It’s important to learn about sound design when you want to develop your creative and technical abilities in the music, audio, film, or digital interactive products industries. Learning about sound design helps you to understand the newest software and best practices required to manipulate sound for music, movies, audiobooks, and anything else that requires the creation, manipulation, and editing of sound. Learning about sound design gives you an edge in the evolving music and audio industry and allows you to keep up with what’s new and relevant in the field.‎

When you learn about sound design, you’ll gain a comprehensive group of skills that span from understanding what goes into creating copyrights and contracts in the music recording industry to learning the tools that are used in audio production and mixing sessions. You can learn about the basic concepts of acoustics and electronics, including sound waves, basic electronics, and applications of these basic principles in amplifiers, microphone, and speaker design. You can learn how to evaluate, identify, and prototype complex sound designs used for interactive learning tools. For example, you’ll learn the important skills required to use the industry-standard Digital Audio Workstation, called Pro Tools, that's used to create professional recordings. Also, you will be able to learn how to navigate the most updated versions of Ableton Live, a critical piece of technology used to produce music and audio.‎

Many career opportunities can come out of learning about sound design, including jobs as a sound effects designer, foley artist, sound editor, or audio engineer in the music, film, and digital products industries. You may also be able to move into the business areas of the music and audio professions, such as marketing, social media, legal issues, copyrights, and contracts behind music and audio production. If you're interested in music education, you may find career opportunities to design a curriculum for student audio projects, recordings, or performances.‎