Mixing Tune Up

Transom: Audio editing is a really weird job. You spend hours staring at a computer, sliding around pictures of soundwaves — it can be hard on your eyes — and your attention is often consumed by the absurd, like “why doesn’t this person ever say the letter D?” or by trying to edit out a sound that you’re pretty sure is a fart. On the surface, it’s a technical job with lots of jargon, but at its heart it’s creative and artistic, so there’s often no single right answer. And when it’s done, hardly anyone understands what you did.