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AudioPedia, from NonLinear Educating is an amazing educational resource with hundreds and hundreds of short, concise videos covering fundamental audio terms and concepts to help you understand everything audio on your journey into music production and recording.

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AudioPedia contains more than 400 video definitions designed to give you bite-sized explanations that you can grasp in just a couple of minutes. From mics to mixing, hard drives to synths, MIDI compression - and everything in between!  

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AAX
Absorption
ADC
Additive Synthesis (Digital)
ADSR
Aftertouch
Algorithmic Reverb
Aliasing
Alternative MIDI Controller
Ambience
Ambience
Amp Mod
Amplifier
Amplifier
Amplitude
Analog (Sound)
Analog Synthesis
Analog Tape
Analog to Digital Converter
Analog Warmth
Anechoic Chamber
Angle of Incidence
Anti-Aliasing Filter
ARP
Arp 2500
Arp 2600
ArpeggiationArpeggiator
Articulations
Attack & Release (Compressor)
AU
Audio Interface
Audio Repair
AudioUnit
Auto-Tune
Automation (Mixing)
Autotune
Autotuning
Average Level
Backup
Balanced
BandPass
Bandwidth
Bass Trap
Beat-Mapping
Beatmapping
Bell Curve
Bi-Directional
Binaural Recording
Bit Depth
Bit Depth (Sampler Inst)
Bit Resolution
Bit Resolution (24 bit)
Bit Resolution (96 bit)
Bitcrusher
Bitrate
Blumlein
Board
Bounce (to Disk)
Brickwall Limiter
Buchla
Buffer
Bus
Buss
Buss Processing
Bussing
Cardioid
CC
Channel Fader
Channel Strip
Channel Voice Messages
Chorus
Chorusing
Clipping
Close Mic
Close Miking
Comb Filtering
Comp
Comping
Compression
Compression & Rarefaction
Compressor
Condenser Mic
Console
Control Change
Control Room
Convolution Reverb
CPU
Cue Mix
DAC
Data Compression
Data Reduction
DAW
dB
dB Level - dBspldBudBm
dbx
DDL
Decca Tree
Decibel
Delay Line
Delay Time
Delta Sigma 1-Bit
Desk
DI
Diffusion
Diffusor
Digital Audio
Digital Audio Transmission - AES
Digital Audio Workstation
Digital Distortion
Digital to Analog Converter
DIN (Cable)
Direct Injection
Directionality
Distortion
Distortion
Disturber
Dither
Double
Doubling
DX7
Dynamic Mic
Dynamic Processing
Dynamics
Ear-Level Monitoring
East Coast
EBUSPDIFADAT
Echo
Elastic Audio
Envelope Generator
EQ
Equalization
Eurorack
Expander
Fairchild
Feedback
FET Compressor
Figure-8
Filter
Filter - Cutoff
Filter - LowPass
Filter - LPHPBPNotch
Filter - Slope
Filter Cutoff
Filter Slope
FireWire
Flanger
Flanging
Flash Drive
Fletcher-Munson
Flex
FM Carrier
FM Synthesis
Freq
Frequency
Frequency Response
Gain
Gate
General MIDI
Glide
GM
Golden Mean (Room Dimensions)
Hard Disk
Hard Drive
Hard Knee
Harmonic Distortion
Harmonics
Headphones
Headroom
Hearing Protection
Hertz/kiloHertz
Hi-Res Digital Audio
HighPass
Human Hearing & Limits
I/O
i/o
Impedance
Impulse Response
Input Level - Mic
Insert
Instrument Level
Interface
Inverse Square Law
IR
Jitter
Key Map
Key Zone
Keyboard Split
Keymap
Keyswitching
LA-2A
Large Diaphragm
Latency
Layering
Legato
LFO
Limiter
Limiting
Line
Linear-Phase (Processing)
Live End Dead End ™
Live Room
Lo-Fi
Looping (Sampler Inst)
Lossless
Lossy Codecs - FLACALAC
Loudness
Loudness Maximizer
Loudness Normalizing
Loudness War
Low-Frequency Oscillator
LU
LUFS
Make-Up Gain (Compressor)
Master Fader
Mastering
Maximizing
Mic
Mic Pre
Mic Preamp
Microphone
Microphone Pad
MIDI
MIDI Controller
MIDI Drum Kit
MIDI In
MIDI Sequencer
Minimoog
Mirror Trick
Mix Bus
Mix Group
Mixer
Modeling
Modeling Exciter
Modular
Modular Synthesizer
Modulation
Modulation
Modulator
Monitoring Environment
Monophonic
Moog
MP3MP4AAC
Multi-Miking
Multi-Sampling
Multi-Timbral
Multiband Compression
Multisampling
Multitimbral
Musical Instrument Digital Interface
Near-Field Monitoring
Noise Gate
NOS
NY Compression
Nyquist Rule
Nyquist Theory
Oberheim
OBX
Omnidirectional Mic Pattern
Operator
Optical
Opto Compressor
ORTF
Oscillator
Oscillator - Waveshapes
Out
Overdrive (FX)
Overdubbing
Overload
Oversampling
Overtones
P-Pops
Pad
Pan
Pan Pot
Panning
Parallel
Parallel Processing
Parameter (Synth
Parametric EQ
Patch
Patch Cable
Patching
PCMLPCM
Peak Level
Peak Meter
Peaking
Perceptual Coding
Phantom Power
Phase
Phase vs Polarity
Phaser
Phasing
Physical Modeling
Pink Noise
Pitch
Pitch Bend
Pitch-Shifting
Plate Reverb
Plosives
Plug-In
Plugin
Polar Pattern
Pole
Pole
Polyphonic
Portamento
Post-Fader
Pre-Fader
Pressure
Pressure
Pressure Gradient
Program-Dependent Compression
Project Studio
Properties of Sound
Prophet
Proximity Effect
Psychoacoustics
Pulse Width
Pulse Width Modulation
Quantization (ADC)
Quantization (Audio)
Quantization (MIDI)
Quantization Distortion
Quantization Error
RAID Array
RAM
RAM Buffer
RCA
Reflection
Resonance
Resonance
Resonator
Reverb Chamber
Reverberation
Reverberation
Ribbon Mic
Ring Modulation
ROMpler
Room Modes
Root Key (Sampler Inst)
Rounding Error
RT60
Rt60
Sample & Hold
Sample Library
Sample Rate
Sample Rate
Sampler
Sampler)
Sampling
Sampling Rate
Scrubbing
SEM
Send
Send & Return
Sequential Circuits
Shelving
Sidechain Processing - De-Essing
Sidechain Processing - Ducking
Slap Echo
Small Diaphragm
SMF
Soft Knee (Compressor)
Sound (Drum) Replacement
Sound Wave
Soundproofing
Spectral Processing
Splicing
Spring Reverb
SSD (Solid State Drive)
SSL
Standing Waves
Step Sequencer
Stereo Miking
Stereo Miking - Coincident
Stereo Miking - Near-Coincident
Stereo Miking - Spaced Omnis
Stereo Output
Studio Monitors
Subgroup
Subtractive (vs Additive) Synthesis
Synth
Synthesis
Synthesizer
Synthesizer
SysEx
System Exclusive
Talkback
Tape Saturation
The Haas Effect
The Precedence Effect
The Sweet Spot
Threshold & Ratio (Compressor)
Threshold of Pain
Threshold of Perception
Thru
Thumb Drive
Thunderbolt
Tie Lines
Timbre
Time-Shifting
Time-Shifting (Sampler Inst)
Tinnitus
Touch
Tracking
Transducer
Transformer
Transient
Transistor
Transmission
Transposition (Sampler Inst)
Tremolo
Trigger
TRS
True Peak (Metering)
TS
Tube
Unbalanced
Unidirectional
Unity Gain
Unweighted Keyboard
USB
USB (MIDI)
Variable-Mu Compressor
VCA
VCA Compressor
VCA Group
VCF
VCO
Velocity
Velocity Layers
Velocity Sensitivity
Velocity Zones
VI
Vibrato
Virtual Instrument
Virtual Synthesizer
Voltage Control
VST
VU Meter
WAVAIFF
Waveform
Waveform Graph
Wavelength
Waveshape
Wavetable Synthesis
Weighted
West Coast Synthesis
White Noise
Word Clock
XLR
XY
Z

 

Synthesis 101
The Filter
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