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On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:45:48 +0100

fons@kokkinizita.net wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 07:38:31PM +0100, Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas

quoted text
> 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

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