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What a mixing console or "desk" does is allow several audio sources to be "mixed" into one. It's called a "summing" circuit. Let's say you were trying to record your friend playing a guitar and singing. You've got a cable coming out of her microphone and another coming out of her guitar. If you were to just cut the ends off the two cables, twist them together, solder a plug on the end and hook them to your tape deck, the sound would be all distorted and nasty. But if you use a mixing console aka mixer it will sound better.


The device described above is a mixing "console" which is a mixer with other things in it, like reverb, limiters, equalizers, delay lines...a mixer is part of a console. The person called a sound mixer runs the mixing console.


In a live concert setting, the person known as the sound mixer, also called the Front Of House Sound Engineer, is the person who combines all of the microphones on stage into a balanced mix for the listening audience.

In a recording studio, the sound mixer is responsible for recording the music onto digital or analog media and then remixing the music into a final mix for release to the listening public.

In film and television production, the sound mixer, also called a sound recordist, is the person on set who records the dialog and sound effects that will be used in the movie or television show.

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Music mixer can mean either the soundconsole or it's operator.

Soundconsole is an apparatus working on a matrix principle where you have several inputs and several outputs. The main purpose is to direct the audio inputs to different outputs such as PA system, stage monitors, broadcasting and recording systems.

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It takes the various instruments that make up a piece of music, and enables you to adjust the volume, equalization and reverb of each one separately, thus improving the sound.

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To mix audio, or make a song. For example, if someone wanted to put music together with lyrics, and make the lyrics louder, that person would use an audio mixer.

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What does send mean in terms of Audio Mixing and Recording?

SEND is usually short for AUX SEND (Auxillary Send). It is often used to add effects such as reverb or delay to sound being routed through the mixer. The 'dry' uneffected sound goes straight through the mixer to the main stereo outputs; but you can choose to SEND some of the audio signal through an AUXILLARY route where it can go through an effects unit, (reverb for example), before RETURNING to the original main signal path. The portion of the audio that you SEND through to an effect such as reverb via the AUX route is known as WET. The portion of the audio that stays on the main path through the mixer is DRY.


How do you connect your Yamaha dx7 to a computer?

Depends on what you are connecting. If using MIDI, you'll need a good USB-MIDI device. If using audio, you'll just plug the output into a 1/4"-1/8" adaptor and plug that into your computer's audio input. I personally use a mono-stereo splitter into a mixer, then into my computer.


What is an Audio Generator?

Anything that creates electrical sound (aka audio.) A piano is a sound generator but NOT an audio generator. An organ or keyboard is an audio generator and not a sound generator. These can also be thought of as signal oscillators in the 20-20k hz range which usually produce a constant signal or tone over a period of time. Sound is anything you can hear, and audio is anything you need an amplifier to hear.


When was Xbox Music Mixer created?

Xbox Music Mixer was created on 2003-12-01.


What does a personal mixer do?

Mixes drinks.

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What is a powered audio mixer used for?

A powered audio mixer is used for combining, mixing, routing and changing the level, timbre or dynamics of audio signals. They can mix analog or digital signals depending on the mixer.


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What is another name for mixing desks?

There are many different names for mixing desks. These names include "sound board", "mixing console", audio production console", "mixer" and "audio mixer".


What sound card is best for running a mixer?

The American Audio M-52 USB Mixer/Sound Card is best for running a mixer. anonymous@oola.com


How do you record drums with a mixer and sound card?

When you have a mixer and a sound card, you have to record drums separately, and then incorporate them into the finished audio.


Do you know what a 3 channel mixer is?

A 3 channel mixer is a device that can handle more than one piece of audio equipment at a time to help control your audio equipment easier. It also helps sound and puts special effects into your audio.


Do you need an audio enterface if you have a mixer?

No, but you can use one to connect it to a computer.


What is audio summer?

An audio summator is, in essence, the mixer. It takes various source inputs and "summs them up" into one audio output (to drive the speakers, for example).


What are the function of mixer?

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