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Session: Originally derived from the term "recording session," referring to the period of time when all the musicians were in the studio, the engineer was at the mixing console and the tape was rolling. Multitrack recording fragmented the original sense of this term by breaking complete "sessions" into individual segments in which only vocals, or drums, etc. were recorded at one time. Since then this word has been given different meanings by different audio software and hardware developers. Here are just a few examples. In Pro Tools, a "session" refers to the master document that Pro Tools creates when you start a new project. The session file contains maps of all elements associated with a project, including audio files, MIDI data, and all your plug-in effects, edit and mix information. Included in the session file is a play list, which defines groups of regions arranged on each audio or MIDI track. In the CD world a "multisession" CD is one on which individual tracks or files have been burned to the CD at different times - also known as track at once burning. The Orange Book CD standard defines this process. But a multisession CD can be "fixed up" - with a table of contents written - once all necessary material is recorded on it. If it's an audio CD it can then conform to the Red Book CD standard - which is what all commercially produced CDs conform to. On the Mackie dXb series of digital mixers, "session" is applied to a collection of fader and knob settings, plug-in effects instantiations, and any and all automation data performed by the mixer during one song, or one recording period. Note that no actual audio data is included in this definition. Mackie uses a "template" to describe preset initial fader, knob and effects values that allow you to begin a session with your preferred settings already in place.

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	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	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	Soundware
Sound Wave	Source	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