signals from the console are fed to the speaker, the microphone will have a reverberation of these signals that can be mixed in
channel - One audio recording made on a portion of the width of a multitrack tape, a single path that an audio signal travels or can travel through a device from an input to an output
chase - Automatic adjusting of the speed of a recorder (or sequencer) to be time with another recorder
chops - Slang term refering to a musicians skills on his or her instrument.
clean - A distortion free sound
clipping - In analog form an extreamly high signal which can not pass through the electronics causing moderate distortion. In digital form a signal higher than 0 Db that can not be represented by a digital sample causing extreme distortion and noise.
clock signal - The signal put out by a circuit that generates steady even pulses or steady codes used for synchronization
close micing - Technique of placing a microphone close to the sound source (within one foot) in order to pick up mainly the direct sound and to avoid picking up leakage or ambience
coincident microphones (coincident pair) - Two microphones whose heads are placed as close as possible to each other so that the path length from any sound source to either microphone is for all practical purposes, the same
comb filter - Frequency response achieved by mixing a direct signal with a delayed signal of equal strength especially at short delays; used to also describe effects that can be achieved with comb filtering as part of the processing
compressor - Highly recommended hardware device which compresses the amplitude levels of a signal. Almost always suggested for use on drums and vocals and other sources that demonstrate a wide range of volume or amplitude.
condenser - A Condensor mic often used in studio applications is a more sensitive mic than it's counterpart the dynamic. Available in a variety of pick-up patterns. Per increased sensitivity needs power to operate refered to as Phantom power.
console - See Mixer
control surface - A computer-based component that connects to your computer and acts as a control panel for your software.
converter - In audio, this refers to A/D (analogue to digital) or D/A (digital to analog) Converter 'chips' or gear.
corner frequency (cut-off frequency) - The highest or lowest frequency in the pass band of a filter
critical distance - The point from the sound source where the direct sound and the reverberant sound are equal in volume
crossover - Electronic filter in a sound system that routes sound of the correct frequency to the correct part of the speaker system (active crossovers split the signal from the mixing desk into high, mid and low frequencies which are then sent to three separate ampl
crossover frequency - Frequency that is the outer limit of one of the bands of a crossover
crosstalk - Leakage of an audio signal into a channel that it is not intended to be in, from an adjacent or nearby channel
cue - Signal fed back to the musicians through headphones, to set the tape or disc so that the intended selection will immediately play when the tape machine or player is started, a location point entered into a computer controlling the playback or recording of
cut-off frequency (turnover frequency) - Highest or lowest frequency in the pass band of a filter, highest or lowest frequency passed by an audio device (the cut-off frequency is usually considered to be the first frequency to be 3 dB lower than a reference frequency in the middle of the bandwid
cut-off rate (slope) - Number of dB that a filter reduces the signal for each octave its frequency past the filter's cut-off frequency (outside of the pass band)
cycle - Alternation of a waveform which begins at a point, passes through the zero line, and ends at a point with the same value and moving in the same direction as the starting point
cycles per second - Unit used in the measure of frequency, equivalent to Hertz