Glossary of Terms and Collaborators
Commonly Used Terms
DAW – short for Digital Audio Workstation. We’ve gone from 2 track tape recorders, 4 track recorders (which “Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band” album was recorded on, to 8 tracks, 16 tracks, 24 and two 24 track machines synced together to a couple of methods in between to what we have now. Software based recording programs with unlimited tracks. There’s a lot more to it but everyone uses them now.