Creative Industries, Arts and Culture, Performing Arts
Creative Industries Professionals in Music
Description of Tasks
- Recording engineers with expertise in recording, editing and mixing audio.
- Mastering engineers with expertise in conducting the important stage of fine tuning the recorded music.
- Cutting/pressing engineers for vinyl LP with expertise in producing top quality records and Long Plate records.
Qualification Requirements
- Recording engineers: Possess special skills to produce top quality records, having completed a specialised programme in a vocational school or a degree in audio engineering, sound engineering technology, etc.; and a winner of Grammy Awards (Best Recording Engineer Awards), Beijing北京十大錄音師大獎, Guangzhou廣州華語金曲獎最佳錄音師獎, or other renowned and industry-recognised music award.
- Mastering engineers: Hold a degree in acoustic engineering, audio engineering or music production engineering, having in-depth understanding of the science behind and the artistic touch of sound; Winner of Grammy Awards (Best Mastering Engineer Awards), or other renowned and industry-recognised music awards.
- Cutting/pressing engineers for vinyl LP: Possess special skills to produce top quality records and Long Plate records. As there is no award for the Pressing Engineer for vinyl LP as in the case of e.g. Grammy Awards, assessment is to be made based on a candidate's CV, profile and track record of producing famous records, and his/her scientific or professional experience in the communications field, including the design or marketing of audio mixing equipment or audio broadcast equipment. Have at least 10 years of active participation in broadcast engineering or its associated fields and have demonstrated sufficient technical proficiency.
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