Sound Engineering as career- By Gray Spark Audio
                     Sound Engineering as carrer 
opportunity. 
By
Gray Spark Audio Academy
https://academy.gray-spark.com/
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How do you know if sound 
engineering is for you!
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.
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.
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 isn’t 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.
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. 
• Unlike traditional Engineering, Audio Engineer 
doesn’t 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. 
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.
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.
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 don’t have 
them work on yourself on building these traits and 
you will build a passion towards this field that will 
ensure your success!
Thank you
      By
https://academy.gray-spark.com/