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3.2 KiB
Competences — sound mastering engineer
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/239707a0-4754-4f4b-80b6-6b1ef5657aed).
Essential
- adapt to artists' creative demands (skill/competence)
- assess sound quality (skill/competence)
- audio editing software (knowledge)
- audio mastering (knowledge)
- audio technology (knowledge)
- audiovisual products (knowledge)
- convert different audiovisual formats (skill/competence)
- coordinate audio system programmes (skill/competence)
- edit recorded sound (skill/competence)
- manage sound quality (skill/competence)
- operate audio-signal processors (skill/competence)
- types of audiovisual formats (knowledge)
Optional
- audio post-production (knowledge)
- audiovisual equipment (knowledge)
- musical genres (knowledge)
- musical instruments (knowledge)
- musical theory (knowledge)
- operate an audio mixing console (skill/competence)
Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 7 ads, as of 2026-07-19)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
Hard skills
- audio mastering — 100 %
- audio mixing — 71 %
- acoustic analysis — 43 %
- signal processing — 43 %
- sound design — 29 %
- technical troubleshooting — 29 %
- troubleshooting — 14 %
- quality control — 14 %
- sound mixing — 14 %
- sound quality assessment — 14 %
- studio equipment maintenance — 14 %
- metadata creation — 14 %
- music release preparation — 14 %
- psychoacoustics — 14 %
- acoustic principles — 14 %
- audio editing — 14 %
- audio engineering — 14 %
- audio post-production — 14 %
- critical listening — 14 %
- equipment calibration — 14 %
Methods
- archival — 14 %
- dynamic range optimization — 14 %
- high-fidelity audio processing — 14 %
- quality assurance — 14 %
- multi-track recording — 14 %
- version control — 14 %
Responsibilities
- studio equipment maintenance — 43 %
- project file management — 29 %
- technical issue resolution — 29 %
- collaborating with artists — 29 %
- audio mixing — 29 %
- clarity improvement — 14 %
- collaborative work with artists — 14 %
- conducting quality control checks — 14 %
- critical listening sessions — 14 %
- audio improvement — 14 %
- audio mastering — 14 %
- industry best practice research — 14 %
- industry standard compliance — 14 %
- language accuracy assurance — 14 %
- feedback provision — 14 %
- maintaining studio equipment — 14 %
- managing project timelines — 14 %
- mastering audio content — 14 %
- mastering techniques application — 14 %
- quality enhancement — 14 %
- release strategy guidance — 14 %
- wav/mp3 file preparation — 14 %
- turkish audio content editing — 14 %
- technical troubleshooting — 14 %
- track mastering — 14 %
- track review — 14 %
- performing audio mastering — 14 %
- mixing multi-track audio — 14 %
- mixing multi-track recordings — 14 %