On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 19:11:17 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Stewart Pinkerton wrote:
Plenty of excellent recording engineers have little understanding of
circuits at the component level. It just isn't necessary.

Ahem - that may perhaps not be a good application of the term
'engineer' - somewhat akin to 'road sanitation engineer'........

The guys doing both the sound balance and recording are near universally
known as engineers in the record industry. At one time in broadcasting
they would have been known more correctly as operators, but this term
seems to have fallen out of use.

I've always liked the basic definition - if you can't design and build
a working engine, then you're not a frikkin' engineer!

And yup, as a member of the Society of Model Aeronautical Engineers, I
have done exactly that. Not that it has any relevance to audio, of
course! :-)
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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering