Audio engineering involves mixing, recording, and producing music and sound. They work with producers and musicians to make sure the sound is better by balancing the sound sources through equalizers, compression, audio effects, sound mixing, and reinforcement. It also involves setups, live soundchecks, live mixing, and checking sound quality.

Audio engineer helps musicians, producer, and event planners to have good sound through monitoring the technical aspects of sound. It helps edit sounds made for movies, TVs, adverts, and radio. It makes live performance experiences exciting by setting up the live sound system and assisting performers in hearing themselves well through volumes and high-quality sounds. It also ensures that recording sessions between artists and producers are successful and that the producer can perform mixing easily to produce the tracks.

These processes help in producing quality sounds. It involves recording sound using different instruments, editing the sounds using software, mixing them, and producing them in materials like a CD. The last process involves mastering where the engineer applies the final touches by improving sound and making it ready for production.

Monitor audio engineer monitors audio quality during live mixing to make sure adjustments of instruments align with the performer's voice, and they hear the sound as they perform. Systems audio engineers design and set up public address systems like microphones, speakers, and amplifiers.Studio sound audio engineers work with studios to ensure the recordings meet the right quality and balance with other sound effects and instruments before the audience consumes the production. Game audio takes care of sound during game development. Wireless microphones take care of microphones during all events. Research audio engineers come up with new equipment and technologies.

Most people who need these services work with recording studios where most production takes place. Those who have live performances in halls and festivals need engineers to help set up the location. Artists on road tours and festivals need an audio engineer. Those who create films, movies, radio and TV stations, broadcasts need help with setting up the sound.