<p>If you are looking to be a sound designer, you need to know more than just the recording side of the business. You will also need to be part composer, part arranger, part Foley artist, part psychoacoustician, part music director and, in some cases, part performer. The sound designer is in charge of selecting and/or creating all of the sounds that will be used in the game and putting them together to produce the soundtrack. To do the job well, you will need a program that includes both the artistic and the technical parts. </p>
<p>You will need to take a close look at the curriculum for whatever degree you want to pursue to assure that you are not getting into a program that is either all musical or all technical. Some sound recording programs are mainly technical in nature and will not give you all the tools you need to be a sound designer. Others may be more balanced.</p>
<p>The Audio Engineering Society Education Directory at [AES</a> Education Directory](<a href=“http://www.aes.org/education/directory/]AES”>AES Education Directory) would be a good place to start looking.</p>