If you want to be right in the middle of the media world, acareer in audio production may be for you. Within the audio field,you can take a variety of career paths. You may have theopportunity to mix sounds for your favorite video game series,produce hit music, record the dialogue of famous actors and muchmore.

If you’re interested in a career in audioproduction, here’s a list of some of the most excitingpositions available in the field. However, in order to prepareyourself for success, you must first gain industry-relevantknowledge and skills by pursuing an audio production degree.

Exciting careers in the audio production industry

Gaming

Spotlight: game audio engineer

If you love video games and have a talent for sound, you’ll feelright at home as a game audio engineer. Game audio engineers bringvideo games to life by creating realistic sound effects andoriginal music. Because you are often required to create sound forobjects and creatures that don’t exist in real life, game audioengineers must be extremely creative. These engineers must also beresourceful as they often have to create sounds from scratch on alow budget.

Other gaming jobs: soundtrack composer, audio creative director,audio test engineer

Radio

Spotlight: studio manager

Radio studio managers work to make sure live productions comeoff smoothly and cleanly. They work with producers to adjust soundlevels, mix audio, piece together sound clips and create originalcontent. Since much of their work is live, studio managers must bequick thinkers who are cool under pressure.

Other radio jobs: program manager, production manager

Movies

Spotlight: dialogue editor

A movie’s dialogue editor has the unique job of editing,synchronizing and smoothing the film’s dialogue. The dialogueeditor starts working after the entire movie has been shot,matching the dialogue that was recorded on the set to the actors’mouths on screen. Most times, parts of the dialogue recorded on theset aren’t useable. When this happens, the dialogue editor must getthe actor back in studio to dub in the parts that didn’t comeacross well during production. Dialogue editors must be patient asthey constantly tweak hours of audio to get the ideal sound.

Other movie jobs: foley artist, re-recording mixer

Music

Spotlight: composer

Composers are called upon to write new songs or take song ideasand flesh them out. Many composers work closely with recordingartists to create songs that fit the artists’ style andpersonality. Other composers write original scores or arrangescores to be performed by an orchestra. Composers must use theircreativity to write music that audiences perceive as being moreoriginal and exciting than the thousands of similar pieces thatalready exist.

Other music jobs: music editor, vocal production

Television

Spotlight: location sound engineer

Location sound engineers work on the sets of movies ortelevision shows. They are responsible for making sure soundequipment works, microphones are picking up the right sound and allsound gear is out of camera range. Location sound engineers must beorganized and thorough in their preparations. Their goal is to getthe sound right on the first try to take the pressure off ofpost-production sound engineers. Location sound engineers who workon live sets such as news productions, sporting events or awardsshows face extra pressure as sound problems can be difficult to fixon the fly.

Other television jobs: boom operator, sound editor, musicsupervisor

As you can see from the variety of positions mentioned above,the audio production industry is extremely versatile and holds manyopportunities for motivated individuals. Start preparing for theseexciting career possibilities – enroll in an audioproduction training program today.

Information in this article was provided by the InternationalAcademy of Design & Technology – Nashville. Contact IADT -Nashville today if you’re interested in developing marketableknowledge and career-relevant skills with an industry-currentdegree program. (IADT – Nashville does not guarantee employment orsalary.)

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