← Mixing & Routing
Mission 28 · World 5
The Mixer
Faders, pans, meters.
Where individual tracks become one record.
+70 XP
// WHAT IT DOES
The Mixer holds every track's volume, pan, sends, mute, solo, and meter. It's how the song balances.
In Session, the mixer lives at the bottom. In Arrangement, click the M-mixer toggle in the right margin to expand strips.
Think of it like → Like a desk at a venue — each musician on a fader, you move them louder or quieter relative to each other.
▸ WHY YOU CARE
- • Balance is the difference between a demo and a record.
- • Pan creates width; volume creates depth.
// SEE & HEAR IT
Move faders, mute, solo — listen.
DRUMS
80
BASS
70
SYNTH
60
PAD
50
VOX
65
MASTER
0.0 dB
▸ HOW IT WORKS
Each track strip is a fixed gain pipeline; sends tap pre/post fader and route to Returns; everything sums into Master.
▸ Signal flow — watch the dot
▸ SIGNAL FLOW
Glowing dot = your signal travelling through Live.
▸ LISTEN FOR
- • Pan widens; volume creates depth.
▸ WALKTHROUGH (3 steps)
- 1. DO: Solo a track.▸ LISTEN: Only that track plays.
- 2. DO: Lower a vocal fader 6 dB.▸ LISTEN: It sits further back in the mix.
- 3. DO: Pan a guitar -30.▸ LISTEN: It moves left of centre.
▸ COMMON MISTAKES
- ✗ Pushing every fader up — no headroom.
- ✗ Soloing during full-mix decisions — the mix sounds different in context.
// QUIZ (QUICK)
Question 1 / 30 correct
Soloing a track…