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Questions tagged [terminology]

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What are the meanings of pan(ning) and pan pot?

What are the meanings of pan(ning) and pan pot? from what original meanings of pan and pot are the meanings in sound engineering derived?
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What type of adapter combines 2 mono 3.5mm jacks into 1 stereo 3.5mm jack with each mono track on a different band?

[Note: Heavily edited for clarification] My Zoom H1N can record stereo input from a 3.5mm input. I have two lav mics with 3.5mm ends. I want one mic to record into the left channel and the other to record into the right channel on my zoom. What kind…
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Is there a convention to categorize different levels of stereo enhancement?

In making sound files, I want to label different variations of the same sound that have different levels of stereo enhancements, one for being when the effect sounds more mono-channel and the other for when the effect sounds very diffused on either…
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Definition of POV sound

Does any one know any web sites that have a good glossary of definitions of audio terms? I am looking for a definition for "POV sound".
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