Each player receives all the EQ Knobs and Audio Mixing Markers of their chosen color.

Shuffle the Audio Mixing Objective Cards (▶) and place the deck near the board, face down, within reach of all players. Do the same with the Mastering Objective Cards (■) and place the deck alongside.

Place each player's color Production Fader on level three on one of the Production Tracks.

Randomly choose the player order and place the Turn Order Markers of each player's color on the Scoring Board track.

Each player receives 1 Audio Mixing Objective Card (▶) and 1 Mastering Objective Card (■).

Then, starting with the Starting Player, each player chooses two different Audio Cards from the top of the decks and adds them to their hand.