sound man

or soundman

noun

1. a technician who produces sound effects.
2. a technician responsible for the quality of sound that is broadcast or recorded.
3. Theater. a technician responsible for the proper placement of microphones, achieving the desired volume and balance of sound from various sources, and eliminating any distortion caused by amplification.

Example Sentences

We were lucky there was a guy named Ed Barger, who was our first sound man and engineer.

From Los Angeles Times

“I’m not really a horror guy,” says a sound man to a co-worker.

From Los Angeles Times

“He comes over here with a really good sound man, and people like Bobby Weir, Peter Rowan and all these other musicians he’s known drop in.”

From New York Times

Yet here he was, looking hale and hearty: “I shall never be a sound man, of course,” he told the astonished Nordhoff, “but this climate has added 10 years to my life!”

From Los Angeles Times

He was already an industry heavyweight, who would later become the go-to sound man for The Who, Eric Clapton, the Eagles and many others.

From New York Times