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Glossary of the letter "w"
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wave length - the length of one cycle (in feet, inches, etc.), the distance measured in the direction of progression of a wave, from any given point characterized by the same phase
wave velocity - the time it takes for one point of the waveform to travel a certain distance
waveform - The physical or mathematical nature of a soundwave. Normally refers to the common graphic representation of a soundwave, with level on the x-axis, and time on the y-axis
waveform - the shape made by the fluctuations of a quantity over time
waveshape - the shape made by the fluctuations of a quantity over time
wdm - A new Windows standard for sound card drivers that offer higher performance than the previous MME standards, however, still not as high as the ASIO standard. Supported by Windows ME and newer, even Windows 98SE with the proper updates.
wet - having reverberation or ambience
wha - a changing filter giving more and less filtering of harmonics of an instrument's sound
white noise - random noise used in measurements, as it has the same amount of energy at each frequency, 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
wind screen - a device that reduces or eliminates wind noise from the microphone being moved or from wind blowing into the microphone on remote location recordings
woofer - a speaker that is designed to reproduce bass frequencies only, to handle the low frequency parts of the signal
word clock - A word clock is a device used to create a regular pulse used to synchronise other devices, such as digital audio tape machines and compact disc players, which interconnect via digital audio. S/PDIF, AES/EBU, ADAT and other formats use a word clock.
work station - a device that controls a variety of functions, designed to be operated by one person
wow - a low pitch change that happens because the recorder or playback machine fluctuating in speed slowly
write - to record digital data onto a digital recording or into computer memory
write head - the device in a digital audio tape recorder that records the bits of digital information onto the storage medium
write mode - 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
write protect - tab on a floppy disc or a function in a unit which protects recorded or stored data from being damaged or erased by writing over it