1. Careers for Engineers in Pro and Consumer Audio
Tufts University – Music/ES 65 – 2017

2. Sound engineers Their skills, what they do, what tools they use:
microphone choice and placement, preamp choice  
gain staging—making sure signals are sent and recorded at proper levels  
editing or comping—putting pieces from various takes together  
replacing—live instruments with sampled ones  
syncing—MIDI-driven instruments with live tracks  
mixing—keeping signals audible and out of each other's way by eq and compression  
effects (DSP)—adding delays, reverb, pitch correction, phasing, tape saturation, etc.  

3. Producers Their roles/tasks
Old model: record company hires producer to keep band in line. Decides which songs to record and order to record them; organizes sessions; hires arrangers, maybe other musicians to be in sessions; supervises mix; decides sequence on disc.  
Newer model: band hires producers to help them be organized, to make musical decisions, and/or to act as extra ears, or to give them cachet and entry into higher-visibility markets.  
Newest model: producer puts his/her own stamp on the record so that it will be accepted as part of his/her oeuvre. Artist contributes raw material for song, vocal, producer does the rest: beats, loops, arrangements, processing.

4. Graduate Programs

6. Internships & Entry Positions
sonicbids

7. DIY

8. Entrepreneurship

9. Architectural Acoustics
Apprentice/Internships
Lou Clark, Matt Azevedo, Fran Manzella
Accentech
ARUP
Graduate Programs
RPI
Penn State
University of Florida
Skills

10. Transducer Design Speaker manufacturers near Boston: Next Steps EAW
Bose
Genelec
Next Steps
Graduate Programs
Mechanical Engineering, Acoustics
Internships

11. Analog System Design The hardest part is the power supply…
ICs
Preamp Kits
Jobs in transducer and analog design
Fishman
Earthworks
THAT, Analog Devices
Crowely & Tripp

12. Software Development WILL PIRKLE
Designing Audio Effects Plug-ins in C++
Designing Instrument Plug-ins in C++
JOHN STRAWN
Digital Audio Signal Processing; An Anthology
JULIUS O. SMITH

13. Audiology Vanderbilt University University of Iowa UNC Chapel Hill
University of Maryland
UMass Amherst
APPS PEOPLE APPS

14. Studio and Live Music Film Theater Touring Positions Tour Shops
Studio Positions

15. A/V Integration and Design
Music
Film
Theater

16. And there’s more…
Composition recording film/TV commercials Web (Flash) libraries Games: loops, layers, transitions
Sound design film/TV/Web Theater
Orchestrating/arranging Assisting composers, esp. film/TV Assisting studios, producers, artists Music direction and playing for artists, theater
Audio engineering Studio Books on tape/Podcasts Audio for visuals Broadcast production
Music programming
Algorithms for streaming services Formatting and conforming audio for Web (Flash, etc.) Ringtones Games: translation of music>MIDI and vice versa (Guitar Hero)
System design & installation Studios, project/home studios Advertising agencies Web developers Game developers Broadcasters
Theatres, cinemas
Houses of Worship Industrial (PA, background music)

17. System design & installation Studios, project/home studios Advertising agencies Web developers Game developers Broadcasters Theatres, cinemas Houses of Worship Industrial (PA, background music)
Product design Software synths Plug-ins Sequencers and performance programs Hardware controllers Pro and consumer audio hardware Toys
Tech support Concert crew Theater Radio/TV/cable/Webcast Software companies (sequencers, instruments, plug-ins) Hardware (instruments, audio components, computers) Tech writing, documentation
Sales & marketing inside, retail
Education