Recording (Studio) Engineers

Allow me to help you understand who a Recording / Studio engineer is. Also this is an excerpt from my book Essential sound principles.

A recording engineer is an audio expert who knows everything there is to know about audio. They are mostly responsible for setting up and operating recording equipment for themselves, or a client. They’re also in charge of creating and tweaking the music until it’s just right (especially for the client). 

Electric engineering, psychoacoustics, and music theory are just a few of the disciplines that come into play in this career. Recording engineers must be well-versed in a wide range of musical instruments, both analogue and digital, as well as a variety of audio editing software packages and Digital Audio Workstations(DAW). 

They must strike a careful balance between science and art to comprehend an artist’s needs and then translate the artist’s ideas and vision into a polished song or professional master recording. They achieve this by using technologies such as digital recorders, mixing boards, preamps, compressors, mics, listening equipment, and various software packages. 

When looking for jobs and working for customers, mastering at least one instrument and being extremely educated about the entire process of recording music and the music industry will be quite advantageous. 

For more information buy the book Essential Sound Principles by Edison Muhwezi