¶ … Technical and Engineering Skills of Engineers and Producers
The practices of producers and engineers are both an art and science where the success involves a high level of critical thinking skills, technical skills and understanding of theoretical concepts related to production and recording. Typically, an engineer must rely on a combination listening skills and technical knowledge to complete their works successfully. For example, an audio engineer must have a technical knowledge of digital signal processing, analog electronics, and audio equipment. Moreover, engineers must have a solid understanding of audio engineering principles to make decisions on recording project such as mix balance, microphone choice, fader levels, location and signal processing. Moreover, engineers need to have a theoretical expertise, possessing technical expertise and technical knowledge of sound.
The objective of this project is to examine the critical listening skills, professional skills and technical skills of two audio engineers or producers prior to 1990.
Two Audio Engineers or Producers prior to 1990
David Richardson is an audio engineer, and English music producer born in England. In 1968, David Richardson founded a Sky Studio that later became a leading Sound Recording Technology and facilities house. At the age of four, Richardson had a passion for sound recording, electronics and learned to play with piano when he was in a tender age. By the age of 16, Richardson had already assisted many Jazz artists to record their music. As a young producer, Richardson established the production contracts with major music companies such as Sony and EMI. After some years, Richardson recorded combination of music that include Rock, Pop and Jazz music. With few years, Richardson was able to master the Compact Disc recording technique, and his skills were based on his engineering skills in recording. Richardson was able to achieve success in his career based on his technical skills in signal processing, equalization, and dynamics processing, As an audio engineer, Richardson has developed a critical listening skills that allow him to identify distortion, noise, hum...
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