Glossary
fader
A manual control commonly used on mixing consoles and graphic equalizers. A variable, attenuating potentiometer that slides up and down (as opposed to working with circular motion like control knobs or jog wheels do).


“I finally figured out one day that most producers don’t have the faintest idea what they’re doing. They simply have the position because of circumstance, or they’ve wormed themselves into it, and it really doesn’t amount to anything!”- Leon Redbone
A manual control commonly used on mixing consoles and graphic equalizers. A variable, attenuating potentiometer that slides up and down (as opposed to working with circular motion like control knobs or jog wheels do).