DJ mixer

noun

: an audio mixer intended for use by DJs that includes a crossfader and a means of monitoring a sound source that is not audible to the audience

The unique task of a DJ mixer is to make it possible for the DJ to segue between sources in a seamless and elegant fashion, live.

—Stephen Webber, DJ Skills, 2008

Word History

First Known Use

1983, in the meaning defined above

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