Abbreviations
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Describing Sound I
Names of Things
Describing Sounds II
100
A&R
What is Artists and Repertoire?
100
AIFF
What is Audio Interchange File Format?
100
a sound with the feeling of spaciousness or openness
What is airy? Frequencies above 12 kHz.
100
An alternative name for an object, such as a file, variable, or device.
What is an alias?
100
The characteristic of a sound that seems to reach out and grab you, a sound with a good transient response.
What is punch? Or punchy?
200
AAC
What is Advanced Audio Coding?
200
ANC
What is Active Noise Control?
200
A descriptive term for a sound with good bass response and good fundamentals relative to the harmonics.
What is warm?
200
The background noises that are present in a scene or on location.
What is ambient sound?
200
A descriptive term for emphasized response in the 2.4 kHz to 5 kHz range.
What is presence?
300
MIDI
What is musical instrument digital interface?
300
FRFR
What is Full Range, Flat Response? As in a guitar speaker,
300
A descriptive term meaning distorted, whether intentional, such as a distorted guitar tone, or unintentional.
What is dirty?
300
The magnitude of change in the oscillation of a sound wave.
What is amplitude?
300
A descriptive term for a sound having too high of level in the 250 to 600 Hz frequency range.
What is boxy?
400
ADSR
What is Attack, Delay, Sustain, Release?
400
PAM
What is Pulse Amplitude Modulation?
400
The atmosphere or mood of a particular environment.
What is ambiance? See http://lossenderosstudio.com/glossary.php
400
The angle at which a directional microphone picks up the least amount of sound.
What is angle of maximum rejection?
400
A descriptive term for a sound that is overly punchy to the point of being uncomfortable.
What is edgy?
500
AES
What is the Audio Engineering Society?
500
SINAD
What is Signal to Noise and Distortion Ratio?
500
A descriptive term for a distorted sound with vibrational character.
What is fuzzy?
500
The high-pitched whistling sound that occurs when saying or singing certain sounds, such as “s” and “sh.”
What is sibilance?
500
A descriptive term for sounds with a bump in frequency response around 500Hz.
What is puffy? http://lossenderosstudio.com/glossary.php?index=p#punchy
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