Mike Schmidt

Mike Schmidt

Sound Designer, Audio/Video Editor, DVD Author

Vancouver, Canada Area

Current
  • Technical Support - Sound Design Dept. at Vancouver Film School
  • Sound Designer, Audio/Video Editor, DVD Author at Creative Frequencies (Freelance)
Past
  • Front of House Mixer, Live Sound Engineer at various locations
  • Audio Implementation (SKATE 2) at Electronic Arts/Blackbox
  • Audio Engineer, Video Editor, DVD Author at Orbital Vox Studios (Tallinn, Estonia)
  • Intern at Hyde Street Studios (San Francisco)
  • Independent Producer, Audio Engineer, Event Promoter at R.I.Productions
  • Production Assistant, Stage Manager, Live Sound Engineer at 5lowershop Soundsystem (San Francisco)
  • Audio/Visual Technician & Teacher's Assistant at Stratford Central Secondary School

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Education
  • EMBERS
  • Recording Arts Canada
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Industry
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Mike Schmidt’s Summary

Highly creative multimedia engineer with comprehensive sound production skills. Technically adept. Three+ years of experience producing content in a broadcast environment, and over 10 years experience with live sound and music production.

Mike Schmidt’s Specialties:

• Creative sound design, audio engineering and music production.
• Extensive multilingual audio editing experience (English, Estonian, Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Russian)
• Video editing, motion graphics and 3D modeling experience.
• Interactive multilingual DVD authoring with motion menus, transitions, subtitles and bonus features.
• Hardware/software sequencing & composition.
• Skilled with a wide variety of multimedia production tools, techniques, equipment upkeep and maintenance.

Mike Schmidt’s Experience

  • Technical Support - Sound Design Dept.

    Vancouver Film School

    (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

    January 2009 — Present (7 months)

    • Develop new builds for Sound Design course.
    • Deploy images and maintain network functionality.
    • Troubleshoot technical issues.

    Software used: Apple Remote Desktop, Digidesign Protools, MaxMSP, Reason, Final Cut Studio, Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Excel, XServer, Radmind, VMware Fusion, Boot Camp, Active Directory/DNS, Stickies...

  • Sound Designer, Audio/Video Editor, DVD Author

    Creative Frequencies (Freelance)

    (Media Production industry)

    2008 — Present (1 year)

    • Monitored Finalling Track conference room at the Game Developers Conference in Vancouver.
    • Recorded location sounds during shoot, designed sound effects and mixed commercial for 'G4S' (FrostFX).
    • Designed sound effects and mixed FrostFX's 2008 demo reel - www.frostfx.com
    • Edited dialog for 'WARHAMMER 40k: Dawn of War 2' (Relic Entertainment).
    • Tested 'PROTOTYPE' and consulted game producers at Activision/Radical.

    Software used: Steinberg Nuendo, Adobe Creative Suite, Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Ableton Live, FL Studio, MaxMSP, Sound Forge, MIDI-OX, along with various plug-ins and outboard gear including digital and analog synths, sequencers, samplers, and signal processors.

  • Front of House Mixer, Live Sound Engineer

    various locations

    (Entertainment industry)

    2008 — 2008 (less than a year)

    Front of House Mixer - Nearly Famous Music Festival (Oct.2008)
    Vancouver, British Columbia - www.nearlyfamousmusicfestival.com
    • Mixed live performances for bands at The Anza Club and Chapel Arts.
    • Setup stage and mic'd all instruments.
    • Reference: James Menear.

    Front of House Mixer/Engineer - Surrey Fusion Festival (July.2008)
    Surrey, British Columbia - www.fusionfestival.surrey.ca
    • Mixed live performances by bands at the Chevron Pavilion Stage.
    • Responsible for stage setup and strike of live sound reinforcement equipment, including speakers, mixer and mic'ing of all instruments.
    • Reference: Nick Tyz.

    Live Sound Engineer - Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad (Feb.2008)
    Vancouver, British Columbia - www.vi-co.org
    • Responsible for setup and strike of live sound reinforcement equipment, and mic'ing of instruments for the Vancouver Intercultural Orchestra performance at the Alice MacKay Hall.
    • Reference: Don Xaliman.

  • Audio Implementation (SKATE 2)

    Electronic Arts/Blackbox

    (Public Company; ERTS; Computer Games industry)

    May 2008 — October 2008 (6 months)

    • Implemented ambient SFX and offstage emitter spheres.
    • Tuned collision audio physics and surface rolling sounds.
    • Defined model surfaces with material and pattern information for audio triggers.
    • Set compression, limiting and levels for living world character vocal takes.
    • Captured and edited gameplay, menu interaction and HUD footage for sound design.
    • Operated PS3 & Xbox development kits to find and troubleshoot audio bugs and other quality issues.
    • Formatted voiceover scripts for localization.
    • Reported bugs and offered solutions to improve custom built implementation software.

    Software used: Digidesign ProTools, Maya, Adobe Premiere, Perforce, Build Studio, ProDG Target Manager, DevTrack, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, MS Office, and implementation tools developed by EA/Blackbox.

  • Audio Engineer, Video Editor, DVD Author

    Orbital Vox Studios (Tallinn, Estonia)

    (Media Production industry)

    October 2004 — December 2007 (3 years 3 months)

    • Recorded ADR (Estonian) for Pixar's feature film, "Ratatouille".
    • Recorded and edited celebrity voice talent for localized international corporate advertisements, independent films and documentaries.
    • Designed sound effects for television and radio spots, and DVD menus.
    • Mixed and mastered albums, demos and songs for local musicians, bands and DJs.
    • Edited video and produced graphics for a continuing series of infomercials.
    • Modeled 3D objects and animated motion graphics for television advertisements.
    • Authored over 50 complex large-scale DVD projects.
    • Designed motion menus, animated transitions and slide show presentations.
    • Encoded various formats of audio and video to achieve best quality results for DVD and Internet.

    Software used: Nuendo, Pro Tools, Adobe Creative Suite, Avid Xpress Pro, Sonic Scenarist, DVD Studio Pro, Maya, Cinemacraft Encoder, VirtualDub, ReStream, Subtitle Workshop, CD Architect, along with various plug-ins and outboard gear.

  • Intern

    Hyde Street Studios (San Francisco)

    (Music industry)

    June 2004 — July 2004 (2 months)

    www.hydestreet.com

  • Independent Producer, Audio Engineer, Event Promoter

    R.I.Productions

    (Media Production industry)

    1998 — 2004 (6 years)

    • Produced albums, tracks and remixes under different artistic monikers.
    • Performed in numerous venues across Canada, the United States and Europe as a solo artist.
    • Controlled live sound environments for bands, theater, spoken word and comedy acts.

    Software used: Steinberg Nuendo, Pro Tools, Ableton Live, FL Studio, Sound Forge, along with various plug-ins and outboard gear including digital and analog synths, sequencers, samplers, processors.

  • Production Assistant, Stage Manager, Live Sound Engineer

    5lowershop Soundsystem (San Francisco)

    (Entertainment industry)

    August 2003 — July 2004 (1 year)

    • Coordinated performing acts and setup space for weekly live net radio broadcast.
    • Maintained performance areas and assisted with sound system setup and strike for numerous indoor and outdoor events.
    • www.5lowershop.org / www.spaz.org / www.mutantfest.org

  • Audio/Visual Technician & Teacher's Assistant

    Stratford Central Secondary School

    (Education Management industry)

    1992 — 1996 (4 years)

    • Collaborated with the instructor to prepare the facilities and develop course curriculum for the school's Telecommunications and Technologies course.
    • Mentored junior students on video editing, stop-motion animation, and audio recording techniques.
    • Setup stage and sound system for school assemblies and dances.
    • Recorded and played back sound effects for school's theatrical performances.
    • Assisted with daily audio/visual related tasks and maintenance needs.
    • References: John Sercombe, Martin Judge.

Mike Schmidt’s Education

  • EMBERS

    Certificate , Build a Business entrepreneurial course , 2007 — 2007

    • The Entrepreneurial Mind
    • Market research
    • Operations
    • Financial skills
    • Marketing

  • Recording Arts Canada

    Diploma , Audio Engineering, Multimedia Production , 2000 — 2000

    • Acoustics
    • Audio Consoles
    • Computers & Music
    • Signal Processing
    • Recording Techniques
    • Introduction to Electro-techniques
    • Aesthetics of Music
    • Sound Design
    • Sound Reinforcement
    • Post Production
    • Music Industry
    • Studio Production Techniques

Additional Information

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Mike Schmidt’s Interests:

Sound design, sound systems, DVD Programming, interactive media, sequencing, guitar, analog gear, bass, experimental acoustics and electronics, granular synthesis. Asus A6JA (1.8Ghz dual core 2G RAM), Motu Ultralite, Allen & Heath WZ316:2, Allen & Heath Quasi mixer (1973), Dynaudio BM5a monitors, Bitstream 3X MIDI controller, DSI Prophet 08 module, Clavia Nord Lead 2, Sherman Filter Bank, MFB Synth2, Korg Electribe ES-1, E-MU ESI-32, Roland TR-505, Roland DDR30, ESP LTD F200 electric guitar, Pro-co Rat Deucetone, SansAmp Tri-AC, Zoom TM-01 (x2), Electro-Harmonix Small Stone, Boss HM-2, Boss DD-3, Boss RSD-10, Behringer MDX2200.

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