Automated mixing system with display/data entry subsystem

A method of adjusting a mix of a previously recorded multi-track tape by displaying a plurality of fader levels associated with said previously recorded mix of said tape; displaying a plurality of fader levels associated with present levels of fader controls of a recording console; adjusting at least some of said display console fader levels to equal at least some of said corresponding displayed previously recorded fader levels, and in one form of the invention the further step of displaying said previously recorded fader levels and said console fader levels comprising positioning corresponding levels of said previously recorded fader levels in side-by-side relationship with said console fader levels, whereby comparison of said fader levels may be readily accomplished. Suitable apparatus is disclosed to carry out the foregoing.