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What
An Audio Mixer Does. The
Mixer is the at the heart of most studios. Despite its daunting appearance
with
its myriad buttons, knobs and Faders, it’s really laid out in a logical and
straightforward fashion. It’s also one of the most versatile and functional
pieces of equipment you can find. It gives you the ability to monitor and modify
the signal from the level of the input, the tone of the signal, the routing to
the external effects, the level of the effects, the levels of the outgoing signals
– and the list goes on and on. Here’s a tip for someone who is looking
at the mixer for the first time. Move your eyes vertically down the first channel.
Every knob, button and Fader that you see is mitigating the signal sequentially,
from where it enters the board (the trim or attenuation knob at the top) to the
overall level Fader at the bottom. These are known as ‘Channel Strips.’
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