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Offset: Offsets are used when working with SMPTE time code or MTC. Normally synchronization equipment will try to align the time code values when synchronizing two (or more) devices. So, for example, when the master has a time code value of 00:15:20 the synchronizer will try to align any slave machines so their time code values match exactly. In some situations it's necessary to for the machines to be "offset" from one another in time. Consequently most synchronization equipment allows positive or negative offset values to be programmed for each device, which will cause the machine to track that amount ahead of or behind the master's time code value. This provides an easy way to keep the machines in sync with one another without having to restripe the time code.

Oberheim OB-X	Oblique Room Mode	Occlusion
Octave	Octo Bass	Odd-order Harmonic Distortion
OEM	OFC	Off-Axis
Off Line	Offset	Ogg Vorbis (.ogg)
Ohm	Ohm's Law	Okoume
OMF (OMFI)	Omnidirectional	Omni Mode
OMS	On-Axis	One-off
One-shot Sample	Op Amp	Opcode
Open	Open Air	Open Chord
Open C Tuning	Open Mic	Open Source
Open TL	Open Tuning	Open Voicing (or Spread Voicing)
Opera Buffa	Operating System	Operator
Optical Compressor	Optical Media	Opto-isolator
Orange Book	Oratorio	Orbiter
Orchestrion	Orchestrions	Organ
ORTF	Orville Gibson	OS
OSC	Oscillator	Oscillator Sync
Oscilloscope	Ossicles	Ostinato
OS X	OTP	Out of Phase
Ovangkol	Overdrive	Overdub
Over Easy	Overheads	Over(s)
Oversampling	Overshoot / Undershoot	Overtone
Overture	Overview	OXFW911