Sound mastering engineer

Sitting in front of their mixing desk, sound engineers run the show. Equal parts artist and technician, they convert audio recordings into the required formats (CD, digital Blu-ray, vinyl...).

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Fun fact

The Beatles’ song A Day in the Life from the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album (1967) is a sound engineer’s nightmare (or dream!). Fundamentally, it’s a patchwork of two unfinished tracks linked by an orchestral transition involving some 40 musicians. It ends with a track played in reverse and a 15-kilohertz tone that only dogs can hear! According to legend, it was Paul McCartney’s idea, as he wanted to pay tribute to his Shetland sheepdog.

Skills

Hard skills

  • Assess sound quality
  • Types of audiovisual formats
  • Audiovisual products
  • Program sound cues
  • Audio technology
  • Read technical datasheet
  • Audio mastering
  • Acoustics

Soft skills

  • Systemic perception
  • Logical reasoning
  • Evaluation

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