Film/Video Sound Designer
The Film/Video Sound Designer designs creative sounds for images. As Berklee Music Synthesis faculty member Chris Noyes† states, "When the earth shakes in a film or video, what does it sound like? This is the job of the Film/Video Sound Designer." The Film Video Sound Designer would determine if this sound can be recorded, or if it would have to be created?

Digital Audio Editor
Most of the audio, music, sound effects, spoken word (dialogue) that we hear in TV and film productions is edited on digital audio systems. The Digital Audio Editor works with sound designers, composers and directors to put all these elements together in a highly controlled environment.

Performer
A music synthesis performer utilizes music technology and MIDI for live performance.

Studio Musician/Synthesist
This person plays and often programs synthesizers and other contemporary musical instruments within a studio context.

Synthesist/Producer
The Synthesist/Producer has the ability to creatively produce and incorporate (his/her own) sound design into the production process. The producer functions as the creative leader of any studio, film, television or radio recording project. Producers work mainly with recording acts and record labels to produce records. They also work with composers and produce sound recordings for film, TV and other forms of multimedia as well. The producer supervises all aspects of the recording process including contracting session players and overseeing the recording budget. A producer may also help the artist select songs to be recorded. A producer should be an excellent musician with a lot of experience, and have a great depth of musical, acoustical and studio technical understanding.

Composer
The composer in the music synthesis field has a particular specialty in using computer and MIDI technology throughout the entire composing and arranging process. A composer creates instrumental pieces, either to stand-alone or to be combined with lyrics. They may composes for a specific situation such as film/TV composers who score/compose music to enhance videos or films, or they may compose for live performance and/or recording situations.

Arranger
An arranger in the music synthesis field provides musical arrangements of a musical composition or song for an artist, band, orchestra or other ensemble, using computer and MIDI technology. The arranger determines the voice, instrument, harmonic structure, rhythm, tempo and other aspects of a song or composition, based on the artist, producer or conductor's specifications.

MIDI Pre-Producer
Whenever a film/TV composer is trying to be hired for a film scoring project, they will attempt to convey their ideas or musical themes to the film/TV director. In order to communicate his or her musical ideas effectively, they will often times hire a MIDI Pre-Producer to prepare their compositions in a MIDI studio where the orchestration can be economically realized. This is much more cost effective than hiring an entire orchestra to record your musical ideas and themes.

Jingle Writer
A jingle writer is a songwriter/composer/lyricist who specializes in writing music for radio and television commercials. The synthesist in this field has the ability to creatively produce and incorporate (his/her own) sound designs into the production process. They are responsible for representing their client musically as directed. They must be skilled in all styles, and be strong arrangers able to compose well for a very short form.

Educator
An educator in a music synthesis field would almost always teach in a higher education, college of university program.

Consultant (Other: Manufacturer Representative, Technical Support or Sales Representative)
A consultant in the field of music synthesis usually is employed by companies that manufacture and design technology based musical instruments and software. These music technology companies desire to have consultants with a musical and technological backgrounds and perspectives.

Multimedia Developer (Interactive Multimedia Specialist)
The Multimedia Developer specializes in formatting and producing audio content for CD-Rom and websites. They primarily combine two or more of the following formats: text, still images, video, animation, or sound and prepare it as part of an interactive software package.

Product Representative
The Product Representative tours and demonstrates the latest audio/MIDI software and musical instrument technology available to musicians and producers.

Computer Music Researcher
The Computer Music Researcher works at a graduate level institute of higher education and researches computer languages associated with algorhythmic composition and sound synthesis.