Production sound mixer

How it is used

Used in crew lists and on set. This person manages microphones, recorders, and levels, often coordinating closely with the boom operator.

Example sentences

1. The production sound mixer asked for another take because a refrigerator hum covered the last line of the interview.

   Here, the term refers to the person responsible for judging recorded sound quality and deciding when audio is unusable.

2. On the street scene, the production sound mixer hid wireless microphones under the coats and monitored traffic noise in headphones.

   In this sentence, the role includes both technical recording choices and constant listening to unwanted background noise.

Common collocations

• production sound mixer credit
• production sound mixer and boom operator
• location production sound mixer
• production sound team

Related terms

• boom micA directional microphone fixed to the end of a long pole and held above or below the actors, just outside the frame, to record dialogue.
• ADRAutomated dialogue replacement: re-recording an actor's lines in a studio after the shoot while they watch the scene, to replace bad or changed dialogue.

More terms: Sound and Music

• soundtrack
• score
• sound effects
• voice-over
• dubbing
• Foley
• sound design
• boom operator
• room tone
• diegetic sound
• non-diegetic sound