This glossary contains concepts of music production that you can use to understand more about production.
Acoustic
Audio
The properties or qualities of a room or building that determine how sound is transmitted in it.
es: Acústico.
Bit
Audio
Unity for measuring the speed of transmission of data.
es: Bit.
Cancelation
Audio
When 2 sound waves mash with each other in a way that when one goes down the other goes up, they cancel each other and there is no sound.
es: Cancelación.
Compression
Audio
Is a process that consists of reducing the dynamic range of an audio signal.
es: Compresor.
Condenser
Audio
It’s a type of mic that is used when you want to record with a bit more quality than a dynamic, it’s less resistant.
es: Condensador.
DAW (Digital Audio Workstation)
Audio
Is an electronic system dedicated to the recording and editing of digital audio by means of audio editing software.
es: Estación de trabajo de audio digital.
Delay
Audio
A period of time by which something is late or postponed, used as an audio effect, or sometimes is a trouble of recordings.
es: Retraso.
DSP (Digital Signal Processing)
Audio
It is a digital signal processor. It is the tool that allows us to manipulate the signal digitally.
es: Procesamiento digital de la señal.
Dynamic
Audio
Refers to the type of microphone regarding its construction.
es: Dinámico
Dynamic range
Audio
Is the energy difference (db) between the lowest sound level and the loudest.
es: Rango Dinámico
Equalizer
Audio
It is a device that distributes instruments and voices, according to their useful frequency range, in the audible sound spectrum to fill it in its entirety.
es: Ecualizador.
Frequency
Audio
The rate at which a vibration occurs that constitutes a wave.
es: Frecuencia.
Hiss
Audio
Make a sharp sibilant sound as of the letter s.
es: Siseo.
Instrument
Music
It is an object created in order to produce sound in one or more tones in order to create music.
es: Instrumento.
Limiter
Audio
It is a device that limits the audio signal so that it does not exceed a certain level or threshold.
es: Limitador
Master
Audio
It is the last musical process in a production, which takes place after mixing and before the copies for sale are made.
es: Master.
Microphone
Audio
Apparatus for transforming sound waves into electrical energy and vice versa in sound recording and reproduction processes.
es: Micrófono.
MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)
Audio
Is a protocol that allows various electronic musical instruments, computers, and other devices to communicate with each other.
es: Interfase Digital de Instrumentos Musicales
Mix
Audio
Is a process used in sound recording and editing to balance and balance the relative volume and equalization of the sound sources that are present in a sound event.
es: Mezcla.
Mixer
Audio.
A device that is used to record and mix sessions, it has multiple tracks and you can give an eq and compression right from the recording.
es: Mezcladora.
Panning
Audio
It is directing the sound to the desired output channel, either the left or the right.
es: Paneo
Recording
Audio
Is a technical process through which sound, images or some type of information is recorded on a specific device.
es: Grabación.
Reverberation (Reverb)
Audio
It’s the sound reflections that come back to you making the sound be heard in a different way.
es: Reverberación
Sample
Audio
It's a little bit of sound.
es: Muestra
Sibilance
Audio
Making a s or sh sound
es: Sibilancia.
Spatialization
Audio
When in a mix you use all the range from left to right to put each instrument in it.
es: Espacialización.
Transducer
Audio
It is a device that converts the electrical power of a current into acoustic or mechanical power and vice versa.
es: Transductor.
Transient
Audio
Is a high amplitude, short-duration sound at the beginning of a waveform.
es: Transiente.
Volume
Audio
It is the sound perception that the human being has of the power of a certain sound.
es: Volumen
Wave
Audio
Vibration of air molecules, which is how sound travels.
