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New and astonishing audio technologies are continuously emerging. Consequently, the variety of gear options available to studio owners is growing exponentially: from retro tube gear, to sophisticated digital audio editors, to standalone hardware processors. Each of these products requires a support team of designers, testers, marketers and support personnel.
Supporting the World of Audio
OIART graduates easily slip into audio sales and technical support positions, often traveling the world to support their products, meet suppliers, attend conventions and train their customers. While the audio manufacturing industry sometimes seeks out engineers and programmers who hold university degrees, the typical university degree lacks the professional audio component which OIART graduates bring to the table. In fact, OIART is unique in that our program can stand on its own as a complete education, or function as either a finishing school or audio prep school for further studies.
Digital Media
As audio technology has increased in quality and decreased in cost, the effects have been far reaching. For example, CDs and DVDs are now more often created on modest budgets. However, for a perfect final product, professionals need to oversee schedules, prepare the media and artwork files for duplication, and ensure quality control with the manufacturer. So opportunities in Authoring, Manufacturing and Duplication have grown dramatically as these stages of the process are difficult to accomplish in smaller, budget-conscious studio settings.
Audio jobs are appearing in even more unorthodox places. Consider the example of a Cellular Communications Sound Designer. Ring tones are now considered a major source of income for songwriters, and can consist of programmed popular songs or even original programmed music. A knowledgeable audio professional is behind every tone.
An audio book, where a published work is read by either the author, or an actor,and then sold in bookstores, is another high-growth area. With the aging baby boomer population, interest in these types of books is on the steady increase.
Each of these books needs to be recorded, edited and published; yet another example of an innovative audio career. Supporting the World of Audio OIART graduates easily slip into audio sales and technical support positions, often traveling the world to support their products, meet suppliers, attend conventions and train their customers. While the audio manufacturing industry sometimes seeks out engineers and programmers who hold university degrees, the typical university degree lacks the professional audio component which OIART graduates bring to the table. In fact, OIART is unique in that our program can stand on its own as a complete education, or function as either a finishing school or audio prep school for further studies.
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