Editing Mixing console (section)

==Applications==
[[File:Realistic stereo mixing console - Sir Theo, Belgaum, India (2011-11-23 08.39.23 by julian correa).jpg|thumb|A small mixer that could be used for a singer-guitarist's performance at a small [[coffeehouse]].]]
Public address systems in schools, hospitals and other institutions use a mixing console to set microphones to an appropriate level and can add in recorded sounds such as music into the mix. PA mixers usually have controls that help to minimize audio feedback.

Most rock and pop bands use a mixing console to combine musical instruments and vocals so that the mix can be amplified through a [[nightclub]]'s PA system. Among the highest quality [[bootleg recordings]] of live performances are so-called [[soundboard recording]]s sourced directly from the mixing console.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://homerecording.about.com/od/recordingtutorials/a/recordinglive.htm | title=How To Record a Live Concert: Capturing Your Gig On tape | publisher=[[About.com]] | access-date=October 18, 2012 | author=Shambro, Joe}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.iorr.org/talk/read.php?2,1046051,1046322 | title=Explanation about Matrix/ALD/IEM/Soundboard | publisher=U2start.com | date=March 17, 2009 | access-date=October 18, 2012 | author=UrbanSteel}}</ref>

Radio broadcasts use a mixing desk to select audio from different sources, such as CD players, telephones, remote feeds, prerecorded advertisements, and in-studio live bands.  These consoles, often referred to as ''air-boards'' are apt to have many fewer controls than mixers designed for live or studio production mixing, dropping pan/balance, EQ, and multi-bus monitoring/aux feed knobs in favor of cue and output bus selectors, since, in a radio studio, nearly all sources are prerecorded or pre-adjusted.

[[DJ]]s playing music at a [[dance club]] use a small [[DJ mixer]] to make smooth transitions between songs that are played from sources that are plugged into the mixer. Compared with other mixers that are used in sound recording and live sound, DJ mixers have far fewer inputs. The most basic DJ mixers have only two inputs, though some have four or more inputs for DJs using a larger number of sources. These sources could include turntables, CD players, [[portable media player]]s, or electronic instruments such as [[drum machine]]s or [[synthesizer]]s. The DJ mixer also allows the DJ to use headphones to [[cue (audio)|cue]] the next song to the desired starting point before playing it.

[[Hip hop music]] DJs and [[Dub music|Dub]] producers and engineers were early users of the mixing board as a [[musical instrument]]. In the 1970s, hip-hop DJs developed a technique of adjusting the fader and crossfader controls of mixers at the same time as they manipulated records on turntables, creating unique rhythmic ''[[scratching]]'' effects.

[[Noise music]] musicians may create feedback loops within mixers, creating an instrument known as a ''no-input mixer''. The tones generated from a no-input mixer are created by connecting an output of the mixer into an input channel and manipulating the pitch with the mixer's dials.
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