Audio Production Expert (Ardour / LMMS Specialist)

About OpenTrain

OpenTrain is the #1 platform for finding and building careers in AI training and data labeling. We connect skilled freelancers with hands-on projects that shape how modern AI systems learn, and OpenTrain AI is the hiring and contracting organization for this role.

Creating an OpenTrain account is free. Contributors use the platform to build a portfolio, apply for projects, and grow a durable freelance career in the fast-growing AI training industry.

Why AI Training Work Matters

AI training (also called data labeling or human feedback work) is the human side of building AI: people prepare and refine the examples models learn from. This role feeds real production audio and documentation into workflows that improve model behavior.

These projects are typically 100% remote, flexible, and accessible to creators with practical audio skills—an opportunity to do creative, impactful work on a freelance schedule.

The Role

We are seeking an Audio Production Expert to create, edit, mix, and refine multi-track audio projects using Ardour or LMMS. You'll produce high-quality audio assets, document your workflow from initial idea to finished mix, and clearly explain the creative and technical decisions you made.

This is a remote contractor role, part-time at 20+ hours/week, emphasizing experimentation, trial-and-error, and iterative fixes driven by feedback.

What You'll Do

• Build and refine audio projects in Ardour or LMMS, starting tracks from scratch through to finished mixes.
• Mix multi-track sessions: balance levels, apply EQ, compression, effects, automation, and layer sound elements into polished productions.
• Document your workflow step-by-step and explain key creative and technical decisions in writing and speech.
• Deliver finished audio that reflects careful editing, artistic judgment, and professional standards.
• Collaborate remotely on ongoing feedback and make real-time corrections as directions evolve.

Requirements

• Proven hands-on experience with Ardour or LMMS (required).
• Strong audio editing, mixing, and music production workflow knowledge.
• Ability to build tracks or mixes from scratch and deliver polished multi-track sessions.
• Clear written and verbal communication that describes creative decisions and technical steps.
• Portfolio of completed audio production work demonstrating relevant projects and tool usage.
• Experience level: Intermediate (practical production experience expected).

Helpful Background

• Experience producing music, podcasts, or sound design projects.
• Experience teaching, explaining, or documenting audio decision-making or production techniques.
• Comfortable adapting to new directions during production and iterating based on feedback.

Work Details, Pay, and Logistics

This is a worldwide, remote contractor role. You should be fluent in English for written and spoken explanations. The time expectation is 20+ hours per week, part-time and flexible.

Compensation is pay-per-hour in USD; the posting lists an hourly range of $19–$65/hr. OpenTrain AI is the hiring and contracting organization and will manage agreements and payments.

• Data type: AUDIO; label type: AUDIO_RECORDING.
• Employment types: Contractor, Part-time.
• Language required: English.

How to Apply

Create a free OpenTrain account, build your profile, and submit this role’s application with a link to your portfolio or examples showing Ardour or LMMS work. In your submission, briefly describe one recent multi-track project and the key production choices you made.

Strong applicants demonstrate both technical proficiency in the tools and the ability to explain creative decisions clearly in writing and speech.