Alesis 16 manual Glossary

sample rate

send

stereo

unity gain

WDM

wet

Glossary

effects.

Digital audio is chopped up into tiny time slices. The sample rate is the number of time slices captured in one second. 44.1kHz—44,100 samples per second—is the standard used for Compact Disk audio. 48kHz—48,000 samples per second, is commonly used for film and video.

A line output whose function is to send a signal from the mixer to an external device, usually an effects processor.

Refers to an audio signal that has two channels.

Refers to the setting of an audio channel at which the signal leaves the channel at the same level at which it entered. Unity gain is marked by a 0 on the MultiMix’s faders.

The Windows Driver Model. This is the default standard by which Microsoft Windows communicates with audio devices.

An audio signal that has had effects or other manipulations applied. The opposite of “dry.”

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