sound mix
Combined audio layers
A sound mix is the final blended audio track of a film, television show, recording, or other media production, combining dialogue, music, sound effects, and ambient noise into balanced proportions.
The term also refers to the process of creating this blend: The sound mix took three weeks to complete.
A good mix ensures clarity—dialogue audible over action, music supporting rather than overwhelming scenes.
- audioTransmitted sound content
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- levelsHeights or ranked stages
- stereoTwo-channel audio system
- equalizerWhat evens things out
faders · tracks · studio · mastering · engineer · console · blend · pan · reverb · compression · gain staging · channels · recording · post-production · dubbing · foley artist · layering · soundboard
- mixestaco seasoning
- editingediting, cut, copy, paste, delete
- mixingstir, blend, shake, combine, fold
- film editingediting, film editing, cut, editor, splice
- Remastering termsdigital transfer, upscaling, reissue, re-release, definitive edition
sound mixraw footage
Unprocessed recorded material
rough cut · field recording · scratch track · stems · single source
sound, mix, sounds, sounded, sounding, soundly, soundless, soundness, resound