Glossary
Don’t know your Bitcrusher from your Bottom End? Can you Quantize a Zoom Slider? If you’re boggled, essential terms for following our DJ, Music Production and Live Recording Courses are explained in this handy glossary. Let us know if we’ve missed anything. Faders
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– converts the impressions left in the surface of a vinyl record into an electrical signal by passing through the groove in the disc’s surfaceChannel (DJ)
– On a mixer, each sound source is on a channel and most mixers have at least two channels. Some channels let you have more than one sound source, usually switchable between phone and line.Chorus
– a type of signal processor in which a detuned copy is mixed with the original signal, creating a fatter soundClips
– the basic musical building blocks of Ableton Live. A clip is mainly a piece of musical material such as a melody, a drum pattern, a bassline, or a complete song.Compressor
– a signal processor that reduces dynamic range by using automatic volume control. Also, an amplifier whose gain decreases as the input signal level increases above a pre-set pointController Lane
– Reason’s equivalent to an automation lane, used to alter/automate values for whatever is on that channelConvert to MP3
– takes the audio file and converts it – using downgrading – to MP3 format, making it a smaller file sizeCrossfader Assign
– lets you assign tracks to either side of the crossfader, giving you the ability to fade from one to the otherCrossfader
– a sliding control device on the mixing board that allows the DJ to smoothly transfer the audio output from one source to anotherLATEST COURSES
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