• When dealing with both live music and recorded music, the engineer at the controls of the mixing console can efficiently optimize, regulate and monitor the sound that is being recorded or presented to an audience.
    1. AKA: Soundboard; Audio mixer
    2. AKA: "Mixing desk" in England
    3. Digital mixing consoles have increased rapidly in popularity along with the advent of digitized music
    4. Digital consoles have many more features and are more versatile
    5. Analog consoles are generally simpler to work with and some music purists insist the functionality provides a truer and less sterile sound
  • Popular Mixer Manufacturers

    1. AMS Neve
    2. Solid State Logic
    3. Mackie
    4. Behringer
    5. TASCAM
    6. Soundcraft
    7. Allen & Heath
    8. Digidesign
    9. Peavey Electronics
    10. Yamaha Corporation

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