JOB TITLE
Director of Recording
PURPOSE
The director controls all technical operations during a recording session, thus allowing the reader to devote full attention and effort to the task of reading.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Working with the reader to achieve a recording of high artistic and technical quality.
Ensuring the sound track is free from audible noise.
Ensuring that the text is accurately narrated and all edits are clean and undetectable.
Ensuring that the segments of sound track with corrections to the recorded text are acoustically identical to the rest of the recording.
QUALIFICATIONS
good vision and hearing
good ear-eye-hand coordination
ability to learn to operate the recording equipment correctly and sufficient dexterity to perform those operations
ability to work well with others and to accept critiques from the narrator, reviewer, studio manager and volunteer manager
an artistic sense for the spoken language and the ability to work with problems related to translating printed text to spoken communication
fluency in the language in which the text is printed
ability to use dictionaries and other reference sources
TRAINING
observation of working team in the studio
minimum of two 2-hour practice sessions in the studio
listening to a minimum of two AZC recorded books
TIME COMMITMENT
Recording commitment two hours, once a week at the same time each week for a minimum of six months.
SUPERVISION
The director works under the supervision of the studio manager, who assigns tasks, sets priorities, and provides guidance on matters of studio policy.
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