Gavin McCabe

Sound Designer / Audio Engineer at Self-employed / Freelance

Providing sound design services including the use of effects to support narrative, music selection to enhance atmosphere, and mastering finished audio. Working remotely on project basis, adhering to strict publishing and delivery deadlines.

Podcast Producer at Naavik Gaming Podcast

Editing, mixing, and mastering weekly podcast episodes and video episodes. Creating scripts, transcripts, and show notes. Coordinating with the team via Slack and uploading episodes to multiple relevant platforms while meeting weekly deadlines.

Audio Editor, Proofreader at WF Howes Ltd.

Proofreading and editing audiobook titles including cleaning audio of breaths and unwanted noise, re-editing pickups where mistakes were made, denoising using software plugins, and mastering the finished titles. Adhered to a quality checklist as advised by Audible streaming platform and worked to strict publishing and delivery deadlines.

Sound Recording Tutor at The University of Edinburgh

Part-time role tutoring undergraduate sound recording course students. Teaching the basics of sound recording technologies, creating weekly tutorials and practical hands-on recording modules, guiding students through practical exams, and marking end-of-term assignments.

Sound Engineer at The University of Edinburgh / St. Cecilias Music Museum

Project-based role involving recording historic instruments, labeling and editing recordings, compiling metadata, and delivering recordings for the museum. Developed an online library of sounds still in progress.

Sound Engineer at So Far Sounds Edinburgh

Part-time role recording live musical performances, mixing and mastering recordings, and delivering final content for So Far Sounds online video output.

Sound Designer / Audio Engineer at Self-employed

Provide sound design using effects to support narrative, music selection to add atmosphere, and mastering of finished audio. Work on strict publishing and delivery deadlines, mainly on a freelance project basis remotely.

Podcast Producer at Naavik Gaming

Editing, mixing, and mastering weekly podcast episodes including video editing, creating transcripts and show notes, meeting weekly deadlines, maintaining regular communication with the team on Slack, and uploading episodes to relevant platforms.

Audio Editor, Proofreader at WF Howes Ltd.

Proofreading and editing audiobook titles, cleaning unwanted noise and breaths, re-editing pickups where narration mistakes are made, using software plugins for denoising, mastering finished titles, adhering to quality checklists as advised by Audible streaming platform, and meeting strict publishing deadlines.

Sound Recording Tutor at The University of Edinburgh

In-studio tutor for undergraduate Sound Recording course, teaching basics of sound recording technologies, creating weekly tutorials and practical hands-on recording modules, guiding students through practical exams, and marking end-of-term assignments.

Sound Engineer at The University of Edinburgh / St. Cecilias Music Museum

Project recording selection of historical instruments, labelling and editing recordings, compiling metadata, delivering recordings to St. Cecilias, and developing an online library of sounds.

Sound Engineer at So Far Sounds Edinburgh

Part-time role involving recording live musical performances, mixing and mastering recordings, delivering final audio to So Far Sounds, and online video output production.

Sound Designer / Audio Engineer at Freelance

Providing sound design, field recording, audio editing, post production, audio mixing, and mastering services for various media. Focus on supporting narrative with sound effects and music, mastering finished audio, and meeting strict publishing and delivery deadlines.

Podcast Producer at Naavik Gaming Podcast

Remote freelance podcast producer responsible for editing, mixing, and mastering weekly episodes including video editing, creating transcripts and show notes, meeting weekly deadlines, maintaining regular communication with the team via Slack, and uploading episodes to relevant platforms.

Audio Editor, Proofreader at W F Howes Ltd.

Remote freelance role proofreading and editing audiobook titles, cleaning audio of breaths and unwanted noises, re-editing pickups for narration mistakes, using denoising software plugins, mastering finished titles, adhering to Audible streaming platform quality checklists, and meeting strict publishing and delivery deadlines.

Sound Recording Tutor (Part-time) at The University of Edinburgh

Onsite tutor for undergraduate Sound Recording course delivering tutorials and practical hands-on recording modules, teaching basic sound recording technologies, guiding students through practical exams, and marking end-of-term assignments.

Sound Engineer at The University of Edinburgh / St. Cecilias Music Museum

Project-based recording of historic instruments, labeling and editing recordings, compiling metadata and delivering recordings to St. Cecilias. Developing an online library of sounds.

Sound Engineer at So Far Sounds Edinburgh

Part-time role recording live musical performances, mixing and mastering recordings, and delivering final products including online video output.

Sound Engineer / Tutor (Sound Recording) at The University of Edinburgh

On-site tutor for the undergraduate Sound Recording course; created weekly tutorials and practical recording modules; guided students through practical exams; marked end-of-term assignments.

Sound Engineer at St Cecilia's Music Museum

Recording selection of historical instruments; labeling and editing recordings; compiling metadata; delivering recordings to St Cecilia's; online library of sounds in development.

Audio Editor / Proofreader at WF Howes Ltd.

Proofreading and editing audiobook titles for WF Howes catalog; cleaning audio of breaths and unwanted noise; re-editing pickups where narration mistakes occurred; denoising using plugins; mastering; adhering to Audible quality checklist; meeting publishing/delivery deadlines.

Podcast Producer / Sound Designer / Audio Editor at Remote / Freelance

Editing, mixing and mastering weekly podcast episodes; editing video/audio episodes; creating transcripts and show notes; meeting strict weekly deadlines; coordinating with show hosts via Slack; scheduling; uploading to distribution platforms; managing YouTube channel.

On-site Tutor - Undergraduate Sound Recording Course at The University of Edinburgh

On-site tutor for the undergraduate Sound Recording course; teaching the basics of sound recording technologies; creating weekly tutorials and practical hands-on recording modules; guiding students through each practical exam; marking end-of-term assignments.

Project Assistant / Recording & Editing at St Cecilia's Music Museum (University of Edinburgh)

Recording and editing historical instrument recordings; labeling and editing recordings; compiling metadata; delivering recordings to St Cecilia's online library.

Recording Engineer / Mix Engineer / Editor / Producer at Alice Lakwena: Rebel Priestess Documentary Podcast

Rebel Priestess documentary podcast; roles included recording engineering, mix engineering, editing, scripting, and producing; work in progress.

Recording Engineer / Mix Engineer at Link Song Of Unity (Sound Installation) - Talbot Rice Gallery

Recording engineer for 27 singers; collaboration with Emeka Ogboh.

Sound Designer / Mix Engineer at The Ice Men (Short Corporate Documentary) - Multimeda Opera

Sound design and mix engineering for a short corporate documentary; multimedia project.