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VALVE
Vacuum tube amplification device. Commonly known as a 'Tube'.
VARISPEED
VCA
Voltage Controlled Amplifier
VCF
Voltage Controlled Filter
VCO
Voltage Control Oscillator.
VCR
Video Cassette Recorder
VELOCITY
1. The rate at which a keyboard's key is depressed. These parameters are mostly used to simulate loudness or to control other parameters 2. In Physics, it is the vector of the rate of change of displacement.
VELOCITY SENSITIVE
VGA
IBM graphics standard. Displays 256 colours with a screen resolution of 640 x 480 pixels.
VHS
Video Home Standard. 240 line resolution and a 2.5 Mhz bandwidth.
VIBRATO
Pitch modulation. A Low Pass Filter (LFO) is often employed to create a Vibrato effect.
VIDEO
VIDEO COMPOSITE SYNC SIGNALS
VIDEO 8
8 mm video camera format. Superior to VHS
VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT
VITC
Vertical Interval Time Code.
VOCODER
A signal processor a spectral filter is applied to a sound while the filter characteristics are modulated (changed) by the frequency characteristics of another sound.
VOLATILE MEMORY
VOLTAGE
VOLUME
VTR
Video Tape Recorder
VU
Volume Unit Meter. It responds to average levels of sound (as opposed to peaks) and therefore mimics the way the human ear interprets sound levels. |
