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Since 1995, I have operated miq productions, a music production, recording, editing and mastering firm. As of September 2007, miq productions is back in San Francisco.
miq productions is booked through May 2008 with recording, production, and mastering projects.
My mission remains the same as always - to:
- Help make important, innovative and creative music recordings sound their best prior to commercial release
- Provide high quality mastering and editing services for independent labels
- Work closely with clients to ensure they have input into aesthetic decisions that affect their recording
what makes me a unique audio engineer
- Getting great recordings of regional and local folk instruments, with specialties in Anatolian, Central Asian, South Asian, and Indonesian instruments
- A highly attuned ear for different tuning and rhythmic systems (makam, maqam, raga, dastgah, gamelan tunings)
- The ability to work very efficiently and transparently, so the artist maintains their creative flow without worrying about technical details
- A flexible mixing aesthetic, from pure classical style recordings to highly produced contemporary electroacoustic popular music
- Classical editing: proficient score-reading and skills performing micro-edits of even the most complex works
technology proficiencies
- Digidesign ProTools - guru level proficiency (pro user since 1995)
- Magix Samplitude - guru level proficiency (pro user since 2001)
- Ableton Live, Nuendo - expert level proficiency (pro user since 2001)
- Analog tape: experienced with calibration/biasing/machine maintenence on all Otari machines (2 track - 24 track) and archiving legacy tapes
- Analog mixing: manual and automated mixes, and DAW-integrated summing workflows
- Experience with nearly all outboard gear on the market, as well as over 100 microphone varieties
audio engineering history
I began my audio education as a physics and computer music student at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where I studied with Joann Kuchera-Morin.
I continued studies at Wesleyan University with Ron Kuivila, where I worked and assisted in the teaching of recording arts classes while pursuing a Masters degree in Ethnomusicology and Interactive Computer Media.
Since 1997, I have worked as a freelance engineer at many private California studios and at Cal Arts (Los Angeles).
I have been the in-house digital audio engineer at Radical House Studio (San Francisco) since 2002, where I have worked on a variety of avant-garde, world music, jazz, and electronica recordings.
I have also done mastering work for Oxford University Press, Golden Horn Records, Koch International Classics, and Albany Records. From 2005-2006, I was the lead engineer at ZB Stüdyo in Istanbul, where I worked on 11 albums, several feature film scores, and music for a popular TV series.
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