Mixing is a part of audio engineering. Mixing occurs after the recording process and before the mastering process. Recording, mixing, and mastering engineers are all audio engineers because they all deal with audio.

There are many different names for mixing desks. These names include "sound board", "mixing console", audio production console", "mixer" and "audio mixer".

Audio mixing involves deciding, for example, the volume of each component of a piece of music. Whether the bass should be louder or softer, whether the vocals should be more prominent would be decisions made in the audio mixing process.

The Kristal Audio Engine combines multi-track recording, sequencing and mixing software in one powerful application. The Kristal Audio Engine allows anyone who is interested in recording, mixing or mastering digital audio to get started with making professional sounding home recordings.