1. Pan is short for panorama and Pot is short for potentiometer.

True False

2. Making a purchasing decision for a mixer is relatively easy - it takes very little time and energy.

True False

3. Tone controls affect a broad band of frequencies. Excessive boost or cut may degrade the reproduced quality of a microphone or instrument.

True False

4. The main function of an automatic mixer is to automatically turn off any microphones that aren't being used at any one moment.

True False

5. Adjustments can be made to your mixer without regard to the sound quality.

True False

6. Tone controls are basically used to boost (increase) or cut (decrease) the level of certain frequencies.

True False

7. The amount of ambient noise in the room has no effect on the sound system performance.

True False

8. The purpose of the Pan Pot is to adjust the audio signal level going to the left and right mixer outputs.

True False

9. The first task for the mixer is to amplify the very low output ofany microphones being used and balance them with any other sounds such as background trax from tape decks or live acoustic instruments.

True False

10. A stereo mixer cannot be used in a monaural system.

True False

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