MIXING

that operation in the field of sound reproduction which removes the major faults in a recording which will distract the listener and restores the tonality of the recording to what it sounded like in the real universe before it hit the microphones originally. One can go one step beyond that, one can add an artistic touch to the mix to make things sound more soNsuch as an angry man sound angrier, so as to make a saxophone sound "saxier," so as to make a drum sound "drummer." But this is only accomplishable if you can get the sound back to how it sounded in the real universe before it hit the first microphone in the original recording. —Art Book Glossary (Appr. 15 Mar. 91)

that operation in the field of sound reproduction which removes the major faults in a recording which will distract the listener and restores the tonality of the recording to what it sounded like in the real universe before it hit the microphones originally. One can go one step beyond that, one can add an artistic touch to the mix to make things sound more so-such as an angry man sound angrier, so as to make a saxophone sound "saxier," so as to make a drum sound "drummer." But this is only accomplishable if you can get the sound back to how it sounded in the real universe before it hit the first microphone in the original recording.