Brent Somermeyer

Serve as A1 Audio Engineer for arena productions, including NBA and NHL game-day audio. Mix arena broadcasts and manage audio for multiple videos, film, and voice talent, while setting up, operating, and maintaining PA audio systems, LED walls, projectors, and lighting for corporate events and concerts. Collaborate with touring FOH mixers to keep a clean, high-fidelity signal path between in-house and external production. Calibrate arena-wide audio systems using DSP programming and digital mixing boards, defining and implementing audio signal flow throughout the venue.

Create original music and soundscapes and perform as a DJ in open-format and electronic dance music styles. DJ for weddings, graduations, and corporate events, while maintaining multiple venue residencies (including Black Box, Pon Pon, and Partners in Crime).

Run Catadawn Studios end to end, managing recording, mixing, and mastering with both analog and digital equipment. Produce audio for consumer playback, live shows, art installations, and film, including original sound design and binaural/stereo foley mic techniques for realistic spatial character. Record and produce voice-over for broadcast, podcast, IVR systems, conversational AI, and text-to-speech workflows. Edit and restore audio by removing artifacts and applying processing in Pro Tools, Wavelab, Logic Pro, Ableton, and other DAWs, while maintaining high-end analog gear such as tape machines, mixing consoles, and outboard equipment.