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Glossary of the letter "v"
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vacuum tube - amplifying device that is a tube
vacuum tube volt meter - device that measures the electrical voltage and uses a vacuum tube to drive the indicator so that testing the circuit does not load the circuit
vca - an amplifier that will change gain according to the level of control voltage sent to it
velocity message - in synthesizers and keyboard controllers, a MIDI message giving data on how hard the key was struck
vocal - the track of a song that contains singers doing their vocal tracks.
vocoder - I device that accepts a vocal signal and instrument signal and combines the two to create a mechanical sound voice in tune with the instrument.
voice - 1. The human voice. 2. The "voice" of any instrument. Often used in music to mean the tonal quality of any instrument or human voice.
volume control - gain control of an amplifier
volume envelope - how a musical instrument sounding a pitch changes in volume over time
volume pedal - guitar pedal used to change the volume of an instrument (or a similar device used with other instruments, such as an organ)
volume unit - a unit that is designed to measure perceived loudness changes in audio volume
vox - shorthand for "vocals"
vst - A programming standard for plugins and virtual instruments which allows 3rd party manufacturers the ability to make products that will work with any application which supports the standard.
vsti - A programming standard for virtual instruments which allows 3rd party manufacturers the ability to make instruments that will work with any application which supports the standard. Operation is based on that of MIDI protocol.