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Virtual mixer

What is virtual mixer? A clear definition from the audio engineering and recording section of our glossary, with 12 related terms, tools to try and further reading.

Definition of Virtual mixer

A Virtual Mixer is a software application that runs on a computer or other digital audio system. Providing the same functionality of a digital or analog mixing console, a virtual mixer takes the audio outputs of many separate tracks or live sources and combines them into a pair of stereo outputs or other routed subgroups for auxiliary outputs.

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What is Virtual mixer?

A Virtual Mixer is a software application that runs on a computer or other digital audio system. Providing the same functionality of a digital or analog mixing console, a virtual mixer takes the audio outputs of many separate tracks or live sources and…

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