AUDIO 3

WHAT IS SIGNAL FLOW: Audio signal flow is the path an audio signal takes from source to output. The concept of audio signal flow is closely related to the concept of audio gain staging; each component in the signal flow can be thought of as a gain stage

WHY IS KNOWING THIS IMPORTANT: Because not having an understanding of signal flow will completely disrupt your efforts in mixing. You will have a better quality mix

POST-FADER: Post-fader Aux Sends are generally used as “effects sends,” to send a signal out from a particular channel to an effects processor

PRE-FADER: A pre-fader Aux Send taps the incoming signal from the channel at a point that is before the channel fader. So, when the channel fader is down, the signal is still being sent to the aux bus

MONO: one single channel is used. It can be reproduced through several speakers, but all speakers are still reproducing the same copy of the signal.

STEREO: more channels are used (typically two). You can use two different channels and make one feed one speaker and the second channel feed a second speaker (which is the most common stereo setup). This is used to create directionality, perspective, space.