Lost In Translation?
Pro audio has a language all its own. Beyond terms and jargon, there is a form of communication based on our passion for the craft.
By Jonah Altrove • October 30, 2018I first started reading Live Sound International during high school (literally, during school), and I distinctly remember feeling frustrated by the professionals’ jargon.
To that point, the sum total of my experience was “guess/test/revise” with whatever gear my school had lying around. I understood some concepts, but not the terms for them. I knew how to ring out a monitor, but I had no idea that process was called “ringing out.” I just knew it was a thing you were supposed to do with monitors.
Flipping through my first issue of LSI, which I found in a crate in the school’s tech booth, had me feeling as though there was a whole wealth of knowledge just beyond my grasp. I could understand the concepts if I could only understand the language.
As professionals, we often don’t realize how terminology-laden our dialogue is until a lay person points it out...
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