Description
· Award winning post mix engineer · Album mix engineer · Studio and live recording engineer · Broadcast mix engineer · Sound design for TV and video· 10+ years experience ·
Freelance Mix Engineer
Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
July 2011-Present
Audio mix engineer/producer focusing on music album projects and audio for television, video and film. Collaborate with artists and clients from the songwriting and pre-production process all the way through production and ultimately to the final mix/post production process. Detailed Pro Tools experience and a thorough understanding of digital and analog audio.
Supervising Audio Producer/Staff Mix Engineer
July 2004 to July 2011
Daystar Television Network
Led and coordinated all audio post-production, including the post mixing of music performances, spots, in-house shows, and interviews. Created and produced sound design for both 5.1 and stereo post-production. Multi-tracked live music shows, concerts and interview segments. Setup, recorded and mixed EFP’s, including boom operation and wireless frequency coordination. Recorded, overdubbed and mixed annual full-length album. Setup, recorded, mixed and tore down full remote productions involving FOH, monitor world, and remote truck. Recorded VO’s. Coordinated and provided IFB for satellite uplinks. Installed, troubleshot and maintained all audio equipment. Conducted the full internal audio installation of a 10,000 square-foot facility. Designed and installed the audio room of a 40’ production trailer.
Client Artists: Steven Curtis Chapman, Jimmy Needham, Building 429, J.R., LaCrae, Hillsong United, Michael W. Smith, Mercy Me, Jeremy Camp, Phillips Craig & Dean, Hawk Nelson, Brandon Heath, the Gaither Homecoming, Pillar, Shane and Shane, Rebecca St. James, Ayiesha Woods, Jeff Johnson, Trip Lee, Tedashii, Sho-Baraka, After Edmund, Day of Fire, 33 Miles, Austin’s Bridge, Kari Jobe and Leeland.
Freelance Mix Engineer
August 2002 to July 2004
Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
Responsibilities included studio and live recording, mixing of client projects related to the commercial music industry and houses of worship, FOH and monitor mixing, setup and teardown, troubleshooting, and installation and maintenance of equipment.
EDUCATION
Dallas Sound Lab School, Irving, Texas
April 2002 to August 2002
Audio Engineering and Studio Technology (247 hours)
Audio for Television and Film (77 hours)
Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas
August 1996 to May 2000
Bachelor of Arts in International Communications/French
Advertising/Public Relations emphasis
Scott Ayers has been in the industry since 2001.