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| Mixer Guide |
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| What is a mixer? |
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| A mixer, in its purest and simplest
form, combines or meshes an array of inputs into a few controllable outputs (hence the name,
Mixer). It is pretty much universal that mixers will
have at least a volume control on the
output. The vast majority will have volume or "level"
controls on each input, or "channel". A great
many still will have a variety of controls on each
channel, from gains or trims to EQ and aux and
buses and PFL's and more. |
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| The most important aspect of
understanding mixers is understanding the channels. On
almost all consoles, the channels are laid out
in strips; the signal comes in physically through the
back of the device, then passes through that
channel's various controls from top to bottom, with the gain or trim at the top and the fader
at the bottom. |
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| Simply look at one of the black circle
inputs (XLR's for microphones and snakes), then follow the column of knobs straight down. This
is a channel strip. |
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