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Dry mix/wet mix
Dry mix/wet mix controls the balance between unprocessed and processed sound.
Also called: Dry/wet
Level relevance: introduced at Nat 4; tagged for every later level where the same concept remains useful.
Explanation
The dry signal is the original sound and the wet signal is the effected version. Adjusting the wet/dry balance changes how obvious an effect such as reverb, delay, chorus, or distortion becomes.
Topics
EffectsMixing
Curriculum statusofficial concept
Review statusdraft
Sources
- National 5 Music Technology course specification, May 2023, version 3.0 · accessed 2026-07-08
Used for the National 3, National 4, and National 5 technology and music concept tables.