Glossary beginning with O

O

off-tape monitoring

"Listening to an instant play-back of a recorded sound at the same time as recording it." [1]

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References

1. Ragge DR, Reynolds WJ. The Songs of the Grasshoppers and Crickets of Western Europe. Colchester, Essex: Harley Books; 1998.

ordinary song

See proclamation song.

ornithophony

"vocalization of birds" [1]

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References

1. Divyapriya C, Pramod P. Ornithophony in the soundscape of Anaikatty Hills, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. 2019. Available at: https://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/issue/view/14471-14630.

oscillogram

"A visual record of the waveform (and hence amplitude) of a sound on a time scale (obtained from an oscillograph)." [1]

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References

1. Ragge DR, Reynolds WJ. The Songs of the Grasshoppers and Crickets of Western Europe. Colchester, Essex: Harley Books; 1998.

oscillograph

"Equipment for producing an oscillogram." [1]

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References

1. Ragge DR, Reynolds WJ. The Songs of the Grasshoppers and Crickets of Western Europe. Colchester, Essex: Harley Books; 1998.

oscilloscope

"An instrument for displaying a waveform on a screen." [1]

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References

1. Ragge DR, Reynolds WJ. The Songs of the Grasshoppers and Crickets of Western Europe. Colchester, Essex: Harley Books; 1998.

over-modulation

"Recording at too high a level, thus causing a distortion in the recorded sound." [1]

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References

1. Ragge DR, Reynolds WJ. The Songs of the Grasshoppers and Crickets of Western Europe. Colchester, Essex: Harley Books; 1998.

overtone

"a partial whose frequency is higher than, but not necessarily an integral multiple of that of the pure tone to which the pitch would normnally be ascribed." [1]

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References

1. Broughton WB. Glossarial Index. In: Acoustic Behavior of Animals. Acoustic Behavior of Animals. Elsevier; 1963.

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