Description
Set up and operate studio and location recording systems to capture, edit, and mix high-quality audio for music, voiceover, podcasts, and film/TV, managing signal flow, session data, and deliverables.
- • Report equipment issues and coordinate maintenance or repairs.
- • Collaborate with producers, artists, and directors to define session goals and sonic direction.
- • Select, place, and test microphones, DIs, and preamps for each source.
- • Configure signal flow, gain staging, and routing on consoles and in the DAW.
- • Create and manage headphone cue mixes for performers.
- • Record vocals, instruments, dialogue, and ADR to professional standards.
- • Monitor and adjust levels, tone, and noise during takes.
- • Edit, comp, and clean tracks; perform timing alignment and vocal tuning as needed.
- • Create rough mixes and print reference bounces and stems.
- • Sync recorded audio to picture for film/TV and ADR sessions.
- • Maintain detailed session logs, track sheets, and metadata.
- • Organize, back up, and archive sessions; export files for mixing or post.
- • Set up, calibrate, and tear down studio and mobile rigs before and after sessions.
- • Manage MIDI instruments, virtual instruments, and click/tempo maps.
- • Convert and deliver audio in required formats and sample rates.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
