Mixing decisions are monitored through loudspeakers in a room.

Evidence

The signals from these sources are manipulated as necessary and stored in individual digital files (tracks) all perfectly synchronized. This can take place over an extended time period, perhaps at multiple venues. At some point they are “mixed”: combined, balanced, equalized, compressed and embellished in various ways, with the manipulations being monitored through loudspeakers in a room. — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 324

Categorization

• XREF: Establishes that the room and loudspeaker used for monitoring shape the final artistic result—ties to the book’s room-acoustics themes.