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In which stream i should select in higher studies to become a sound engineering?

I want to become a sound engineering. But, I couldn't know to select my stream in higher studies. Please tell me which stream could i select? #engineering #sound

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Peter’s Answer

Sujitha:


You did not state, but I assume that you are a high school student. Your best preparation for taking engineering classes in College is to take all the math classes you can, It would be great if you get a Calculus class completed while still in high school. In addition, I recommend that you take a Physics class, as the Principles learned in Physics are often directly applicable to engineering. My third recommendation is that you also complete a Chemistry class.


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Audio engineering is 20% about technology and 80% about music. It certainly would be useful to take some basic physics and math classes, so that you can understand the principles of electronics and acoustics. However, studying music will be VERY valuable. As an audio engineer, you will be working with musicians, and you will be speaking the language of music: "in the second chorus, it seems like the guitar sounds muddy". You need to be able to understand the musical structure (where is the second chorus?) and the way that musical elements interrelate (the guitar sounds muddy because it is in the same frequency band as the keyboard part but they are not playing in time with each other).

The best audio engineers are the ones who can hear and understand the music, and then be able to translate that into technological actions such as frequency equalization, pitch correction, balance, and timing adjustment.

Audio engineering is also something that takes time and practice to learn. You should expect to spend time as an intern or assistant, learning from someone with more experience. You won't go straight from high school or college into a fulltime audio engineering job.
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