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Solid State: Electronic components and circuits where signals pass through solid semiconductor material such as transistors and diodes as opposed to vacuum tubes where signals pass through a vacuum, or relays, which are electromechanical devices. "Solid State" was a big buzzword in the early 1970's because solid state equipment was not only less expensive, but often thought to be more reliable in the field than the tube based predecessors.

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

Save

Save As

Sawtooth Wave

Scale

Scale Length

Scalloped Bracing

Scarf Neck Joint

Scene

Schmitt Trigger

Schroeder Diffusers

SCMS

Scoop

Scooped Mids

Score

Scoring Paper

Scratch

Scratch Guard

Scratchplate

Scratch Vocal

Screen

Screen Capture

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)

Sealed Enclosure

SECAM

Sector

Seek Time

Selectivity

Self-Noise

Self Powered

Semi-hollowbody

Semi-Open

Semi-Parametric EQ

Semi-Weighted Action

Semiconductor

Semitone

Send

Sensitivity

Sequence

Sequencer

Serial

Serial ATA

Serial Time Code

Series

Server

Serve Shield

Service Update

Session

Set Neck

Sforzando

SFSK

SFX

Shared Library

Shareware

Sharp

Shavering

Shedding

Shedding

Shelf/Shelving

Shell

Shell Kit

Shell Pack

Shield

Shielding

Shift-click

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

Sides

Signal

Signal Chain

Signal Path

Signal To Noise Ratio

Signature

Silence

Silica Gel

Silicon

Silver Duke

SIMM

Simplex Circuit

Simul-class

Sine Wave

Single

Single-ended

Single Coil

Single Reed Harmonica

Sipo

Sitka Spruce

Sizzle Cymbal

Ska

Skiffle

Skin

Skin Effect

Skip Back Sampling

Skirt

Skunk Stripe

Slab Board

Slap Echo

Slash Chord

Slate

Slave

Slave Reel

Sleep

Slew Rate

Slide Guitar

Slider

Slim-Taper Neck

Slip Cue

Slip Mode

Slope

Slow Change Blues

Slugs

Slur

Small Diaphragm

SmartMedia

SmartWood

SMDI

Standard MIDI File (SMF)

Smiley Face

SMPTE

SMPTE Time Code

Snake

Snapshot Automation

Snare

Snare Basket

Snare Drum

Snare Throw Off

SneakerNet

Snow Leopard

Soap bar

Soffit

Soft Case

Soft Clipping

Soft Dome Tweeter

SOFT/HARD VACUUM

Soft Knee (Compression)

Soft Limiter

Soft Reset

Soft Sampler

Soft Synth

Software

Software Update

Softwood

Solder

Solfege

Solid Body (guitar)

Solid State

Solmization

Solo

Solo

Solo Volume

Sonata Form

Sone

Song Form

Song Position Pointer (SPP)

Sonic

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

Spanning

Speaker

Speaker-emulated Output

Speaker Basket

Speaker Cabinet

Speaker Cable

Speaker Cone

Speaker Emulation

Speaker Enclosure

Speaker Jack

Speaker Level

Speaker Output

Speaker Simulator

Speakon

Specifications

Specs

Spectra

Spectrum

Sphere stereo

Spider

Spillover

Sound Pressure Level (SPL)

Splash Cymbal

Splatter

Splay

Splice/Splicing

Splined

Split Humbucker

Split Point

SPL Meter

Spot Mic

Spot Mode

Spotting Session

Song Position Pointer (SPP)

Spread

Spring Claw

Spring Reverb

Spruce

Spur

Sputter/Sputtering

signal to quantization noise ratio

Square Wave

Square Wave Response

Squelch

SR

SRAM

SSD

SSS

Staccato

Stack

Staff

Stage Monitor

Stair Stepping

Standalone or Stand Alone

Standard Music Notation

Standard Pitch

Standard Tuning

Standby

Standby-Ferro UPS

Standby On-Line Hybrid

Standby Switch

Standby UPS

Standing Wave

Stapedius

Star Ground

Star Network

Star Quad

Start Time

Startup Disk

Static RAM

Status Byte

Stave

STC

Steady-state

Steganography

Stem

Stepp DG1

Stepped Attenuator

Stepped Sine Wave

Step Time

Stereo

Stereo Bar

Stereo Bus

Stereo Miking

Stereo Pair

Stochastic Music

Stock

Stompbox

Stop (or Organ Stop)

Stopband

Stoptail Bridge

Stop Tailpiece

Straight 8s (also called Latin)

Straight Stand

Strainer

Strap

Strap Button

Stratabond

Stratitis

Stratosphere Twin

Stream/Streaming

Streamer

Streaming Audio

Streaming Media

Stretch Tuning

String Bend

String Gauge

String Ground

String Length

String Retainer Bar

String Spacing

String Tension

String Tree

String Winder

Stripe

Striping

Strip Silence

Studio

Studio Monitor

Stutter Effect (Stuttering)

Stylus

Sub

Sub-audio

Sub-menu

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

Surge Suppressor

Surround

Surround Sound

Suspended Cymbal

Suspension

Suspension Basket

Sustain

Sustained Transfer Rate

Sustain Pedal

SVGA

Swamp Ash

Sweep

Sweepable Mids

Sweetening

Sweet Spot

Sweet Switch

Swing

Switch

Switching Power Supply

Switchmaster

Sympathetic Strings

Sympathetic Vibration

Sync

Sync 24

Synchromatic

Synchronization

Synchronization Right

Synchronize

Synchronized Tremolo

Synchronizer

Synchronous

Synclavier

Syncopation

Syncrosoft Key

Sync Track

Synergy

Synth

Synth Action

SynthAxe

Synthesizer

Syquest

System

System Bus

System Common Message

System Drive

System Exclusive

System Memory

System Preferences (Mac OS X)

System Real Time

System Software

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