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Scratch Vocal: A vocal track that gets recorded without intentions of keeping it or using it in the final production. It's the "rough" vocal track usually recorded along with the rhythm parts (drums, bass, percussion, etc) to help to set the general vibe of the song and to help everyone keep track of where they are in the song. Final vocals are usually overdubbed later, once other tracks have been filled out.

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	Scalloped Bracing
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	Side Address	Sideband
Sidechain	Sidefill	Sideman Clause
Signal	Signal Path	Signal To Noise Ratio
Signature	Silica Gel	Silver Duke
SIMM	Simplex Circuit	Sine Wave
Single	Single-ended	Single Coil
Sitka Spruce	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)	Smiley Face
SMPTE	SMPTE Time Code	Snake
Snapshot Automation	Soap bar	Soffit
Soft Clipping	Soft Dome Tweeter	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	Sone	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
Soundproof	Soundstage	Sound Transmission Loss
Soundware	Sound Wave	Source
SourceCode	Source Cue/Source Music	SP-MIDI
Space Control Bridge	Spaced Omni	Spaces
Spaghetti Logo	Spalted Maple	Speaker
Speaker Basket	Speaker Cabinet	Speaker Enclosure
Speaker Level	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 Switch
Standby UPS	Standing Wave	Stapedius
Star Ground	Star Network	Star Quad
Start Time	Startup Disk	Status Byte
STC	Steady-state	Steganography
Stem	Stepp DG1	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	Stratosphere Twin	Stream/Streaming
Streamer	Streaming Audio	Streaming Media
Stretch Tuning	String Gauge	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	Subsonic
Subtractive Synthesis	Subwoofer	Suite
Sum/Summing	Summing Resistor	Super-Tron
Super Axe	Supercardioid	Superclock
Superheterodyne	Supersonic	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	Synchromatic	Synchronization
Synchronization Right	Synchronizer	Synchronous
Synclavier	Syncopation	Syncrosoft Key
Sync Track	Synergy	Synth Action
SynthAxe	Synthesizer	Syquest
System Bus	System Common Message	System Exclusive

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