On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:45:48 +0100 fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 07:38:31PM +0100, Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas > wrote: > > > how much of sound engineer and musician should be in > > your blood stream? > > If you want to be a musician you need music in your > blood stream, to be a sound engineer in the usual > meaning of that term you need both music and technology. > > The term 'sound engineer' is sort of a linguistic > mixup. Usually an 'X engineer' is someone who has > a good knowledge of the technology of X, and able > to apply that knowledge in a systematic way to the > the solution of practical problems. In many cases > it also implies formal training and certification. > The focus on technology and practical application > is what differentiates an engineer from a scientist > in the same field. > > By that definition, most of the people called 'sound > engineeers' should maybe be called 'music engineers', > and the 'real' sound engineers according to that > definition are the ones usually called 'acoustic > engineers'. > > But even the term 'music engineer' is too broad to > describe most 'sound engineers'. It implies a much > more universal knowledge - most people called 'sound > engineer' only know about one type of music and would > be completely lost when e.g. asked to record an opera > performance. That's not a reflection on their qualities > which can be exceptional, but on the usual meaning of > the term 'engineer'. > > Apart from all this there is a second linguistic > mixup. In English the term 'engineer' refers to > engines and machines. The drivers of steam trains > were called engineeers. In roman languages the term > used sounds almost the same (French: ingenieur, > Italian: ingegnere), but has a different origin going > back the the Latin 'ingeniosus' meaning 'skilled'. > > And strangely enough, in Italian today 'ingenuo' > means just the opposite: someone naive and easily > abused. > > Ciao, > wow Fons, this was a beautiful etimological dissertation. Didn't think I could thind such literate discussions on a linux audio list :) Renato _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
