Reply by Ray Andraka February 2, 20042004-02-02
And if you ask the National Society of Professional Engineers, the answer is
someone who holds a Professional Engineer License.  Some states adopt the NSPE
guidelines and require you to have a PE on staff in order to call your firm an
engineering firm.   Notwithstanding, I considered myself an engineer long before
I got my P.E.

Jon Harris wrote:

> Audio engineer is a funny term, because it is also commonly used to describe > someone who works in a recording studio, recording (tracking), mixing, etc. > and who may not have any skill or experience in designing electronics. I'd > say you are a software DSP engineer with experience in audio. > > "John" <john@excite.com> wrote in message > news:401b18ae$0$98687$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com... > > I am a software DSP engineer. I would like to consider a job as a DSP > audio > > engineer. What type of algorithms I need to know ? I did some work in echo > > cancellation, and voice compression does this make me an audio engineer ? > > > > John
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Reply by Jon Harris February 2, 20042004-02-02
Audio engineer is a funny term, because it is also commonly used to describe
someone who works in a recording studio, recording (tracking), mixing, etc.
and who may not have any skill or experience in designing electronics.  I'd
say you are a software DSP engineer with experience in audio.

"John" <john@excite.com> wrote in message
news:401b18ae$0$98687$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
> I am a software DSP engineer. I would like to consider a job as a DSP
audio
> engineer. What type of algorithms I need to know ? I did some work in echo > cancellation, and voice compression does this make me an audio engineer ? > > John
Reply by Rick Lyons February 1, 20042004-02-01
On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 08:53:46 -0500, Jerry Avins <jya@ieee.org> wrote:

>Rick Lyons wrote: > >> On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 02:02:13 +1100, me <secad@netspace.net.au> wrote: >> >> >>>John wrote: >>> >>> >>>>...does this make me an audio engineer ? >>>>John >>> >>>My understanding is that you are an engineer if an accredited university >>>or college says you are. You can then put: John X BEng (discipline) or >>>Bsc Eng(discipline) on your correspondence or bizz cards. >> >> >> Ah... What is an engineer? Such a question! >> >> I'd hate to even *attempt* to come up with a >> correct definition. One of the best engineers >> I ever met did not have a Bachelor's degree. >> >> [-Rick-] > >60 dB of audio AGC. Think back to before ICs. You need line-out audio to >modulate a transmitter under difficult conditions. The talker is too >busy to ride gain, but you want close to 100% modulation all the time. >The spec: 5 millivolts from the 5-ohm throat mic gives full output. 5 >microvolts gives line out no further down than 3 dB. A redundant pair of >these amplifiers fits into a space 3" x 1" by 7". Total harmonic >distortion less than 1% (reality was .4%). An engineer without a degree >designed it. I built it. Carpenter and Glenn used it. > >Jerry
Neat !!!! Really neat. [-Rick-]
Reply by Jerry Avins February 1, 20042004-02-01
Rick Lyons wrote:

> On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 02:02:13 +1100, me <secad@netspace.net.au> wrote: > > >>John wrote: >> >> >>>...does this make me an audio engineer ? >>>John >> >>My understanding is that you are an engineer if an accredited university >>or college says you are. You can then put: John X BEng (discipline) or >>Bsc Eng(discipline) on your correspondence or bizz cards. > > > Ah... What is an engineer? Such a question! > > I'd hate to even *attempt* to come up with a > correct definition. One of the best engineers > I ever met did not have a Bachelor's degree. > > [-Rick-]
60 dB of audio AGC. Think back to before ICs. You need line-out audio to modulate a transmitter under difficult conditions. The talker is too busy to ride gain, but you want close to 100% modulation all the time. The spec: 5 millivolts from the 5-ohm throat mic gives full output. 5 microvolts gives line out no further down than 3 dB. A redundant pair of these amplifiers fits into a space 3" x 1" by 7". Total harmonic distortion less than 1% (reality was .4%). An engineer without a degree designed it. I built it. Carpenter and Glenn used it. Jerry -- Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get. &#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;&#4294967295;
Reply by Rick Lyons February 1, 20042004-02-01
On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 02:02:13 +1100, me <secad@netspace.net.au> wrote:

>John wrote: > >> ...does this make me an audio engineer ? >> John > >My understanding is that you are an engineer if an accredited university >or college says you are. You can then put: John X BEng (discipline) or >Bsc Eng(discipline) on your correspondence or bizz cards.
Ah... What is an engineer? Such a question! I'd hate to even *attempt* to come up with a correct definition. One of the best engineers I ever met did not have a Bachelor's degree. [-Rick-]
Reply by Rick S. January 31, 20042004-01-31
In article <bvgfre$10a3$1@otis.netspace.net.au>, secad@netspace.net.au says...
> >John wrote: > >> ...does this make me an audio engineer ? >> John > >My understanding is that you are an engineer if an accredited university >or college says you are. You can then put: John X BEng (discipline) or >Bsc Eng(discipline) on your correspondence or bizz cards. >
Texas Instruments won't let you put the word 'engineer' on your business card unless you are a registered P.E. with the state in which you work.
Reply by me January 31, 20042004-01-31
John wrote:

> ...does this make me an audio engineer ? > John
My understanding is that you are an engineer if an accredited university or college says you are. You can then put: John X BEng (discipline) or Bsc Eng(discipline) on your correspondence or bizz cards.
Reply by John January 30, 20042004-01-30
I am a software DSP engineer. I would like to consider a job as a DSP audio
engineer. What type of algorithms I need to know ? I did some work in echo
cancellation, and voice compression does this make me an audio engineer ?

John