Have Patience, Don't Keep Clickin'
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Glossary of the letter "t"
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tablature (tab) - sheet music for stringed instruments that uses numbers to designate where on the neck of the guitar the fingers are placed
talk back - system which allows the engineer to talk into a microphone in the control room and have his voice come over the studio monitors and/or headphones so he can talk to the musicians
talk box - guitar effects unit that allows a voice to modulate (control) a guitar signal by a vocalist talking with a tube in his/her mouth
tape delay - delay signal that is obtained by the time difference between the record and reproduce head in a tape machine
tempo mapping - programming a sequencer to follow the tempo variations of a recorded performance
thd - Total Harmonic Distortion
thru box - unit with one MIDI In Port and several MIDI Out Ports; each MIDI Out Port has the same signal as the MIDI In Port but with a delay of the signal (usually about 4 ms)
thru port - a connector that puts out a MIDI signal that is the same as the Input MIDI signal
tim - transient intermodulation distortion
tone - The quality or character of sound.
track - 1.A single recording. Usually monophonic, but can be stereo. An example of a track would a recording of a vocalist. Tracks can be combined via the process of mixing to create "songs". 2. Tracks on a CD or Songs on a CD.
transient - applies to that which lasts or stays but a short time, a change from one steady-state condition to another, the initial high-energy peak at the beginning of a waveform, such as one caused by the percussive action of a pick or hammer hitting the string, et
trs - A 3 conductor jack (Tip Ring Sleeve) that can handle a stereo signal with a single jack. The tip being one signal, the ring being another and the sleeve being the ground.
truss rod - a metal rod within the neck of the guitar which can be adjusted, used to straighten the neck