Audio Mixing

A mixing engineer (or simply mix engineer) is a person responsible for combining ("mixing") the different sonic elements of a piece of recorded music (vocals, instruments, effects etc.) into a final version of a song (also known as "final mix" or "mixdown").​

MIXING vs. MASTERING - Click to learn more about the difference!

MIXING - BEFORE & AFTER - Examples of mixing and mastering by Major Mixing engineers​

​Watch and listen to the following video.  Listen to each song a couple times and think about the questions below.
1.  What is the difference between the unmixed and mixed songs?  
2.  What changes?
3.  What can you hear clearly?
4.  What can you hear in the front?
5.  What can you hear in the back?
Think of a mix as a sonic three-dimensional image.
There are four essential elements that we use to control that image:
1. Level (Height)
2. EQ (Height)
3. Panning (Width)
4. Time-Based Effects (Depth)

SOUND GYM - Audio ear training for recording musicians and sound engineers. Get a daily sound workout, enhance your listening skills, and get better results in the studio.

MATCH THE MIX - Ear Training Game!

AUDIO FREQUENCY TRAINER - This game teaches you how to identify audio frequencies. It's suitable for anyone from beginner to audio professional. How it works: You listen to a series of test tones and identify the frequency of each one as you go. At the beginner level you are tested on four different frequencies, then you can work your way up to guru level with all 31 frequencies. Full instructions are below the test panel.