Table of Contents
- 3:1 Rule
- Ambient
- Amplitude
- Attack
- Balanced/Unbalanced Cable
- Bandwidth
- Bit Rate
- Cardioid
- Channel
- Compression
- DAW
- Decay
- Decibel
- Delay
- Distortion
- Dynamic Microphone
- Dynamic Range
- Envelope
- Equalization (EQ)
- Feedback
- Foley
- Frequency
- Gain
- Generational Loss
- Graphic Equalizer
- Ground
- Headroom
- Leakage
- Limiter
- Line Level
- Mastering
- Mic Level
- Mix
- Mono
- Noise
- Nyquist Frequency
- Omnidirectional Mic
- Oscillation
- Overdub
- Panning
- Preamp
- Passive Speaker
- Phantom Power
- Phase
- RCA Connector
- Resolution
- Reverberation
- Ribbon Mic
- Sampling
- Sampling Frequency
- Sampling Rate
- Sound Wave
- Stereo
- Supercardioid & Hypercardioid
- Sustain
- Timbre
- Track
- Transient
- TRS
- TS
- USB
- Waveform
- XLR
3:1 Rule
Microphones that are recording in close proximity to one another are subject to phase issues. To avoid phase problems, separate the microphones by a distance that is at least three times the distance of the mics to the source (3:1). For example, if a mic is two feet away from the sound source, then no mic should be closer than six feet from the first mic. This is an approximate rule.