Definition: Cue Burn is a phenomenon which occured when DJs used vinyl recordings (33 rpm, 45 rpm) to play songs. The DJ would place the needle on the record and then hand-turn the turntable until the needle played the very beginning of the song. The DJ would rock the turntable back-and-forth a couple of times to make sure the position of the needle was at the very beginning so that when the turntable was turned on, the recording would start immediately. The act of rocking the needle back-and-forth, over time, created physical indentations in the vinyl which would eventually create a bit of white noise that sounded like "chhhhh" when the record would begin.