Christo

AudioAstronaut:AudioEngineer

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I own and operate Namtab Studios, where I perform remote mixing. Audio engineering is my love and passion and it is the most engaging, gratifying, and transformative job.

Except for being an astronaut, the easiest way to travel through space and explore new worlds is to work in a recording studio: giant consoles and control centers occupy the environment; multi-color lights flicker; meters tick back and forth; hundreds of faders, knobs, and switches are present, some that are automated; the outside world is completely sealed off; and the captain’s (engineer/producer) chair resides at the helm of the console while the crew (musicians) man the machinery (instruments) and/or take their places behind the captain as the ship is navigated through space toward uncharted sonic and musical environments.

The job of an audio engineer is to harness sounds and fix them in combinations to create new sensory experiences for listeners. Engineers manage the intangible by adding, subtracting, extracting, copying/pasting, altering waveforms, and manipulating the sonic character of sound. They have nearly complete dominance over sound, a radical ability since sound cannot be held or seen in reality.

The end product of an engineer’s work is to cement the intangible forever in a recorded form so that listeners can discover new musical worlds.

Overall, audio engineering is a machine for exploration, discovery, and unending travel toward the infinite.

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Summer at 18 by Ella Fox

I was the Recording and Mix Engineer in this production

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