Sound engineer

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A sound engineer at a mixer

Sound engineer ( English : Sound engineer , audio engineer, or recording engineer ) is a technical profession , in the fields of audio engineering , studio and sound recording, video recording equipment (digital / analog), signal processing , acoustics is located and computer productions. The field of activity partially overlaps with that of the sound engineer and the sound engineer. In contrast to the sound engineer , who also oversees musical issues such as note fidelity, the area of ​​responsibility of the sound engineer is mainly the technical support of the production.

Job title

The professional title of engineer has been protected in the Federal Republic of Germany by the engineering laws of the federal states since the beginning of the 1970s and has only been awarded to graduates of corresponding educational institutions since then. The term audio engineer, as well as the increasingly common term audio engineer, may therefore only be used in Germany by graduates with a university degree, regardless of the content. d. Usually an engineering science with a corresponding specialization or with the permission of the Chamber of Engineers . The same applies to the academic degree of master sound engineer, which is also awarded by relevant universities. The unauthorized use of such a designation is punishable by a fine of up to 10,000 euros, depending on the federal state.

The term sound engineer and the English terms engineer and audio engineer are not protected by law.

tasks

The sound engineer is mainly responsible for the technical side of the recording of music in studio productions; He sets up the circuits , levels the microphones , checks the acoustics of the respective room, is responsible for the transmission paths to the recording device and the sound mixing . In addition to technical knowledge, basic musical knowledge and skills are often required.

Many former activities of the pure sound engineer are now also taken over by the sound engineer for reasons of cost and the omission of many tasks.

Conversely, typical audio engineering activities are also carried out by graduates of the sound engineer courses, for example at ARD broadcasters in Germany or in the recording studio area.

Education

In contrast to the apprenticeship as a sound engineer or sound assistant, the title of Dipl.-Toningenieur is only obtained at a university. The audio engineering degree program is an interdisciplinary field of study that is often chosen as part of a specialization during an electrical engineering or information technology degree at a technical college or university . Regarding course content includes topics such as mathematics , physics , electrical engineering, signal processing , control engineering , communications engineering , electronics , technical computer science , musical basics, studio and recording equipment, audio technology and acoustics , and computer technology .

The Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences and the Robert Schumann University of Applied Sciences in Düsseldorf jointly offer the Sound and Image course . This concludes after eight semesters with a Bachelor of Engineering . The interdisciplinary training is both scientific and technical as well as artistic and creative. The master’s course is being planned. The diploma course in sound and video technology expired in 2013.

The following university is training to become a graduate engineer:

The following university offers training in the Sound for Picture master’s course :

Occasionally, universities award the title bachelor of arts or bachelor of audio engineering as part of a shortened course or an essay on an existing course , but these again do not constitute an engineering degree.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Which Type Of Sound Engineer Are You Destined To Be? In: sheffieldav.com. Retrieved on May 16, 2020 (English).