Found on most mixers, trim controls provide the initial level setting for each channel’s input gain. In most cases, trim adjusts gain of the microphone preamp, but it may also apply to line level signals. Optimizing this gain stage will make a tremendous difference in the mixers signal to noise ratio and in gain staging later in the signal chain.
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