system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: I'm watching The Oscars - can someone can tell me the difference between sound mixing and sound editing?
gpt
As far as the Oscars are concerned:

- best sound editing: any act, usually the "sound effects" related to making/inventing/recording/tweaking sounds that are used. 

- best sound mixing: actually making sure the sounds created/recorded by the sound editors .... sound ok and at the right volumes in relation to dialogue, music.

Making sure the hero's big line doesn't get drowned out by the thumping soundtrack or a machine noise? Sound mixer.

Making that cool robot sound using a xylophone run through backwards filters and incorporating the sound of a rabid squirrel? Sound editor.