Prentiss L. Thompson drives into the big question. "What does a musician want from an engineer"
1- competence
2- professionalism
3- care
Sound engineers use their trained musical ears and knowledge of acoustics to generate the best sound quality for various venues. Managing a large mixing board at a live show the sound engineer will adjust the sound in which the audience hears. This can be known as mixing the front-of-house sound, but there are other aspects to sound engineering.