Responsibilities-

In the music industry, the record producer has many important roles. Some of these rolls include controlling the recording session, coaching the performers, and supervising the mixing and mastering of the song. The engineer is the technical specialist who edits the song to make it sound better.

The first step of a session is to decide where to place the microphones. This is one of the first decisions the engineer must make in order for the track to sound as good as possible. Engineers then record the musician a single track at a time. After each track is finished, the quality is usually discussed with the producer and the artist. The engineer then makes the required adjustments and the track is usually recorded again for a better sound. After all the tracks are complete to the satisfactory level of quality, the engineer mixes them down to two tracks, which are then used to create the master.

Engineers and producers must have excellent verbal communications, technical expertise with recording equipment, a good musical ear, and be willing to work long hours. They must also have great patients and great attention for minor details in each track.

Salary-
The starting Salary of a record producer can be up to $50,000 a year. Eventually, depending on the producer, a single beat can be purchased for nearly that amount. The cost of each beat by a producer depends on the quality of the beat, and the popularity of the producer. Sometimes producers get a percentage of the money made from the final song.

Training-
Most of the training for a music producer and an engineer will come from a university. Learning from a technical school is usually how producers and engineers gain there knowledge of the equipment and the science of there profession.

Location-
A freelance engineer can be on call for different record companies and studios. A study may send a freelance engineer to a different place in the U.S. or the world every time they call on them. A successful record producer can work out of there home making beats and selling them to artists. If a producer has a studio set up in his/her house, it makes their job much easier. If producer’s are popular enough, artists may come to them for beats, making it so that the producers never have to leave their home.

Equipment Used-
The equipment used by music producers and engineers differs depending on there budget, and the type of job they are doing. Producers may use anything from a simple and relatively cheap beat making program on a computer, to a very expensive beat making machine. Every producer has there preference of the type of equipment they use. Engineers use many different types of mixing boards and computers. As technology advances, so does the equipment of producers and engineers.

Work Cited-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_producer

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