vocabulary 1

Mixer

A Mixer is a Tool for Shaping Audio

Mix

A mix is a mono or stereo stream of audio

Analog Gear

Relating to or using signals or information represented by a continuously variable physical quantity such as spatial position, voltage, etc.

Digital gear

Expressed as series of the digits 0 and 1, typically represented by values of a physical quantity such as voltage or magnetic polarization.

Signal

Audio traveling through cables and within a mixer

Volume

Level

Dynamics

Volume changes that take place during a mixing session.

Equalization

Changes in the tonal quality of a signal by adjusting the volume of the various frequencies it contains.

Panning

Positioning a signal in the stereo field.

Effects

Digital processes that take an original or "dry" signal and turn it into something else.

Send

The action of directing a signal from one place to another at the beginning of its journey.

Return

The action of bringing the signal back from where you sent it.