ABSTRACT
A mixing console is an independent hardware device used alongside a multitrack recorder at the heart of any recording or mixing session in professional studios. Consoles vary in design, features, and implementation. A bus is a common signal path to which many signals can be mixed. By way of analogy, a bus is like a highway into which many small roads flow. A processor is a device, electronic circuit, or software code used to alter an input signal and replace it with the processed, output signal. Processors are used when the original signal is not required after treatment. Effects add something to the original sound. Effects take an input signal and generate a new signal based on that original input. The clip indicators on an analog console light up when the signal level overshoots a certain threshold set by the manufacturer.
