sound and audio engineering and its career prospects

Audio engineering is a part of audio science dealing with the recording and reproduction of sound through mechanical and electronic means. The field of audio engineering draws on many disciplines, including acoustics, psychoacoustics, and music.

Unlike acoustical engineering, audio engineering generally does not deal with noise control or acoustical design. However it should be noted than an audio engineer is often more affiliated with technician work rather than as engineering, due to the lack of mathematics and science involved in mastering this field. Audio engineering is different from Acoustical Engineering, which heavily relies on the underlying physics and mathematics of sound waves and their propagation.

An audio engineer is someone with experience and training in the production and manipulation of sound through mechanical or digital means (Analog and Digital). As a professional title, this person is sometimes designated as a sound engineer instead. An informal name might be a “sound guy” and/or an “audio guy”. A person with one of these titles is commonly listed in the credits of many commercial music recordings (also in other productions that include sound, such as movies).


Audio engineers are generally familiar with the design, installation, and/or operation of sound recording, sound reinforcement, or sound broadcasting equipment. In the recording studio environment, the audio engineer or recordist is a person recording, editing, manipulating, mixing and mastering sound by technical means in order to realize an artist’s or record producer’s creative vision. While usually being associated with music production, an audio engineer may be involved in dealing with sound for a wide range of applications, including post-production for video and film, live sound reinforcement, advertising, multimedia, broadcasting.

Audio engineers operate mixing consoles, microphones, signal processors, tape machines, digital audio workstations, sequencing software and speaker systems. Commonly an audio engineer is responsible for the technical aspects of a sound recording or other audio production and works together with a record producer or director, although the engineer’s role may also be integrated with that of the producer. In Chennai private institutes like SAE college offers courses in audio engineering.

American auto industry

The demise of the American auto industry won't really affect the American way of life.

What happens to the U.S. auto industry matters on Main Street.
From plants to parks. From dealerships to driveways. From gas stations to grocery stores.

What happens in the automotive industry affects each and every one of us. In fact, the collapse of the U.S.-based auto industry wouldn't just impact the nearly 355,000 Americans directly employed by the Big Three. One out of every 10 people in America is employed in a service that is related to the U.S. auto industry. If a plant closes, so does its suppliers, the local stores, the hot dog vendors, and the local restaurants.

The effect would be devastating in ways of which you never have thought:

Nearly 3 million jobs would be lost in the first year alone – with another 2.5 million to follow over the next two years
Personal income in the United States would drop by more than $150.7 billion in the first year.

The cost to local, state, and federal governments could reach $156.4 billion over three years in lost taxes, and unemployment and health care assistance.

Domestic automobile production would more than likely fall to zero – even by international producers, due to supplier bankruptcies

The credit crisis that is affecting us all is wounding the U.S. auto industry in many different ways. Carmakers can’t get loans to restructure and to produce new advanced technology vehicles. Suppliers and dealers can’t get loans for routine business, and customers can’t get loans for new cars.

DSC notification for recruitment of teachers in India

Applications are invited from the candidates for selection to the posts School Assistants, Language Pandits, Secondary Grade Teachers and Physical Education Teachers in Government, Zilla Parishad, Mandal Parishad Schools and the schools under the control of Project officer, I.T.D.As and Municipalities in the state unit wise.

Interested candidates are required to submit their applications in the prescribed form on any day from 15-12-2008 to 16–01-2009 to the District Educational Officer of the District concerned, where he/she would like to seek selection.

Candidates who desire to apply for more than one post based on their eligibility shall have to submit separate applications for each post.

For number of vacancies, qualification, applicaton form and other details visit :

www.aponline.gov.in/Apportal/DSC_2008_VACANCIES_AND_NOTIFICATION.pdf

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Evolution of great citizens is the mission of education’

Former President Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam shares his views about education and gives an example of a perfect school.

I consider that the school principals are the leaders who transform the children into enlightened citizens. I am happy that during the last five decades, ASISC has guided and assisted the members of schools in relation to ICSE Board examination and trained the principals and staff of affiliated schools in updating their knowledge in their own fields and to help discover the talents and foster them among the students.

Let us discuss on dynamic school. Look at the various dimensions and add or modify the dimensions based on your experience and requirement. Now, let me visualize a dynamic school system, how will it be?

Dynamic School* A school that radiates greatness by the teaching capacity of the teachers.

* A school is great because creativity is bubbling everywhere.

* A school is great, because it cherishes the learning environment with library, internet, e-learning and creative laboratories.*

A school is great, because it creates and generate students with confidence that “I can do it” that in-turn will generate the team spirit that “We will do it” and “India will do it”. * A school that promotes best in learning all-round to all the students.

* A school is great because it has teachers who lead a unique way of life with purity and become role models for the students and develop them as enlightened citizens. * A school is great because it has the capacity to teach all students to succeed.

* A school that generates creativity among all students irrespective of whether they belong to arts or science stream. * A school is great, that generates alumni who cherish that they belong to this school.

Teacher of teachersWhen I see the principals from different parts of the country, I look at you dear friends, as one integrated system of education, system of learning and system of knowledge. The seeds of peace in the world have their origin in the righteousness in the heart of every individual.

Such righteous citizens lead to the evolution of enlightened society. Education with value system has to be so designed that the righteousness in the heart is developed in young minds. That should be the mission of education.

The prime learning environment is five to seventeen years of age for over 25,000 hours. This reminds me of an ancient Greek teacher’s saying, “Give me a child for seven years; afterwards, let God or devil take the child.

They cannot change the child”. This indicates the power of great teachers and teacher of teachers. True education is the acquisition of enlightened feelings and enlightened powers to understand daily events and to understand the permanent truth by linking citizen, to his environment, human and planetary.

I would like to quote from the great philosopher Dr. S. Radhakrishnan particularly for the benefit of students and teachers - ‘The sense of human need is there and the teacher can satisfy it by giving to the youth an idea of the fundamental power and worth of man, his spiritual dignity as man, a supra-national culture and an all embracing humanity.’

Albert Einstein to his teacher: “The ideals which have lighted my way, time after time, have given new course to face life cheerfully have been kindness, beauty and truth”. This is the mission of teacher. For example, in the institution the teacher belongs, have created 100s and 1000s of alumni depending upon the school strength.


Teachers who love teaching:I just see a scene in a school having about 50 teachers and 750 students headed by a principal. It is simply a place of beauty for creativity and learning. How is it possible? It is because the school management and the principal selected the teachers who love teaching, who treat the students as their sons, grand sons or grand daughters.

The children see the teacher, as a role model in teaching and how always they look pious through their daily way of life. Above all I see an environment in which there is nothing like a good student, average student or poor student.

The whole school and teacher system is involved in generating students who perform the best. As an example, I recall my teacher Shri Sivasubramania Iyer who taught me, when I was ten year old boy, how the birds fly, in the class room and later by taking us to the sea shore to give practical example.

The way he taught, gave me what to dream in life and what should be the pattern of education which I have to follow.

Question and answers from a joyful person

‘Praying to Lord Shiva calms me’

Q How do you deal with stress?
I am a Shiva devotee. I believe in him so much that I pray to him twice everyday. Praying to him keeps me clam and stress free.

Q What stresses you out the most?
Mumbai traffic.

QDoes your job stress you out?
Not at all, I love my job; I opted for this profession by choice.


Q How do you manage to find a balance?
I completely love my job, so I do not have to balance anything; it’s something I do with complete ease. If I am working, I am enjoying myself and when I am not working, I am with friends and I am still enjoying.

QAre there times when you just need to get away from it all?
This situation has thankfully not come yet. I look forward to do more in life.

QDoes spending time with your family or friends help you relax?
Absolutely. They are my energisers.

QHave you tried any unique techniques to deal with stress?
I pray to Shiva during the times of stress and it helps me a lot.

QDo you think a pet plays a part in helping you relax?I am not much of a pet person, So I can’t tell you whether they helps in relaxation or not. I’ve never had one.

Jewellery export to plunge

The Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJE-PC) has expressed concern that the growth rate of exports of gems and jewellery would drop to below three per cent in the current fiscal compared to 22.27 per cent in 2007-08.

While welcoming the measures taken by the government to provide two per cent interest rate subvention, the council has said that a further two per cent interest rate subvention is required and is expecting it in the next few days.

Mr Vasant Mehta, chairman of GJEPC, said: “In 2007-08, the gems and jewellery exports were at Rs 84,058 crore compared to Rs 77,100 crore in 2006-07. Till October this fiscal, the exports were about Rs 54,793 crore with a growth rate of 13.26 per cent compared to Rs 48,379 crore in the same period last fiscal. Due to the global slowdown the demand has been drastically reduced and has become difficult to remain in positive terrain.”

He said: “The gems and jewellery exports industry has also started facing the problem of late payment. The buyers are delaying the payments by 30 to 60 days above the credit period of 90 days creating a liquidity crunch in the industry.”

Mr Mehta said: “Jewellers in rural India are facing problem of lack of availability of gold as it is mandatory to purchase it from the agencies nominated by the government. These agencies are not in a position to provide adequate gold in rural India due to the lack of distribution linkages,” he said.