Mixers

The DAW mixer explained: faders, inserts, sends and buses

The DAW mixer is a row of channel strips, one per track, each with a fader for level, a pan control, insert slots for effects on that track, and sends that feed shared effects on return tracks, all summed through buses into the master. AI now works the same controls: assistants set levels and build effect chains, and an AI DAW can run a whole first-pass mix you then adjust by hand.