Operate machines and equipment to record, synchronize, mix, or reproduce music, voices, or sound effects in sporting arenas, theater productions, recording studios, or movie and video productions.

Other names for Sound Engineering Technicians: Acoustical Engineer, Audio Engineer, Audio Operator, Broadcast Engineer, Broadcast Technician, Director, Disc Recordist, Dub Room Engineer, Editor, Film Recordist, Film Sound Coordinator, Machine Room Engineer, Machine Room Operator, Master Control Operator, Mechanic Sound Technician, Mechanical Sound Technician, Mixing Engineer, Mixing Technician, Music Engineer, Musical Engineer, Play Back Operator, Producer, Production Director, Production Engineer, Public Address Servicer, Public Address System Installer, Public Address Systems Mechanic, Recording Engineer, Recordist, Rerecording Mixer, Sound Assistant, Sound Cutter, Sound Designer, Sound Editor, Sound Effects Manager, Sound Effects Person, Sound Effects Technician, Sound Engineer, Sound Equipment Mechanic, Sound Mixer, Sound Printer, Sound Recording Technician, Sound Technician, Sound Truck Operator, Special Effects Designer, Special Effects Technician, Studio Engineer, Tape Transferrer, Television Production Assistant (TV Production Assistant), Theater Technician, Video Editor, Waste Elimination, Winder,

• Confer with producers, performers, and others in order to determine and achieve the desired sound for a production such as a musical recording or a film.
• Set up, test, and adjust recording equipment for recording sessions and live performances; tear down equipment after event completion.
• Regulate volume level and sound quality during recording sessions, using control consoles.
• Prepare for recording sessions by performing activities such as selecting and setting up microphones.
• Report equipment problems, and ensure that required repairs are made.
• Mix and edit voices, music, and taped sound effects for live performances and for prerecorded events, using sound mixing boards.
• Record speech, music, and other sounds on recording media, using recording equipment.
• Reproduce and duplicate sound recordings from original recording media, using sound editing and duplication equipment.
• Separate instruments, vocals, and other sounds, then combine sounds later during the mixing or post-production stage.
• Keep logs of recordings.
• Create musical instrument digital interface programs for music projects, commercials or film post-production.
• Synchronize and equalize prerecorded dialogue, music, and sound effects with visual action of motion pictures or television productions, using control consoles.

• Equalizers
• Loudspeakers
• Attenuators
• Audio mixing consoles
• Voltage or current meters
• Equalizers
• Audio mixing consoles
• Microphones
• Desktop computers
• Digital voice recorders
• Audio mixing consoles
• Oscilloscopes
• Audio mixing consoles
• Microphones
• Audio mixing consoles
• Microphones
• Notebook computers
• Microphones
• Cassette players or recorders
• Audio mixing consoles
• Audio mixing consoles
• Equalizers
• Equalizers
• Personal computers
• Multimeters
• Microphones
• Audio mixing consoles
• Microphones
• Equalizers
• Soldering irons or guns
• Intercom systems
• Ohmmeters
• Microphones
• Radio frequency transmitters or receivers
• Radio frequency transmitters or receivers

Music or sound editing software

Video creation and editing software

Data base user interface and query software