Glossary
level
master section
mic preamp
mixer
mono (monaural)
pan
phantom power
return
send
stereo
unity gain
wet
boosting mic and line signals.
The amount of power driving an audio signal. The most common names given to levels of varying voltage are, from lowest to highest, microphone level, instrument level and line level.
The section of a mixer where the main mix is controlled.
An amplifier that boosts a
A device whose purpose is to combine and output a number of audio signals, allowing various types of signal manipulation.
Refers to an audio signal that has only one channel. The opposite of stereo.
A control that lets you position a mono signal within the stereo spectrum by altering the level of the signal being sent to the left channel as opposed to the right.
A way of providing power to condenser microphones. Called “phantom” because the power isn’t apparent to dynamic microphones when you connect them to an input that provides phantom power.
Describes an aux send that sends a signal that already has passed through the channel fader.
Describes an aux send that sends a signal that has not passed through the channel fader.
A line input whose function is to carry back to the mixer an audio signal that has been sent from the mixer. Usually used in the application of effects.
A line output whose function is to send a signal from the mixer to an external device, usually an effects processor.
Refers to an audio signal that has two channels.
Refers to the setting of an audio channel at which the signal leaves the channel at the same level at which it entered.
An audio signal that has had effects or other manipulations applied. The opposite of “dry.”
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