Music Glossary: time

Metal plates for crashes, swells, and timekeeping; orchestral pairs and ride/hi-hat in kits. more

Secondary speaker arrays delayed to the mains so wavefronts arrive together for distant audience areas. more

Secondary speakers time-aligned for coverage further from the main PA. more

Leave 250–500 ms of headroom and natural tails in prints; avoid chopping reverbs and delays. more

Duration of one cycle of a waveform; T = 1 / f. more

Intentional placement just ahead/behind grid to shape urgency or relax the groove. more

Timing correction warping audio to grid; use sparingly to avoid artifacts. more