Tonmeister is most often found as a job descriptionin the music and recording industries. It describes a person who is a sound master (a literal translation of the German word, which applies to women equally as much as men) a person who creates recordings or broadcasts of music who is both deeply musically trained (in 'classical' and non-classical genres) and also who has a detailed theoretical and practical knowledge of virtually all aspects of sound recording
Any student of sound engineering or music recording that is not a Tonmeister, or simply someone who wishes they were one.
Helen: "Did you hear that Bernie didn't make it on to the Tonmeister course with us?"
Michael: "Who the hell is Bernie?"
Helen: "I thought the two of you were best of friends"
Michael: "Why would I be friends with a dirty Nonmeister?"