Place to which an engineer returns occasionally to change his socks. About the only other way to get your share of gold in this business. A device used in early studios located in the Ozarks and pointed to if a client needed to use the restroom. Increasing the noise level to counteract the effects of noise reduction. If your studio has one of these, keep quiet about it.
Most clients are paranoid enough without having ghosts to worry about.
A small upturned wooden box used as a prop by superstars who try to get feeling in their playing by reliving their early days playing in pubs. Mixing one track at a time so the computer can learn what to do. A device used to link two machines for 46-track tape phasing. The type of mic that rotates towards the floor during an otherwise perfect take.