mixmasters

Club booth workers

Mixmasters are DJs who specialize in blending tracks, creating seamless transitions, and manipulating records or digital audio.

The term emphasizes technical skill—beatmatching, scratching, layering sounds: The club's mixmasters kept the dance floor packed all night.

Mixmaster can also refer generically to anyone who combines disparate elements skillfully, or to a brand of electric kitchen mixer.

appliances

KitchenAid

Premium appliance manufacturer

paddle · bowl · baking · countertop · cake batter · kneading · kitchen · Cuisinart · attachments · speeds

DJs

turntable

Rotating music player

vinyl · remix · hip-hop · Grandmaster Flash · club · sampling · breakbeat · blend · segue · decks

audio

sound engineer

Recording studio professional

  • producerOne who makes things
  • fadersAudio level controls
  • EQAudio frequency adjuster

multitrack · studio · levels · panning · recording · channel · board · Pro Tools · DAW · session

cocktails

bartender

One who serves drinks

  • shakerVessel for mixing drinks
  • muddlerTool for crushing drink ingredients
  • jiggerSmall liquid measure

stirring · spirits · cocktail · pour · strainer · bitters · garnish · ice · recipe · bar

Opposites
musical skill level

mixmastersbutton mashers

Those pressing controls rapidly

creative role

mixmasterssinger-songwriters

Musicians composing their own material

instrumentalists · session musicians

Family

mixmaster

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G