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Sawtooth Wave: A waveform in which voltage rises gradually to a peak and then falls off rapidly, or vice-versa, during each cycle. It's shape on a screen or oscilloscope is similar to the tooth of a saw blade. The shape of all waveforms is produced by a combination of the fundamental frequency and the presence (or lack thereof) of various harmonics. The sawtooth wave contains a fundamental and all other harmonics. Their characteristic sounds are softer and smoother than most. It is the waveform produced by bowed stringed instruments. They are also sometimes called "ramp" waves.

S-Video	S.M.A.R.T	S/MUX
S/PDIF	S/s	Sabin
SACD (Super Audio Compact Disc)	Saddle	Sag
Samarium-Cobalt Magnet	Samarium-Cobalt Magnet	Sample
Sample-based Synthesis	Sample and Hold	Sample and Hold
Sample CD	Sampler	Sample Rate
Sample Rate Conversion/Converter	Sandbox	Sansa
Sapele	Sapwood	Sarrusophone
SATB	Saturation	Sawtooth Wave
Scale	Scale Length	Scene
Schmitt Trigger	Schroeder Diffusers	SCMS
Scoop	Scooped Mids	Score
Scoring Paper	Scratch	Scratchplate
Scratch Vocal	Screen Saver	Screen Shot
Scribble Strip	Scroll, Scrolling	Scroll Wheel
Scrub	SCSI	SD Card
SDDS	SDIF	SDII (Sound Designer II)
SDMI	SDRAM	Sample Dump Standard (SDS)
SECAM	Sector	Seek Time
Selectivity	Self-Noise	Semi-Open
Semi-Parametric EQ	Semi-Weighted Action	Semiconductor
Semitone	Send	Sensitivity
Sequence	Sequencer	Serial
Serial ATA	Serial Time Code	Series
Server	Serve Shield	Session
Set Neck	Sforzando	SFSK
SFX	Shared Library	Shareware
Sharp	Shedding	Shelf/Shelving
Shell	Shield	Shim
Shockmount	Short	Short-scale Bass
Shortcut	Shotgun Microphone	Shred
Shuffle Mode	Shuffler	Shunt
Shuttle	Sibilance	Side-slipping
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Sidefill	Sideman Clause	Signal
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Silica Gel	Silver Duke	SIMM
Simplex Circuit	Sine Wave	Single
Single-ended	Single Coil	Ska
Skiffle	Skin Effect	Skip Back Sampling
Skirt	Skunk Stripe	Slab Board
Slap Echo	Slash Chord	Slate
Slave	Slave Reel	Sleep
Slew Rate	Slide Guitar	Slim-Taper Neck
Slip Cue	Slip Mode	Slope
Slur	Small Diaphragm	SmartMedia
SmartWood	SMDI	Standard MIDI File (SMF)
SMPTE	SMPTE Time Code	Snake
Snapshot Automation	Soap bar	Soffit
Soft Clipping	SOFT/HARD VACUUM	Soft Knee (Compression)
Soft Limiter	Soft Reset	Soft Sampler
Soft Synth	Software	Software Update
Solder	Solid Body (guitar)	Solid State
Solo	Solo	Sonata Form
Song Form	Song Position Pointer (SPP)	Sony Wave64
Soprano	Sostenuto Pedal	Sound
Soundbite	Soundboard	Sound Card
Sound Check	Sound Designer	Soundette
Sound Field	Sound font	Soundhole
Sound Manager	Soundstage	Sound Transmission Loss
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SourceCode	Source Cue/Source Music	SP-MIDI
Space Control Bridge	Spaced Omni	Spaghetti Logo
Spalted Maple	Speaker Cabinet	Speakon
Spectra	Spectrum	Sphere stereo
Spider	Sound Pressure Level (SPL)	Splatter
Splay	Splice/Splicing	Splined
Split Point	Spot Mode	Spotting Session
Song Position Pointer (SPP)	Spread	Spring Claw
Spring Reverb	Spruce	Sputter/Sputtering
signal to quantization noise ratio	Square Wave	Square Wave Response
Squelch	Staccato	Stack
Staff	Stage Monitor	Stair Stepping
Standalone or Stand Alone	Standby-Ferro UPS	Standby On-Line Hybrid
Standby UPS	Standing Wave	Star Ground
Star Network	Star Quad	Start Time
Startup Disk	Status Byte	STC
Steganography	Stem	Stepped Attenuator
Stepped Sine Wave	Step Time	Stereo
Stereo Bar	Stochastic Music	Stock
Stompbox	Stop (or Organ Stop)	Stopband
Stoptail Bridge	Stop Tailpiece	Straight 8s (also called Latin)
Strap	Strap Button	Stratabond
Stratitis	Stream/Streaming	Streamer
Streaming Audio	Streaming Media	Stretch Tuning
String Length	String Retainer Bar	String Tree
String Winder	Stripe	Striping
Strip Silence	Stutter Effect (Stuttering)	Stylus
Sub	Sub-audio	Sub-Octave Generator
Subcode	Subdominant	Subframe
Subgroup	Submediant	Submix
Subtractive Synthesis	Subwoofer	Suite
Sum/Summing	Summing Resistor	Super-Tron
Super Axe	Supercardioid	Superclock
Superheterodyne	Supertonic	SuperTron
Supraaural	Surface Mount	Surround
Surround Sound	Suspension	Suspension Basket
Sustain	Sustained Transfer Rate	Sustain Pedal
SVGA	Sweep	Sweepable Mids
Sweetening	Sweet Spot	Sweet Switch
Swing	Switching Power Supply	Switchmaster
Sympathetic Strings	Sympathetic Vibration	Sync 24
Synchronization	Synchronization Right	Synchronizer
Synchronous	Syncopation	Synergy
Synth Action	SynthAxe	Synthesizer
Syquest	System Bus	System Common Message
System Exclusive	System Preferences (Mac OS X)	System Real Time