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The Windows Driver Model.

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Glossary sample rate send stereo unity gain WDM wet Digital audio is chopped up into tiny time slices. The sample rate is the number of time slices captured in one second. 44.1kHz-44,100 samples per second-is the standard used for Compact Disc audio. 48kHz-48,000 samples per second, is commonly used for film and video. A line output whose function is to send a signal from the mixer to an external device, usually an effects processor. Like returns, sends are used in conjunction with insert cables. Refers to an audio signal that has two channels. Refers to the setting of an audio channel at which the signal leaves the channel at the same level at which it entered. Unity gain is marked by a 0 on the MultiMix's faders. The Windows Driver Model. This is the default standard by which Microsoft Windows communicates with audio devices. An audio signal that has had effects or other manipulations applied. The opposite of "dry." 65

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sample rate
Digital audio is chopped up into tiny time slices.
The sample rate is the
number of time slices captured in one second.
44.1kHz—44,100
samples per second—is the standard used for Compact Disc audio.
48kHz—48,000 samples per second, is commonly used for film and
video.
send
A line output whose function is to send a signal from the mixer to an
external device, usually an effects processor.
Like returns, sends are used
in conjunction with insert cables.
stereo
Refers to an audio signal that has two channels.
unity gain
Refers to the setting of an audio channel at which the signal leaves the
channel at the same level at which it entered. Unity gain is marked by a 0
on the MultiMix’s faders.
WDM
The Windows Driver Model.
This is the default standard by which
Microsoft Windows communicates with audio devices.
wet
An audio signal that has had effects or other manipulations applied. The
opposite of “dry.”