| A mixer, or mixing consoles, audio mixers, mixing | | | | stage. |
| desk, or sound board, is an electronic device that | | | | Sound Quality |
| combines or “mixes”, routes, changes | | | | A digital mixer utilizes a mic preamp which is |
| level or dynamics of audio signals. There are 2 | | | | followed by an ADC that quantizes the audio |
| types of mixer – analog and digital. Though | | | | stream. Consequently, overloading and clipping are |
| analog mixers remain popular because of its | | | | appropriately managed to produce a more |
| simplicity, digital mixers have remarkably making | | | | accurate digital streaming. Many digital mixers are |
| its way over the past couple of years. Below are | | | | also quieter than their analog counterparts. They |
| just some of the key advantages of digital | | | | are more resistant to external interference from |
| mixers: | | | | radio transmitter for instance walkie-talkies and |
| Special Features | | | | mobile phones. |
| Most models include special effects like parametric | | | | Usefulness |
| EQ, gating, automatic feedback reaction, | | | | It allows groupings of inputs by internally |
| compression, reverb, tap delay and straight delay. | | | | reassigning functions thus providing convenience. |
| Other digital mixers have spectrograph, real time | | | | Also, space requirements can be saved by sharing |
| analyzer, and can be integrated with loudspeaker | | | | channel adjustments. In addition, saved data can |
| management devices like crossover filtering and | | | | be accessed via external storage device such as |
| limiting. | | | | USB flash drives. |
| Remote Access | | | | Virtual Mixing |
| System technicians can make adjustments from | | | | Using special computer software and coupled |
| a distant using wired/wireless laptops, tablets or | | | | inputs, recording hardware and output, digital |
| touch screens. Modifications can be easily | | | | virtual mixers can save cost, physical space and |
| monitored and controlled thus a more responsive | | | | media archival. |
| mixing platform to address changing conditions on | | | | |