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🔊 Ron Steele: Sound & Music Lead A seasoned and versatile Sound Designer, Audio Director, and Composer with over 25 years of experience crafting immersive and emotionally resonant audio for interactive and linear content. Ron is a creative and technical leader with a proven ability to define and execute complete sound and music pipelines for major platforms, from national broadcast television to high-volume mobile and casino gaming. 🌟 Professional Focus Ron's expertise spans the entire audio lifecycle, ensuring an unparalleled final product: Gaming Audio Leadership: Currently leads sound for 150+ game titles annually across mobile and casino platforms at Mahi Gaming, defining music, VO, and SFX pipelines from concept to delivery. Award-Winning Composition: As the Lead Composer at I Dig Music for over 25 years, Ron composed original music and delivered high-quality sound branding for national campaigns, including McDonald’s and Coca-Cola. Broadcast Excellence: Served as an Audio Post Engineer at Harpo Studios / Oprah Winfrey Network, where he mixed and mastered audio for The Oprah Winfrey Show under demanding broadcast schedules, specializing in precise dialogue and mixdowns in formats from stereo to 5.1 and 7.1 surround. Voice and Post Mastery: Deep expertise in Voiceover Direction (casting, directing, editing) and Post-Production using industry-standard tools like Pro Tools, Izotope RX, and Waves to achieve polished, broadcast-ready audio. Team & Collaboration: A natural leader recognized for mentoring sound designers and successfully collaborating with cross-functional teams (producers, engineers) to meet ambitious creative and technical goals. 🛠️ Core Competencies Audio Design & Integration: Expertise across proprietary engines and formats (Stereo, Binaural, 5.1, 7.1, Immersive & Spatial Audio). Music Composition & Production: Logic Pro, Ableton, Native Instruments, Kontakt, VSL, OT, Spitfire. Post-Production: Pro Tools, Izotope RX, Waves, Adobe Audition, UAD, Plugin Alliance. Leadership & Mentoring: Team-building, Upskilling, Cross-functional Collaboration.…🔊 Ron Steele: Sound & Music Lead A seasoned and versatile Sound Designer, Audio Director, and Composer with over 25 years of experience crafting immersive and emotionally resonant audio for interactive and linear content. Ron is a creative and technical leader with a proven ability to define and execute complete sound and music pipelines for major platforms, from national broadcast television to high-volume mobile and casino gaming. 🌟 Professional Focus Ron's expertise spans the entire audio lifecycle, ensuring an unparalleled final product: Gaming Audio Leadership: Currently leads sound for 150+ game titles annually across mobile and casino platforms at Mahi Gaming, defining music, VO, and SFX pipelines from concept to delivery. Award-Winning Composition: As the Lead Composer at I Dig Music for over 25 years, Ron composed original music and delivered high-quality sound branding for national campaigns, including McDonald’s and Coca-Cola. Broadcast Excellence: Served as an Audio Post Engineer at Harpo Studios / Oprah Winfrey Network, where he mixed and mastered audio for The Oprah Winfrey Show under demanding broadcast schedules, specializing in precise dialogue and mixdowns in formats from stereo to 5.1 and 7.1 surround. Voice and Post Mastery: Deep expertise in Voiceover Direction (casting, directing, editing) and Post-Production using industry-standard tools like Pro Tools, Izotope RX, and Waves to achieve polished, broadcast-ready audio. Team & Collaboration: A natural leader recognized for mentoring sound designers and successfully collaborating with cross-functional teams (producers, engineers) to meet ambitious creative and technical goals. 🛠️ Core Competencies Audio Design & Integration: Expertise across proprietary engines and formats (Stereo, Binaural, 5.1, 7.1, Immersive & Spatial Audio). Music Composition & Production: Logic Pro, Ableton, Native Instruments, Kontakt, VSL, OT, Spitfire. Post-Production: Pro Tools, Izotope RX, Waves, Adobe Audition, UAD, Plugin Alliance. Leadership & Mentoring: Team-building, Upskilling, Cross-functional Collaboration.

Ron A. Steele

Sound Designer, Music Composer, Music Producer, +2

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🔊 Ron Steele: Sound & Music Lead A seasoned and versatile Sound Designer, Audio Director, and Composer with over 25 years of experience crafting immersive and emotionally resonant audio for interactive and linear content. Ron is a creative and technical leader with a proven ability to define and execute complete sound and music pipelines for major platforms, from national broadcast television to high-volume mobile and casino gaming. 🌟 Professional Focus Ron's expertise spans the entire audio lifecycle, ensuring an unparalleled final product: Gaming Audio Leadership: Currently leads sound for 150+ game titles annually across mobile and casino platforms at Mahi Gaming, defining music, VO, and SFX pipelines from concept to delivery. Award-Winning Composition: As the Lead Composer at I Dig Music for over 25 years, Ron composed original music and delivered high-quality sound branding for national campaigns, including McDonald’s and Coca-Cola. Broadcast Excellence: Served as an Audio Post Engineer at Harpo Studios / Oprah Winfrey Network, where he mixed and mastered audio for The Oprah Winfrey Show under demanding broadcast schedules, specializing in precise dialogue and mixdowns in formats from stereo to 5.1 and 7.1 surround. Voice and Post Mastery: Deep expertise in Voiceover Direction (casting, directing, editing) and Post-Production using industry-standard tools like Pro Tools, Izotope RX, and Waves to achieve polished, broadcast-ready audio. Team & Collaboration: A natural leader recognized for mentoring sound designers and successfully collaborating with cross-functional teams (producers, engineers) to meet ambitious creative and technical goals. 🛠️ Core Competencies Audio Design & Integration: Expertise across proprietary engines and formats (Stereo, Binaural, 5.1, 7.1, Immersive & Spatial Audio). Music Composition & Production: Logic Pro, Ableton, Native Instruments, Kontakt, VSL, OT, Spitfire. Post-Production: Pro Tools, Izotope RX, Waves, Adobe Audition, UAD, Plugin Alliance. Leadership & Mentoring: Team-building, Upskilling, Cross-functional Collaboration.…🔊 Ron Steele: Sound & Music Lead A seasoned and versatile Sound Designer, Audio Director, and Composer with over 25 years of experience crafting immersive and emotionally resonant audio for interactive and linear content. Ron is a creative and technical leader with a proven ability to define and execute complete sound and music pipelines for major platforms, from national broadcast television to high-volume mobile and casino gaming. 🌟 Professional Focus Ron's expertise spans the entire audio lifecycle, ensuring an unparalleled final product: Gaming Audio Leadership: Currently leads sound for 150+ game titles annually across mobile and casino platforms at Mahi Gaming, defining music, VO, and SFX pipelines from concept to delivery. Award-Winning Composition: As the Lead Composer at I Dig Music for over 25 years, Ron composed original music and delivered high-quality sound branding for national campaigns, including McDonald’s and Coca-Cola. Broadcast Excellence: Served as an Audio Post Engineer at Harpo Studios / Oprah Winfrey Network, where he mixed and mastered audio for The Oprah Winfrey Show under demanding broadcast schedules, specializing in precise dialogue and mixdowns in formats from stereo to 5.1 and 7.1 surround. Voice and Post Mastery: Deep expertise in Voiceover Direction (casting, directing, editing) and Post-Production using industry-standard tools like Pro Tools, Izotope RX, and Waves to achieve polished, broadcast-ready audio. Team & Collaboration: A natural leader recognized for mentoring sound designers and successfully collaborating with cross-functional teams (producers, engineers) to meet ambitious creative and technical goals. 🛠️ Core Competencies Audio Design & Integration: Expertise across proprietary engines and formats (Stereo, Binaural, 5.1, 7.1, Immersive & Spatial Audio). Music Composition & Production: Logic Pro, Ableton, Native Instruments, Kontakt, VSL, OT, Spitfire. Post-Production: Pro Tools, Izotope RX, Waves, Adobe Audition, UAD, Plugin Alliance. Leadership & Mentoring: Team-building, Upskilling, Cross-functional Collaboration.

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🔊 Ron Steele: Sound & Music Lead

A seasoned and versatile Sound Designer, Audio Director, and Composer with over 25 years of experience crafting immersive and emotionally resonant audio for interactive and linear content. Ron is a creative and technical leader with a proven ability to define and execute complete sound and music pipelines for major platforms, from national broadcast television to high-volume mobile and casino gaming.

🌟 Professional Focus
Ron’s expertise spans the entire audio lifecycle, ensuring an unparalleled final product:

Gaming Audio Leadership: Currently leads sound for 150+ game titles annually across mobile and casino platforms at Mahi Gaming, defining music, VO, and SFX pipelines from concept to delivery.

Award-Winning Composition: As the Lead Composer at I Dig Music for over 25 years, Ron composed original music and delivered high-quality sound branding for national campaigns, including McDonald’s and Coca-Cola.

Broadcast Excellence: Served as an Audio Post Engineer at Harpo Studios / Oprah Winfrey Network, where he mixed and mastered audio for The Oprah Winfrey Show under demanding broadcast schedules, specializing in precise dialogue and mixdowns in formats from stereo to 5.1 and 7.1 surround.

Voice and Post Mastery: Deep expertise in Voiceover Direction (casting, directing, editing) and Post-Production using industry-standard tools like Pro Tools, Izotope RX, and Waves to achieve polished, broadcast-ready audio.

Team & Collaboration: A natural leader recognized for mentoring sound designers and successfully collaborating with cross-functional teams (producers, engineers) to meet ambitious creative and technical goals.

🛠️ Core Competencies
Audio Design & Integration: Expertise across proprietary engines and formats (Stereo, Binaural, 5.1, 7.1, Immersive & Spatial Audio).

Music Composition & Production: Logic Pro, Ableton, Native Instruments, Kontakt, VSL, OT, Spitfire.

Post-Production: Pro Tools, Izotope RX, Waves, Adobe Audition, UAD, Plugin Alliance.

Leadership & Mentoring: Team-building, Upskilling, Cross-functional Collaboration.

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Work Experience

Senior Director, Sound at Mahi Gaming

January 1, 2016 - Present

Lead audio production for 250+ mobile and casino game titles annually, managing original music, sound effects, and voiceover pipelines. Produce music and sound design across diverse styles, including ethnic/world music, vintage Americana, and cinematic genres. Create detailed implementation documents to guide Technical Artists and programmers for seamless integration. Oversee QA of implemented audio, ensuring functional, balanced mixes that enhance gameplay immersion. Direct, mentor, and build sound design teams, fostering collaboration and high-quality output under tight deadlines. Maintain and optimize complex personal and studio recording setups for versatile production workflows.

Lead Composer & Sound Designer at I Dig Music

January 1, 1989 - December 31, 2015

Composed and produced original music for national advertising campaigns including McDonald’s and Coca-Cola. Directed and managed voiceover talent, handling all recording, editing, and mixing for broadcast-ready audio in stereo and surround formats. Delivered cohesive sound branding and creative audio assets across multiple media platforms.

Audio Post Engineer at Harpo Studios / Oprah Winfrey Network

January 1, 2001 - December 31, 2008

Composed music, mixed, mastered, and post-produced audio for The Oprah Winfrey Show and network content under demanding deadlines. Collaborated closely with producers and editors to deliver clean dialogue and polished audio mixdowns for national broadcast.