Editing Audio mixing (section)

==Live sound==
[[File:FOH Pete Keppler with digidesign VENUE Profile live digital mixer and Genelec monitoring.jpg|thumb|Live sound mixing at a [[music venue]]|alt=]]

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[[Live sound mixing]] is the process of electrically blending together multiple sound sources at a live event using a [[mixing console]]. Sounds used include those from instruments, voices, and pre-recorded material. Individual sources may be [[Equalization (audio)|equalised]] and routed to [[effect processors]] to ultimately be [[Audio power amplifier|amplified]] and reproduced via [[loudspeakers]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Leonard Audio Institute |url=http://lenardaudio.com/education/09_mix.html |title=Mixing Principles |access-date=2013-01-03}}</ref> The live sound engineer balances the various audio sources in a way that best suits the needs of the event.<ref>{{cite web |author=Tim Crosby |url=http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/live-sound-engineering3.htm |title=How Live Sound Engineering Works |date=28 April 2008 |publisher=[[HowStuffWorks]] |access-date=2013-03-03}}</ref>