mixing console
Studio signal combiner
A mixing console is electronic equipment that combines, routes, and adjusts multiple audio signals.
Sound engineers use mixing consoles to control volume levels, equalization, and effects for each input channel—microphones, instruments, recordings—and blend them into a final output.
Also called a mixing board, mixing desk, or simply a mixer.
She adjusted the faders on the mixing console during the live broadcast.
Audio level controls
- channelsPaths for transmission
- XLRBalanced audio connector
- preampInitial signal booster
- gainPositive return received
phantom power · compressor · limiter · rackmount · headphone jack · master volume · input · output
Making things uniform
- panningLateral camera traverse
- levelsHeights or ranked stages
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- routingPath selection process
automation · soloing · summing · gain staging · overdubbing · multitrack · crossfade · grouping
What evens things out
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
- acousticsStudy of sound transmission
- stereoTwo-channel audio system
- monoSingle, as prefix
decibels · volume · treble · bass · midrange · dynamics · headroom · crosstalk
Audio blending slider
- turntablesRecord-playing devices
- headphonesWearable speakers for ears
- beatmatchingAligning tracks' tempos
- cueingSignaling when to start
scratching · platters · vinyl · looping · sync · effects · transitions · backspin
faders
Audio level controls
gain · phantom power · compressor · limiter · rackmount · headphone jack · master volume · input · output · monitor
equalization
Making things uniform
routing · automation · soloing · summing · gain staging · overdubbing · multitrack · crossfade · grouping · sends
equalizer
What evens things out
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
- acousticsStudy of sound transmission
- stereoTwo-channel audio system
mono · decibels · volume · treble · bass · midrange · dynamics · headroom · crosstalk · frequency response
crossfader
Audio blending slider
- turntablesRecord-playing devices
- headphonesWearable speakers for ears
- beatmatchingAligning tracks' tempos
cueing · scratching · platters · vinyl · looping · sync · effects · transitions · backspin · sampler
- audiosound, headphones, audio track, volume control, sound recording
- audio equipmentspeakers, microphone, headphones, amplifier, amplifiers
- mixersblender, whisk, food processor, blenders, immersion blender
- broadcast equipmentbroadcast camera, broadcast tower, broadcast antenna, antenna array, transmitter
- 80s audio gearsynthesizer, drum machine, MIDI, sampler, sequencer
- Control Stationscockpit, bridge, tower, mission control, command post
mixing consolespeaker
One who talks
loudspeaker · microphone · playback device · headphones · guitar amp
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