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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Software
Interests
Timeline
Hi, I’m

Casey Synesael

Audio Engineer
Lafayette,IN

Summary

Creative Audio Engineer with 8-10 years of recording and mixing experience. Areas of expertise include: vocal performances, electronic & acoustic instrument recording, precise manual editing of timing errors, and composing. Talented at quickly setting up equipment and utilizing industry standard software to mix and edit tracks. Tech-savvy and hardworking with excellent troubleshooting abilities, a workflow optimized for efficiency, and the desire to deliver consistently high quality results.

Overview

11
years of professional experience
2
Languages

Work History

Self Employed
Lafayette, IN

Freelance Audio Engineer
08.2014 - Current

Job overview

  • Collaborated with clients to determine project scopes and set milestones.
  • Recorded speech and music in digital and analog formats.
  • Produced, composed, mixed,and mastered vocal arrangements and music compositions, and optimized songs and albums for streaming and playback quality standards.
  • Used Presonus Studio One, iZotope Suite of Plugins, and various other professional tools to mix and edit tracks.
  • Edited and arranged compositions using precise slicing, fade-ins & outs, tempo & pitch correction, and track comping,
  • Edited voice-overs to maintain specified track lengths, fine-tuned vocal cadences, and removed unnecessary or distracting errors
  • Maintained and repaired equipment such as microphones, cables, computers and other electronics.
  • Digitized physical analog copies of customers personal music/recorded audio collections, including cassette tapes, LPs, and reel-to-reels.

Spot Tavern
Lafayette, IN

Live Sound Technician
01.2017 - 03.2020

Job overview

  • I was one of two live sound technicians on rotation at The Spot Tavern
  • I communicated with performers or event planners to assess their sound reinforcement needs, and set up the indoor or outdoor stage according to each events specific requirements
  • There was an 8 channel board with a sub crossover, 4 monitor mixes, compression and effects routing
  • Events were wide-ranging, from vinyl DJs, EDM, punk and metal, hip hop, jazz and fusion, noise and ambient performances, folk/string bands, comedy nights, poetry/readings, karaoke nights, and more.

Education

GeneralJefferson High School

01.2009 - 01.2013

University Overview

  • Awarded Jeffersonian Scholarship for The Arts
  • Studied "Composing with Digital Tools" as an elective, where I first learned about basics such as bit depth, bit rate, sample rate, clipping, headroom, signal-to-noise ratio, gain, waveforms, and more.
  • Studied Music Theory and Piano.

Skills

    Microphone selection and placement

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Accomplishments

Accomplishments

The Secret Sounds of Ponds

https://vimeo.com/358836797

June 2019

Assisted in the design, construction, and installation of "The Secret Sounds of Ponds," one of the exhibits at the Michigan Science Center's 2019 exhibition, "DEPTH."

This was an audio-visual experience that combined the work of scientists and researchers, artists, and musicians.


Software

Presonus Studio One

IZotope Production Suite

Slate Digital

Waves

Soundtoys

Interests

Soundtrack composition

Voice-acting

Audio-Visual Art

Timeline

Live Sound Technician
Spot Tavern
01.2017 - 03.2020
Freelance Audio Engineer
Self Employed
08.2014 - Current
GeneralJefferson High School
01.2009 - 01.2013

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