A 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 (also known as "final mix" or "mixdown") of a song, hence the term "mix engineer". He or she 'blends' or 'mixes' the elements of the recorded piece together, to achieve a good balance of the instrumental and vocal volume, as well their frequency contents, while also deciding other properties such as pan positioning, effects, and so on. A more technical definition: an audio engineer in sound recording, audio editing and sound systems who balances the relative volume and frequency content of a number of sound sources. Typically, these sound sources are the different musical instruments in a band or vocalists, the sections of an orchestra and so on.

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