Also called: prompter, autocue
What is teleprompter?
A display that shows text scrolling at reading speed so a performer can read it while looking straight ahead. In music production it shows lyrics near the microphone instead of a script near a camera.
The point of a prompter is posture as much as memory. Because the text sits at eye level, the performer keeps their head up, which for a singer means staying on the microphone's axis and keeping the tone consistent.
A studio prompter differs from a broadcast one in how it is paced: a script scrolls at a set words-per-minute rate, while lyrics need to follow the song's own timeline.
The moving marker showing the current position on a DAW timeline. Everything time-based in a session is measured against it, which is why a prompter that reads the playhead stays accurate through rewinds and loops.
The third-generation Virtual Studio Technology plugin format created by Steinberg. It is the standard way third-party instruments, effects and utilities load inside a DAW on Windows and macOS, using one shared plugin folder per system.
Building one final vocal from the best parts of several takes. The editor chooses per line or per phrase and crossfades between them, which is far quicker when every take was sung with consistent phrasing.