Sound Engineering Career
Sound Engineering: A Different Career Option
Aesthetic appreciation of sound and music, together with a flair for technology, is essential to pursue a career in sound engineering. To the spot light has shifted to sound Engineering as a good career option with Indian sound professional Resul Pookutty winning the Oscar Award for Slumdog Millionaire. Resul has convincingly demonstrated for enthusiasts sound engineering is critical for successful broadcast and cinema production. Though many there is a great demand for trained professionals.
The Profession: An audio engineer is a professional involves in audio work post production and recording . The audio engineering or audiography is not restricted to the music industry alone. There is a huge demand for sound engineers in the radio, television and film industries. Every radio station requires at lest three sound engineers . Recording studios often require at least two engineers and there are thousands of such studios. Following are some of the job designations: Live Sound Engineer, Studio Sound Recordist, Mixer , Audio Post Production Specialist , Mastering Engineer, Broadcast Engineer, Music Producer, Music and Dialogue Editor, Location Recordist