What does a Sound and Broadcast Technicians Do?

1. What Does a Sound and Broadcast Technicians Do?

2. Index • Sound and Broadcast Technicians • Duties of Sound and Broadcast Technicians • Sound Technicians • Careers for Sound and Broadcast Technicians

3. Sound and Broadcast Technicians • Sound and Broadcast Technicians set up, operate and maintain the electrical equipment for radio programs, television broadcasts, sound recordings and movies.

5. Duties of Sound and Broadcast Technicians • Broadcast and sound technicians typically do the following: Operate, monitor and adjust lighting, audio, video and broadcast equipment to assure consistent quality. • Set up and take down equipment for the events. • Record music, speech and other sounds on recording equipment or computers. • Synchronize sounds and dialogue with action taking place on TV or in film productions.

6. Convert audio and video records to digital formats for editing on computers. • Fix audio, video, and lighting equipment in offices and schools. • Report each and every problem that arises with complex equipment and make routine repairs. • Keep records of recordings and equipment used.

7. These artists may be called sound technicians, broadcast technicians, operators or engineers. • At smaller radio stations and television stations, broadcast and sound technicians do many jobs. • At larger stations, they have to do more specialized work, although their job assignments may vary from day to day. • They set up and operate all the audio and video equipment and the type of equipment they use may depend on the type of technician.

8. Broadcast and sound technicians share many of the same responsibilities, but their responsibilities may vary with their specific area of focus. • The following are a few examples types of sound and broadcast technicians Broadcast Technicians • Broadcast technicians operate, setup and maintain equipment that regulates the signal strength and ranges of sounds and colors for radio or television broadcasts.

9. They operate transmitters either in studios to broadcast radio or television programs. • Broadcast technicians also use computer software to edit audio and video recordings.

10. Sound Technicians • Sound technicians also known as audio engineers or sound mixers, operate computers and equipment that record, mix or reproduce music or sound effects in recording studios, theatre productions or movie and video productions. • They record audio events and may combine audio tracks that were recorded individually to create a multilayered final product.

11. Audio and video equipment technicians • Audio engineers • Audio recording engineers • Audio-visual production specialists • Broadcast maintenance engineers • Broadcast operations engineers • Event crew technicians • Film sound engineers • Multimedia production assistants • Radio and television technicians

12. Recording engineers • Remote broadcast engineers • Sound assistants • Sound editors • Sound effects technicians • Telecasting engineers • Television audio engineers • Video control operators • Video equipment technicians • Video production assistants

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