Samar Benipal, Sound Designer

Samar Benipal

Sound Designer

Static Airwaves

Location
India
Education
Diploma, Project Management
Experience
9 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :9 years, 11 Months

Sound Designer at Static Airwaves
  • United Kingdom
  • My current job since March 2015

Create and modulate pre conceived or self recorded sounds.
Use of virtual synthesizers on DAWs Logic X and Pro Tools and implement these sounds to motion graphics and films.
Audio Mix-down of scenes.
Location Recording.

Audio Engineer at Static Airwaves
  • United Kingdom
  • My current job since January 2015

Engineering and production of music and sound design for independent film-makers on many diverse projects.
Engineering the recording sessions and mix- down of music bands and/or independent singers.
Have a trained ear for critical listening and identifying frequencies.
Proactive learner who can adapt to new situations very quickly.

Key Skills
• Experienced in the installation of audio equipment such as microphones, loudspeakers, amplifiers and channel soundboards
• Skilled in producing the highest quality sound during studio recordings and live performances.
• Complete knowledge of audio engineering and signal processing
• Familiar with audio signal flow and other multimedia parameters
• Excellent communications and interpersonal skills
• Excellent organizational skills and leadership qualities.

Key Responsibilities:
• Operating and handling audio/visual equipment
• Supervising a team of audio technicians and assisting them where required
• Managing the technicalities of sound recording process and live shows
• Setting up and maintaining audio/visual equipment for special events.
• Coordinating with clients and inspecting the show venue for installing audio equipment.
• Worked closely with musicians and record producers to achieve the highest quality end product.

Familiar with the following mixing desks and their workflow:
• Neve Genesis
• TLA VTC
• SSL AWS 948
• Digidesign ICON
• Digidesign Venue SC 48 (Live Sound)
• Soundcraft GB8 (Live Sound)
• Mackie CFX 20 MK2

Business Solutions Architect at MindExcel Systems
  • India
  • July 2014 to June 2017

Key Responsibilities:

• Follow up with potential contacts to understand their hardware/software requirements
• Give quotation to client based on client requirement and negotiate with them.
• Pitch USP’s and deliver sales pitch through presentations to prospective clients to affect sales of our product line.
• Designing customized Time and Attendance solutions for our clients using biometrics (Fingerprint/Facial Recognition) and Smart Cards to manage the attendance of employees spread across various locations, branches and departments.
• Designing Access Control Systems using biometrics (Fingerprint/Facial Recognition) and Smart Cards to restrict/authorize selected personnel to enter a specific area.
• Handling the sales and on site maintenance of Smart Card readers and printers.
• Handling the execution of designed project at customer premises in line with the solution design & customer expectation.
• Providing on/off site support to the client’s satisfaction.
• Maintaining the quality of the end product.
• Become the Point of Contact for client from pre-sale to post-sale and liaison with other technical team/management for issues in their domain.
• Build rapport with existing wholesale/retail clients for cross selling/upselling opportunities in the future.

Experience certificate can be provided upon request.

Education

Diploma, Project Management
  • at ALISON
  • August 2015

A comprehensive review of project management such as methodology, tool sets and documentation, and the project life cycle including analysis, planning, design and evaluation.

Bachelor's degree, BA in Audio Engineering
  • at Middlesex University
  • February 2014

Pursued a two year degree course and achieved a degree in Audio production and Engineering from Middlesex University, United Kingdom.

Bachelor's degree, B.E. In Electronics Engineering Instrumentation and Control
  • at Thapar University
  • July 2010

Pursued a four year degree course and achieved a degree in Electronics Instrumentation and Control from Thapar University Patiala, India.

Specialties & Skills

Music Production
Live Sound
Pro Tools
Logic Pro
Sound Design
Engineering
Control Systems
Biometrics
Project management
Petroleum
Oil and Gas

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Intermediate
Punjabi
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

Health and Safety (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2015
Valid Until:
January 9999
AMCAT Certified Data Processing Specialist (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2006
Valid Until:
January 9999
Embedded Microcontroller Programming (Training)
Training Institute:
PunCom (Punjab Communications Ltd.)
Date Attended:
June 2008
Duration:
360 hours
AMCAT Certified Engineering Trainee - Electronics and Semiconductor Engineering (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2006
Valid Until:
January 9999
The Robotics Institute (Training)
Training Institute:
TRI Technologies
Date Attended:
November 2006
Duration:
72 hours

Hobbies

  • Driving, Listening to music, watching Discovery Channel.