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Glossary
of Technical Theatre Terms
Listing of over 1500 jargon terms
Front of
House Online - Magazine about live
event audio
Designers
- Steven Brown Head of
Sound, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
- A
Resource for Students of Theatre Sound Design Mic Pool,
West Yorkshire Playhouse
- Gareth
Fry London-based
sound designer
- Harada Sound -
Kai Harada, New York
- Theatre
Sound Design Directory
General Sound
Forums / Jobs
- The Blue Room Technical Forum (UK)
- Church Sound Issues
relating to sound reinforcement in Church
- Stage Jobs Pro
Manufacturers
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Accessories
Amplifiers
Communications
Microphones
Mixing Desks
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Playback / Recording
Outboard/Processing
Speakers
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Suppliers / Services
- Ashcroft Services Ltd (Croydon, UK)
- Audio
Light Systems Ltd (Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
- Audioweb (USA)
- AV
Cable (USA, ship worldwide)
- Bi-Tronics
- Bonza Sound Services (Surrey, UK) New and used pro-sound equipment
- Britannia Row Productions (London,
UK)
- Concert Systems (Manchester,
UK)
- Court Acoustics (Bideford, Devon UK)
- Discount Stage -
(US, but will ship internationally) Mail order tools & accessories
- DM Audio PA
Systems, radio mics, backline & DJ equipment hire. (Edinburgh, Scotland,
UK)
- The Electric Company (Dundee, Scotland, UK)
- Enlightenment (Redditch,
UK)
- Funky Junk (UK - ProAudio new and used equipment)
- GearSource
Europe (UK - Secondhand equipment)
- Glantre Engineering Ltd (Berkshire, UK)
- Gradav Theatre Services (London,
UK)
- HHB Communications Pro
Audio Supplies
- Live Systems - Audio
and Lighting (Edinburgh, Scotland)
- LMC Audio Systems (London, UK)
- MM Productions (Colchester,
UK)
- Mu-Mu (Malvern, Worcs., UK) Location recording and studio services
- Northern Stage (Oldham,
Lancs)
- Orbital Sound Audio equipment hire and sales (London)
- PA Sound
Hire Audio equipment hire and sales (Exeter, Devon, UK)
- PMI Hire (Surrey, UK)
- Pro Audio Europe.com (UK - New and used equipment)
- Pro Live Audio Ltd. (Midlands, UK)
- Pro
Sound & Light Effects lighting & PA hire (Exeter,
Devon)
- Profile Solutions UK (Cheshire, UK)
- Radio Facilities (Radio Mic hire specialists, London UK)
- Richer
Sounds (Mail order & retail, UK) Good deals on domestic
audio
- Richmond Sound
Design Ltd Manufacturer and developer of sound
and sound
control systems and software
- SSE
Hire Limited (Worcestershire, UK / Paris, France)
- Snow Sound (Berlin,
CT, USA)
- Sound and Light Guys Sound reinforcement and lighting services (UK)
- Soundlighting.co.uk Excellent pricing on a limited range of
sound, lighting & disco kit (UK Mail Order)
- Stage Electrics (Bristol,
Exeter, Plymouth, Birmingham, London)
- Studio Spares (UK
Mail Order)
- Soundsense - Equipment
for broadcast
- Thomann Cyberstore -
Excellent pricing & cheap shipping within Europe (Germany)
- TMC (Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK)
- Total Audio Solutions -
Professional audio, specialising in Sony (Bromsgrove, UK)
Equipment
Microphones
Radio Mics
Formats
Sound Effects / Web sounds
- Bits & Pieces Sound
Effects Collection available through Canford Audio in the UK
- Proud Music Library
- RealAudio
- Sound bites from the
Movies
- Sound Dogs - Online
Sound Effects Library
- Sound Effects
Library - Online Sound database. Fully searchable
- Soundeffects.ch - Surround Sound effects and libraries
- Sound Ideas - Production
Music and Sound Effects Collection
- Massive Tracks Royalty-free music
- MP3.com Everything on MP3
- Music Tracks Library
- Ultimate Sound
Archive Monthly membership available
PC Sound - Hardware
- CueOne Show Control Solutions - SFX system suppliers
- Digidesign Pro Tools
- Digital
Audio Labs -
CardDeluxe soundcards
- Creative Labs (Soundblaster
Cards)
- Turtle Beach Systems Soundcards
- LaCie - External hard drives
- Pinnacle Optical
Storage
Mac Sound - Software - Products
- Ex Cues - Laptop theatre audio playback system
- QLab - Event-driven media timelines for Mac OS X
PC Sound - Software - Products
- Adobe -
Adobe Audition Multitrack software (formerly Cool Edit Pro)
- Adsono - Economic Cue
playback for theatre
- Audacity Excellent
completely FREE sound editing and processing software
- CSC Sound Control Software - Popular and powerful sound playback software
- CSMD
Computerised Sound Mixing Desk - Excellent economic
replacement for 2 CD or Minidisk players in an amateur or
small professional sound effects playback situation. Plays
MP3, WMA or Wave files and has
great presetting and crossfading
capability.
- Ex Cues - Laptop theatre audio playback system
- FlexiMusic - Shareware
sound editing
- Frost - Anke Software
- The Fun Company -
Creators of E.GO show control software
- FX-Live PC-based effects playback software NEW
- Goldwave Shareware sound
editing
- Hammer & Tongs -
Q Manager Show Control software
- Superfluxus
- Mobile Rooms - 3D Audio programming
- McKenzie Electronics -
Gtype for Windows
- Opcode Vision sequencer
- Propellerheads - Reason & Rebirth digital studio
- Richmond
Sound Design Ltd Manufacturer and developer of sound and
sound
control systems and software
- SFX software from
Stage Research
- Show Magic
- Show Pro MIDI PC
Show Control
- Sony Pictures
Digital -
Sound Forge and Vegas Video Software
- Sound
Cue System Cue playback for theatre
- Soundplant Sound playback
- Stage Research SFX
Software
PC Sound - Software - Suppliers
Music Technology
- Electronic Music Foundation
- Mediaspec
- Digidesign Pro Tools
software
- Sibelius SoftwareIndustry
standard music-scoring software
- Coda Music Technology Finale
and Vivace software.
- MIDI Farm Everything
MIDI
Musical Equipment Manufacturers
- Fender Musical instruments
- Gibson
- Roland (US)
- Yamaha
Organisations
- ABTT (Association of British
Theatre Technicians)
- ASA - Acoustical Society
of America
- ANSI: American National
Standards Institute
- AES: Audio Engineering Society
- BKSTS: British Kinematograph
Sound and Television Society
- ESTA: Entertainment Services
and Technology Association
- Entertainment Design
- IAAPA: International Association
of Amusement Parks & Attractions (USA)
- IEEE: Institute of Electrical
and Electronic Engineers
- NAB: National Association
of Broadcasters
 UK
Professional Lighting & Sound Association
Physics / Biology
- Acoustics Frequently
Asked Questions
- Tone
Deafness (Canadian report for NPR)
- How
we hear (Brainconnection.com)
- The
Physics of Sound (Thinkquest)
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