mixer
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈmɪksər/
- Specialized
:
mesa de mezclas
- Although all mixers share this same purpose, their complexity and size vary widely.
- mixer input
- mixer output
- channel mixer
Examples
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The audio engineer adjusted the levels on the mixer to ensure the sound quality was perfect for the concert.
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Hey, turntable's set up, and the mixer that D got has room for four inputs.
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Daddy, you have the mixer on too high.
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Yeah, that mixer definitely is burning a little bit.
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The second task of the mixer's input section is to adjust the incoming sound levels.
Academic text (2012) -
A mixer accomplishes this by using faders, the sliding switches at the bottom of a mixer channel.
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Yet few teachers are prepared to make more than rudimentary sense of the mixer's multiple knobs, buttons, and sliders.
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Krauss-Maffei designs and builds centrifuges and mixers used mainly by chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturers.
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At the radio station, the mixer combines various voices and sound effects to create a polished broadcast.
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During the music festival, the DJ skillfully manipulated the mixer to blend different tracks seamlessly.
Synonyms
A device that joins two or more signals into one output
Compounds
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2.3
A kitchen machine that mixes food ingredients using electricity, like cake batter or cream
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3.5
A machine with a large rotating drum that makes concrete from cement, sand, and water
- Specialized
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3.4
A machine with a large rotating drum that mixes cement, sand, gravel, and water to make building material
- Specialized
A machine with a fixed bowl and a moving arm that mixes dough and batter
How Complex
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mixer comes from the root mix, from an old Latin word miscere meaning 'to mix'. In sound work a mixer is a machine that combines different audio signals into one, so the name shows it 'mixes' sounds together.