Jonathan Abrams

Current

Chief Technical Engineer at Nutmeg Audio Post

Past

Technical Engineer at Pilot NYC
Chief Engineer at WSAM Radio

Education

New York University
University of Hartford

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Industry

Media Production

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Jonathan Abrams’s Summary

I am an Apple Certified Support Professional and audio engineer with a primary focus on plant maintenance and integration. Most recently, I had a User Report published in TV Technology on Nutmeg's use of the Avenue Signal Integration System by Ensemble Designs. Other past publications include an article for the November 2007 issue of Broadcast Engineering, and being interviewed for the main News article in the June 2007 issue of Post Magazine; also adapted for Digital Content Producer and Yamaha's Commercial Audio website, as well as an article on surround sound in the October 2006 issue of Post Magazine.

My past audio engineering work includes: Sound editorial for "Red", a Time Will Tell and Panman/Soljan production, recording the commentary of Aaron Eckhardt for the DVD release of "Thank You For Smoking", ADR recording for Sean Reilly's "Amy's Rules" (independent), and post mixing for Erica Lutzker's "Orbiting Pluto" (independent).

Jonathan Abrams’s Specialties:

synchronization, system design and timing, installation and configuration experience with BVW-75, DVW-A500, SRW-5500, AJ-HD3700B, DSR-2000, Doremi V1 and V1m, Apple Certified Support Professional v10.5 (Leopard), Mac OS X Leopard server, Xsan v1.4.2, Final Cut Pro v6.0.x, AJA's Io LD, Kona LH, and Kona 3, Dolby AC-3, DP571 and DP572 (Dolby E), Apache 2, Windows XP Professional, FileMaker Pro and Server 9v3, ScheduALL w/SQL Express, Cycling 74's Max/MSP, Pro Tools|HD with Avid Mojo SDI, ADR

Jonathan Abrams’s Experience

Chief Technical Engineer

Nutmeg Audio Post

(Privately Held; Media Production industry)

May 2001 — Present (8 years 3 months)

Maintenance and forward thinking for:
• Nine (9) mix studios based upon DIgidesign's Pro Tools|HD 2 Accel
• Three (3) Final Cut Studio workstations utilizing Xsan v1.4.2
• Machine room with various VTR and ISDN devices
• System/Network Administrator for our LAN centered around a Mac OS X Leopard server
• Integrate OS X and Windows XP clients (most virtualized with
Parallels).
• Executed the reconfiguration of four (4) audio suites from the
ground up.
Technical Engineer

Pilot NYC

(Media Production industry)

July 2008 — October 2008 (4 months)

Design the technical infrastructure plan for Pilot NYC's facilities. This included five (5) Xserves, seven (7) Final Cut Studio stations, an Xsan v2 SAN using Promise hardware and QLogic switches, and an audio suite with Pro Tools|HD 2 Accel and Satellite Link LE.
Chief Engineer

WSAM Radio

(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

August 1998 — May 2001 (2 years 10 months)

Maintain the facilities of the entirely student operated radio station at the University of Hartford. This included relocating the air studio, maintaining the production studio, facilitating remote broadcasts (either via dry pair or remote transmitter), editing the website (HTML), and component level equipment maintenance.

Jonathan Abrams’s Education

New York University

M.M. , Music Technology , 2001 — 2005

My thesis was the creation of an 8x2 mixer with Cycling 74's Max/MSP.
University of Hartford

B.M. , Music Production and Technology , 1997 — 2001

Graduated Summa Cum Laude with University Honors

Activities and Societies:

Chief Engineer at WSAM 1998-2001, Alpha Lambda Delta, Alpha Chi, Pi Kappa Lambda