Audio engineer

An audio engineer is someone with experience and training in the production and manipulation of sound through mechanical means. As a professional title, this person is sometimes designated as a sound engineer instead. A person with one of these titles is commonly listed in the credits of many commercial music recordings (also in other productions that include sound, such as movies).

Audio engineers are generally familiar with the design, installation, and/or operation of sound recording, sound reinforcement, or sound broadcasting equipment. In the recording studio environment, audio engineers are also responsible for the physical realization of a record producer's creative input.

In typical sound reinforcement applications, audio engineers often assume the role of producer, making artistic decisions along with technical ones.

See also: audio engineering