Audio Engineering Society (AES)

The History of Sound Recording Technology What Does It Take to Be a Recording Engineer? If you are wondering what it would take to break into the industry as a recording engineer, here's a list of skills that you can begin to develop to position yourself as a future top engineer. Notice that four of the skills are what I describe as "foundation skills," that is, they are likely to be required for any music industry job. The skills in the second group are termed "job specific skills" and relate specifically to your work in then recording studio. Foundation Skills 1. You have to be able to read, write, and (yes,) follow instructions. 2. 3. 4. Job-Specific Skills 5. 6. 7.

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