Audio Engineer

Audio Engineer Career

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Audio Engineers manage the audio effects, music, and dialogue that go into a recorded production. To enter this position you should love deep listening and paying attention to sounds. To succeed as an Audio Engineer, you must blend this natural acoustic aptitude with an understanding of audio technology.

If that sounds good then this could be a sweet job for you. As an Audio Engineer, the creative transforming and combining of raw sounds is your domain. Your time might be spent mixing and playing with different simulations of background traffic. You can record songs, edit dialogue, and choose how many seconds of silence before the blood curling shriek is released.

There are generally four areas a recorded sound passes through before it is distributed as a finished product: Recording, editing, mixing and, if it is put on a soundtrack, mastering. Audio Engineers typically specialize in one of these areas and you do so in film, television, video games, or other productions involving recorded sounds.

How do I become an Audio Engineer?

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Like other entertainment fields, the industry is run heavily through connections. An internship or apprenticeship is generally how you enter the career, and studies in audio production or engineering are helpful for both experience and connections.