Sound Engineering As Career: Gray Spark Audio

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Sound Engineering as carrer opportunity.
By Gray Spark Audio Academy https//academy.gray-
spark.com/ graysparkaudioacademy_at_gmail.com
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• How do you know if sound engineering is for you!

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There are two flaws with this thought process

• Becoming a Sound Engineer does not necessarily
  make you a better musician.
• Sound Engineering requires a completely different
  set of tools and skills as opposed to becoming a
  Musician
• Here we see few skills and traits that one should
  look for if they are interested in heading into
  this field.

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Technical Details

• As the name itself suggest Audio Engineering will
  require you to work with a lot of technical
  information, i.e How Microphones Work, How Analog
  to Digital Converters works, etc.
• If talking about a microphone, or the electronics
  of speakers and other audio equipment bores you
  then maybe you should work on developing an
  interest before you head into a course.

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Problem Solving

• This is something that you will tackle as an
  Audio Engineer almost every day. It could be
  anything from figuring out why the signal isnt
  coming into your DAW to being able to decipher if
  there is any problem with the electrical wiring.
• As an audio engineer, you will be faced with
  solving many of these problems and if not
  exciting they should at least not feel like a
  tremendous chore.
• It is the biggest flaw I have noticed with
  students, also the biggest reason for students
  dropping out.

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Imaginative Thinking / Creative Thinking

• This goes without saying that an audio engineer
  should be able to think outside the box from time
  to time.
• Audio Engineering is a field that requires a mix
  of both technical knowledge as well as creative
  thinking.

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• Unlike traditional Engineering, Audio Engineer
  doesnt have physical rules that bound our work
  and sometimes bending these rules is what leads
  to discovery or an approach we would never think
  possible.
• Students who are able to think outside the box
  are usually the ones who end up becoming the most
  successful.

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Intermediate IT and Computer Skills

• In the modern recording world, all recordings are
  done solely using Computers, and although it goes
  without saying that computer skillset is
  something that is a must for everyone to know in
  the 21st century.
• You must also have an intermediate understanding
  of how Operating Systems work, how software is
  installed into the system.
• How the computer allocates RAM to certain
  Processes, How the computer performs basic
  calculations etc.

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People Skills

• Ah! This is the most basic yet most overlooked
  aspect. As an audio engineer, you will at any
  point in time be interacting with multiple
  people.
• One must learn how to make a person comfortable
  in their space and more often than not these
  persons will be musicians.

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• In conclusion, you should have at least 3 out of
  these 5 traits before you commit yourself to
  become an audio engineer, and if you dont have
  them work on yourself on building these traits
  and you will build a passion towards this field
  that will ensure your success!

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