Mixer
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Mixer may refer to:
An electronics device:
A mechanical device:
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An electronics device:
- DJ mixerDJ mixerA DJ mixer is a type of audio mixing console used by disc jockeys.The key features that differentiate a DJ mixer from other types of audio mixers are the ability to redirect a non-playing source to headphones and the presence of a crossfader, which allows for an easier transition between two sources...
, a type of audio mixing console used by disc jockeys - Electronic mixerElectronic mixerAn electronic mixer is a device that combines two or more electrical or electronic signals into one or two composite output signals. There are two basic circuits that both use the term mixer, but they are very different types of circuits: additive mixers and multiplying mixers...
, a device for adding or multiplying signal voltages together - Frequency mixerFrequency mixerIn electronics a mixer or frequency mixer is a nonlinear electrical circuit that creates new frequencies from two signals applied to it. In its most common application, two signals at frequencies f1 and f2 are applied to a mixer, and it produces new signals at the sum f1 + f2 and difference f1 -...
, a telecommunications device used to shift the frequency spectrum of a signal - Sound card mixerSound card mixerA sound card mixer is the analog part of a sound card that routes and mixes sound signals. This circuit receives inputs from both external connectors and the sound card's digital-to-analog converters...
, a component of the audio subsystem of a personal computer - Vision mixerVision mixerA vision mixer is a device used to select between several different video sources and in some cases Compositing video sources together to create special effects...
, an electronic device for combining video signals - Audio mixing consoleMixing consoleIn professional audio, a mixing console, or audio mixer, also called a sound board, mixing desk, or mixer is an electronic device for combining , routing, and changing the level, timbre and/or dynamics of audio signals. A mixer can mix analog or digital signals, depending on the type of mixer...
, an electronic device for combining, routing, and changing the level, tone, and/or dynamics of two or more audio signals - Mode scramblerMode scramblerIn telecommunications, a mode scrambler or mode mixer is a device for inducing mode coupling in an optical fiber, or a device that, itself, exhibits a uniform output intensity profile independent of the input mode volume or modal excitation condition...
(known as a Mode mixer), a telecommunications device for handling signals on optical fibers
A mechanical device:
- Mixer (cooking)Mixer (cooking)A mixer is a kitchen appliance intended for mixing, folding, beating, and whipping food ingredients. Mixers come in two major variations, hand mixers and stand mixers....
, an appliance used to combine ingredients - Mixer (engine)Mixer (engine)Turbofan engines often feature an exhaust mixer, where the bypass air is mixed with the core exhaust gases, before exhausting to atmospheric pressure through a common propelling nozzle.-Benefits:...
, a device for quieting an airplane engine - Concrete mixerConcrete mixerA concrete mixer is a device that homogeneously combines cement, aggregate such as sand or gravel, and water to form concrete. A typical concrete mixer uses a revolving drum to mix the components...
, a machine which combines the ingredients of concrete - Feed mixerFeed mixerFeed mixers are used in feed mills for the mixing of feed ingredients and premixes. The mixer plays a vital role in the feed production process, with efficient mixing being the key to good feed production. If feed is not mixed properly, ingredients and nutrients will not be properly distributed...
, a machine used in the feed industry for mixing feed ingredients - High-shear mixer, a device that disperses a material into a liquid phase by passing it through an array of rotors and/or stators
- Industrial mixerIndustrial mixerIndustrial Mixers and Blenders are used to mix or blend a wide range of materials used in different industries including the food, chemical, pharmaceutical, plastic and mineral industries. They are mainly used to mix different materials using different types of blades to make a good quality...
, a machine for mixing the materials in industrial scale - Micro mixer, a device used in flow chemistryFlow chemistryIn flow chemistry, a chemical reaction is run in a continuously flowing stream rather than in batch production. In other words, pumps move fluid into a tube, and where tubes join one another, the fluids contact one another. If these fluids are reactive, a reaction takes place...
- Static mixerStatic mixerA static mixer is a device for mixing two fluid materials. Most commonly, the fluids are liquid; however, static mixers are used to mix gas streams, disperse gas into liquid or disperse immiscible liquids. The device consists of mixer elements contained in a cylindrical or squared housing. These...
, a device for mixing two fluid materials through a tube containing a series of baffles - Submersible mixerSubmersible mixerA submersible mixer is a mechanical device that is used to mix sludge tanks and other liquid volumes. Submersible mixers are often used in sewage treatment plants to keep solids in suspension in the various process tanks and/or sludge holding tanks....
, a machine used for mixing liquids and slurries in tanks (e.g. wastewater, liquid manure, etc.) - Vortex mixerVortex mixerA vortex mixer is a simple device used commonly in laboratories to mix small vials of liquid. It consists of an electric motor with the drive shaft oriented vertically and attached to a cupped rubber piece mounted slightly off-center. As the motor runs the rubber piece oscillates rapidly in a...
, a laboratory device - Carburettor, a device for mixing a hydrocarbon and air, for an engine
A synonym for an occupation:
- Mix engineerMix engineerA mix engineer, also referred to as "mixing engineer", is a person who, once all instruments, voices, and sounds, etc., have been recorded, creates what is called the final version of a song, hence the term "mix engineer"...
, or sound mixer, the operator of an audio mixing console - Production sound mixerProduction sound mixerA production sound mixer, location sound recordist, location sound engineer or simply sound mixer is the member of a film crew or television crew responsible for recording all sound recording on set during the filmmaking or television production using professional audio equipment, for later...
, the head of a film production sound crew - Mixer, a follower of a particular philosophy within the practice of chiropracticChiropracticChiropractic is a health care profession concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disorders of the neuromusculoskeletal system and the effects of these disorders on general health. It is generally categorized as complementary and alternative medicine...
Other:
- Mixer (magazine), an American music magazine and record label, the sister company to the original UK publication MixmagMixmagMixmag is a British dance music and clubbing magazine. It styles itself as "the world's biggest selling dance music magazine", with an Audit Bureau of Circulations audited circulation of approximately 21,250...
- Drink mixerDrink mixerDrink mixers are the non-alcoholic ingredients in mixed drinks and cocktails. There are many reasons mixers are used. They change or enhance flavors or add new ones to a drink. Mixers dilute the drink, lowering the alcohol by volume in the drink. They may make the drink sweeter, more sour, or more...
, a non-alcoholic beverage or other food item mixed with a beverage (often alcoholic) - Mixer danceMixer danceA mixer dance, dance mixer or simply mixer is a kind of participation dance in a social dance setting that involves changing partners as an integral part. Mixing can be built into the dance choreography or can be structured to occur more randomly. Mixers allow dancers to meet new partners and allow...
, a social danceDanceDance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
that encourages the participants to actively pursue new dance partners - Mixer, a cocktail partyCocktail partyA cocktail party is a party where cocktails are served. Women may choose to wear what has become known as a cocktail dress.Although many believe the inventor of the cocktail party to be Alec Waugh of London, who in 1924 found a need for this pleasant interlude before a dinner party, an article in...
organized for purposes of socialSocial networkA social network is a social structure made up of individuals called "nodes", which are tied by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as friendship, kinship, common interest, financial exchange, dislike, sexual relationships, or relationships of beliefs, knowledge or prestige.Social...
or businessBusiness networkingBusiness networking is a socioeconomic activity by which groups of like-minded businesspeople recognize, create, or act upon business opportunities. A business network is a type of social network whose reason for existing is business activity...
networking. - "The Mixer", a song from the 1991 album Shift-Work (album) by The Fall
- The Mixer a 1992 TV series, starring Simon Williams (actor)Simon Williams (actor)Simon Williams is an English actor known for playing James Bellamy in the period drama Upstairs, Downstairs. Frequently playing upper-class roles, he is also known for playing Dr...
and Jeremy Clyde