An audio engineer (also sometimes recording engineer or a vocal engineer) helps to produce a recording or a performance, editing and adjusting sound tracks using equalization and audio effects, mixing, reproduction, and reinforcement of sound. Thus, audio engineers work on the "...technical aspect of recording—the placing of microphones, pre-amp knobs, the setting of levels.
Audio engineers may have professional training in fields such as audio, fine arts, broadcasting, music, or electrical engineering. They have taken courses in audio engineering and sound recording. Many audio enginners are auto didacts who have attained professional skills in audio through extensive on-the-job experience.
Audio engineering covers:
Tape machines Analog-to-digital converters Digital-to-analog converters Digital audio workstations (DAWs) Dynamic range compressors Audio data compressors Music sequencers Signal processors Microphones Preamplifiers Mixing consoles Amplifiers Loudspeakers
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