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• • Gain: Magnitude that expresses the relation between the amplitude of an output signal and the input signal.
    • Gain: Magnitude that expresses the relation between the amplitude of an output signal and the input signal

    • ​dynamic range:: The margin that’s between the peak level and the noise level in the back, measured in decibels (dB).

  • Limiter: Tool that limits the signal output to the desired quantity, reducing the peaks and the dynamic range. It’s similar to a compressor, but while a compressor reduces the signal gradually, a limiter cuts it all over.

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• • equalizer: Tool that modifies the volume of the content of the frequencies of the signal that’s being processed. 

    • frequency spectrum: Graphic representation of the sound amplitude, which a human is capable of perceiving (20Hz-20000Hz)

  • reverb: Also known as echo, its an effect that gives amplitude and dimension to a sound.

    • theory: Reverb comes from the word “reverberation, which refers to a sound phenomenon that’s produced in enclosures or closed halls in which a sound affects over the different surfaces reflecting itself a big quantity of times, provoking the reflections to augment in quantity and density, The auditory system isn’t capable of differentiate the individual reflections and processes them as a whole piece of sound. It is similar to a video and its division by frames.

  • delay:  Sound effect which consists in the multiplication and delaying of a sound signal.

    • mono delay: Effect that places the repetitions of the signal in the monografic frequencies band.

    • stereo delay: Effect that places the repetitions of the signal in the stereo frequencies band, with a slight time delay between each L and R channel.

    • ping pong delay: Effect that places the repetitions of the signal in the stereo frequencies band., and alternates with Panning between the Left and Right channel (L and R).

  • distorsion: Effect based on the alteration of the sound waves reciebed from an amplified instrument and transformed into a more saturated signal. The sound that creates it’s given by the amount of harmonics and inharmonics that are being added, resulting into a dirty and less accurate sound.

  • saturation: Term used to design the sound in which the distortion of the signal  extremes to the point where the sound gets saturated of distortion.

  • bitcrusher: Distortion produced by the reduction of the resolution/number of bits that contain an audio piece.

• techniques

  • sidechain: Use of compression taking the input signal volume to determine how aggressively it reduces gain in its output signal. 

  • multiband compression: Use of compression in a range of frequencies in order to reduce gain and control the dynamics of a signal.

  • sampling: Taking a piece or sample  of a previous recorded sound to reuse it as a instrument or a different audio recording.

• sample: Piece of audio used from a song onto another one.

• royalties: Payments that belong to the copyright holder of a product in exchange of its exploitation.

• distributor: Company that has the achievement of distributing a product, in order to make a big amount of sales out of it. 

• midi: Musical Instrument Digital Interface. It allows the exchange of information between several connected musical equipment and also between these and a personal computer.

• mono: A signal recorded with only one microphone. It’s reproduced the same in both L and R channels of a media player system. 

• stereo: A signal recorded and reproduced in to different channels.