Sound Vocabulary Part 1

Converts sound vibrations into an electrical signal which may be amplified, recorded, or transmitted.

• Equalization

• Amplifier

• Microphone

• Sound board

A microphone mounted on a flat plate which acts as a reflective surface directing sound into the mic capsule.

• Floor mic

• Wireless handheld mic

• Lavaliere

• Wireless transmitter

Worn on the body or attached to clothing, they are small in size, consisting of a microphone head and a separate transmitter.

• Sound board

• Lavaliere

• Wireless receiver

• Mic plot

A handheld microphone or body pack that transmits a radio signal.

• XLR

• Mic plot

• Amplifier

• Wireless transmitter

A device that receives a radio signal from a mic and transforms it into an audio signal.

• Wireless receiver

• Amplifier

• Sound board

• Floor mic

A microphone that is powered via its cable, instead of batteries.

• Equalization

• Phantom mic

• Floor mic

• Wireless transmitter

Where does a phantom mic's power get turned on?

• At the amplifier

• With the gain

• In a SpeakOn cable

• At the sound board

Sound equipment that amplifies/boosts the low voltage/low current audio signal from the sound board into a higher current signal suitable for driving speakers.

• Gain

• Speaker

• Amplifier

• Floor mic

Combines many different audio signals, which can then be modified and then sent to a sound reinforcement system, or recorded.

• Sound board

• Equalization

• Lavaliere

• TRS

Equipment that converts an electrical signal into sound waves.

• Pan

• XLR

• Wireless transmitter

• Speaker