Ardour Expert

**Job Title: **Ardour Expert

**Job Type: **Contract

**Location: **Remote

Job Summary

Join our customer's team as an Ardour Expert and help shape the future of intelligent audio production. We are seeking a seasoned professional with hands-on mastery of Ardour, capable of managing end-to-end audio projects from live multitrack recording to polished master export. Your expertise will drive innovative workflows and teach AI to understand real-world audio engineering decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead full-cycle audio production projects within Ardour, from session setup to final mix and master.
• Demonstrate and document live multitrack recording workflows—capturing bands, orchestras, church services, concerts, or other live events.
• Showcase advanced session management: mic placement, routing, latency troubleshooting, gain staging, and live session adaptation.
• Edit and comp takes, apply plugins, configure buses, automate mixes, and creatively solve session-specific challenges.
• Explain and model both technical and artistic decision-making in Ardour for educational and AI-training purposes.
• Collaborate closely with the team to ensure detailed capture of your workflow and reasoning.
• Contribute to process documentation and feedback to continually improve our AI learning systems.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Extensive, professional experience using Ardour for audio production, with a proven portfolio of end-to-end projects.
• Expertise in multitrack live recording scenarios, including venue capture and real-time problem-solving.
• Strong background in sound design, mixing, mastering, and sound editing using Ardour.
• Ability to clearly articulate workflow processes and technical reasoning, both verbally and in writing.
• Familiarity with session routing, plugin chains, effects application, automation, and mastering export within Ardour.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues in high-pressure environments.
• Professional communication skills, with a focus on clarity and collaboration.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing software or tools for audio production environments.
• Background in music production, post-production, podcasting, film scoring, or sound design using Ardour.
• Previous experience teaching, mentoring, or documenting technical audio workflows.