Audio engineering

An engineer at one of the audio consoles of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (Danmarks Radio). The console is an NP-elektroakustik specially made for Danmarks Radio in the eighties.

Audio engineering deals with the recording and reproduction of sound through mechanical and electronic means and is a part of audio science.

The field draws on many disciplines, including electrical engineering, acoustics, psychoacoustics, and music. An audio engineer is closer to the creative and technical aspects of audio than an acoustical engineer.

Equipment

• Microphones
• Mixing consoles
• Signal processors
• Tape machines (mainly Multitrack recording tape machines)
• Digital audio workstations
• Music sequencers
• Speakers
• Preamplifiers
• Amplifiers

Related pages

• Electrical engineering
• Record producer

Other websites

• Audio Engineering Society
• Audio engineering formulas and calculators
• Recording engineer video interviews
• Audio Engineering online course under Creative Commons Licence