Fixer or The Fixer may refer to:
Photographic fixer is a mix of chemicals used in the final step in the photographic processing of film or paper. The fixer stabilises the image, removing the unexposed silver halide remaining on the photographic film or photographic paper, leaving behind the reduced metallic silver that forms the image. By fixation, the film or paper is insensitive to further action by light. Without fixing, the remaining silver halide would darken and cause fogging of the image. Fixation is commonly achieved by treating the film or paper with a solution of thiosulfate salt. Popular salts are sodium thiosulfate—commonly called hypo—and ammonium thiosulfate—commonly used in modern rapid fixer formulae. Fixation involves these chemical reactions (X = halide, typically Br−):
Fixer is used for processing all commonly used films, including black-and-white films, Kodachrome, and chromogenic films. In chromogenic films, the remaining silver must be removed by a chemical mixture called a bleach fix, sometimes shortened to blix. This mixture contains ammonium thiosulphate and ferrous EDTA, a powerful chelating agent.
Fixer (Styled as FiXeR) is the sixth studio LP by the electronic group Download. It is the first full-length album featuring all new material, since 2000's Effector. It is also notable for featuring an appearance from former band member, Mark Spybey, who left the band after touring in support of 1996's The Eyes of Stanley Pain.
Initially given a limited release of 1000 copies as part of Subconscious Communications' From The Vault II series,Fixer eventually sold out and, in 2011, was given a second pressing and a wider release through Metropolis Records. This new pressing is fundamentally the same as the first, with the exception of different album art.
During the production of this album, demos were posted on the group's MySpace account under various working titles including: "Gos", "Asspipe", "PE", "Heavy", "Pig & Turkey", "V Steak" and "Dirty".
Stain my skin as the water runs down my face
Swallowed the past, but I can't forget the taste
Just pretend my reflection is someone else
Anonymous if I keep this to myself
To myself...
Uh oh…you better leave it alone
Uh oh…tell no one
Uh oh…you better leave it alone
Secrets better left unsaid, so keep it
Tell no one
Uh oh…
Uh oh…
Paint a picture
But the picture is a fictional place
You can't imagine what it's like to live inside this
space
Take perfection
And you smear it all over my face
All that you love is all that I hate
I hate…
I hate…
I hate…
Uh oh…you better leave it alone
Uh oh…tell no one
Uh oh…you better leave it alone
Secrets better left unsaid, so keep it
Tell no one
In my eyes, can you see
There's more than one of me
Trust me…
Trust me…
Trust me…
Trust me…
I wanna burn 'cause it gets me high
There's no faking my way this time
We are two different machines
You have no idea what I believe
Uh oh…you better leave it alone
Uh oh…tell no one
Uh oh…you better leave it alone
Secrets better left unsaid, so keep it
Tell no one
Uh oh…you better leave it alone
Uh oh…tell no one
Uh oh…you better leave it alone
Secrets better left unsaid, so keep it
Tell no one
Uh oh…tell no one
Uh oh…tell no one
Uh oh…tell no one