downmix
Reduce channel count
Downmix is to reduce the number of audio channels in a recording, typically converting surround sound to stereo or stereo to mono: The receiver automatically downmixes 5.1 audio for two-speaker setups.
The term appears in home theater and audio production contexts.
Also used as a noun for the result of such conversion.
Single, as prefix
- monauralSingle-channel audio
- channelsPaths for transmission
- leftDeparted or portside
- rightMorally proper or entitled
center · panning · balance · stereophonic · binaural · soundstage · separation · crosstalk
Tenth of a bel
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- equalizationMaking things uniform
- limiterBoundary-setting device
clipping · headroom · loudness · dynamic range · normalization · coefficient · matrix · algorithm
Audio production software
- faderAudio level slider
- levelsHeights or ranked stages
- gainPositive return received
- masteringAttaining full command
postproduction · editing · bus · stem · session · workflow · plugin
Adding quantities together
- consolidateUnite separate things
- combineMerge, or harvesting machine
- mergeCombine into unity
- reduceMake smaller in degree
fold · transcode · bounce · render · conversion · export · encode · collapse
Multi-channel audio format
- multichannelUsing several separate pathways
- DolbyAudio technology company
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
- broadcastTransmitted media signal
home theater · center channel · subwoofer · rear · front · spatial · immersive · quadraphonic
mono
Single, as prefix
right · center · panning · balance · stereophonic · binaural · soundstage · separation · crosstalk · phase
decibel
Tenth of a bel
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- equalizationMaking things uniform
limiter · clipping · headroom · loudness · dynamic range · normalization · coefficient · matrix · algorithm · metadata
DAW
Audio production software
mastering · postproduction · editing · bus · stem · session · workflow · plugin
summing
Adding quantities together
- consolidateUnite separate things
- combineMerge, or harvesting machine
- mergeCombine into unity
reduce · fold · transcode · bounce · render · conversion · export · encode · collapse · sum
5.1
Multi-channel audio format
- multichannelUsing several separate pathways
- DolbyAudio technology company
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
broadcast · home theater · center channel · subwoofer · rear · front · spatial · immersive · quadraphonic