Recording, mixing, and mastering for new music, contemporary classical, jazz, improvised, experimental, and electronic music. Based in Berlin and available throughout Germany, Europe, and the United States.

I have worked as a freelance audio engineer since 2014 and am Technical Director for Ensemble Dal Niente. Previously, I was a recording and live sound engineer at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music's Audio Services department and an Assistant Audio Engineer at the Marlboro Music Festival. As a composer and computer musician myself, I am comfortable with complex contemporary scores, non-traditional instrumentations, live electronics, and multichannel speaker setups.

I am also active as an interpreter and performer of live electronic and electroacoustic music, having performed with ensembles such as Ensemble Dal Niente and EnsembleKollektiv, and I design custom software systems for live electronics and sound installation.

Ensembles and festivals I have worked with include Ensemble Dal Niente, EnsembleKollektiv, TAK Ensemble, Ensemble Apparat, MaerzMusik, Big Ears, and Time Spans.

Request a quote →

Location Recording

• • I bring a portable high-end recording setup with up to 18 microphone inputs to your concert, rehearsal, church, or studio session.
• • Recordings for concert documentation, commercial releases, auditions, competitions, and applications.
• • My recording setup can also function as a mixing board, enabling me to provide live sound reinforcement and recording at the same time.

Editing, Mixing & Mastering

• • Detailed editing for acoustic and electronic recordings.
• • Mixing in stereo and for multichannel playback.
• • Mastering for release or streaming.

Audio Restoration

• • De-clipping, de-humming, de-noising, and de-clicking to recover damaged, compromised, and/or noisy recordings.
• • I can also polish recordings that were recorded on less-than-ideal equipment such as phones or laptops.

Live Electronics & Live Sound

• • Interpreting and performing the electronics part of a piece with your ensemble: Max/MSP, Pure Data, and SuperCollider patches, or DAW playback synchronized with a score.
• • Amplification, playback, and sound system setup and tuning, including multichannel and ambisonic loudspeaker arrays.

Custom Software & Systems

• • Interactive performance software and installation systems in SuperCollider, Max/MSP, and Pure Data, built for your piece or project.
• • Updating and repairing outdated or broken patches.
• • Example: Michelle Lou's In a Forest. More projects on GitHub.

Composition for Dance & Film

• • Original music and sound design for dance, film, and theatre, including multichannel and interactive work. See Derivatives for collaborative work with dance.

Lessons & Workshops

• • Private lessons and workshops in music production, audio engineering, composition, theory, synthesis, and computer music programming (SuperCollider, Max/MSP, Pure Data).
• • I am a tutor in the Electronic Music Production & Performance programme at the Catalyst Institute for Creative Arts and Technology in Berlin, and have taught electronic music at the Oberlin Conservatory and the University of Chicago.

Request a Quote

Email hunterbrownmusic1@gmail.com with a few details and I'll reply with a quote, usually within two working days:

• • Date(s) and location
• • Instrumentation and number of performers
• • What you need (recording, editing, mixing, mastering, live sound, software, lessons)
• • What the recording is for (release, documentation, application, etc.)

Applying for funding? I'm happy to provide a quote for your grant budget.

Selected Credits: Recording, Mixing & Mastering

Contemporary Classical & Improvised Music

• • Strinning, Long, Heinemann: Lines of Flight, Aut Records (2026) — Engineering, Mixing
• • Clay Mettens: Suncatcher, Cloudcatcher for harp and percussion, performed by Ben Melsky and Kyle Flens (2025) — Engineering, Mixing, Mastering
• • Peter Maunu and Fred Lonberg-Holm: FA#16 Fun House, Flying Aspidistra (2025) — Engineering

Classical

• • Mere Mortals: Caitlin Edwards (violin) & Daniel Schlosberg (piano), Navona Records (2023) — Engineering, Editing, Mixing
• • The Butterfly Lovers' (Liangzhu) Violin Concerto: University of Chicago Jade Chinese Music Ensemble with violin soloist Anna Filochowska (2024) — Engineering, Mixing

Experimental & Electronic

• • Ian Douglas-Moore / Dominic Coles / Eric Wong: under under hill, Aloe Records (2025) — Mastering
• • Dominic Coles: FANTASY AND FUGUE FOR 53rd bet. 10th & 11th (OR: I’VE ALWAYS BEEN AFRAID OF HORSES), Lateral Addition (2025) — Mastering
• • Diego Behncke: PP-18: Teleplasty Implex, Party Perfect Records (2026) — Mastering
• • 4d.Xpress, self-release (2025) — Mastering

Selected Credits: Live Electronics & Technical Direction

• • Bryan Eubanks & Koen Nutters, The Understated Songbook, KM28, Berlin (2026) — Live electronics
• • Ensemble Dal Niente / Beyond This Point, Simon Steen-Andersen's Asthma, Run Time Error, and Black Box Music, Time Spans Festival, New York (2025) — Technical direction
• • Max Murray with Ensemble Apparat, Schaufeln | Brayen — Rain (premiere), Kirche St. Elisabeth, Berlin (2025) — Live electronics
• • Michelle Lou with EnsembleKollektiv, Teeth, MaerzMusik, Berlin (2024) — Software design, live electronics, multichannel diffusion
• • Michelle Lou with TAK Ensemble, In a Forest, The Clemente, New York (2023) — Software design, live electronics, multichannel diffusion
• • Ensemble Dal Niente, Simon Steen-Andersen's Black Box Music and Michelle Lou's to care for the bodies of the dead, Epiphany Center for the Arts, Chicago (2023) — Live electronics, technical direction
• • Ensemble Dal Niente with Ken Vandermark, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville (2022) — Live electronics, front-of-house, location recording
• • Ensemble Dal Niente, Carola Bauckholt's Oh I See, DePaul University, Chicago (2022) — Projection mapping

As Technical Director of Ensemble Dal Niente since 2021, I have performed or provided technical direction for works by Carola Bauckholt, Alican Çamcı, Michelle Lou, Alvin Lucier, Nicole Mitchell, Sarah Nemtsov, Kaija Saariaho, and Simon Steen-Andersen, among others.

Location Recording Equipment

Microphone Preamps & AD/DA Converters

• • Metric Halo ULN-8 with ADAT Edge Card
• • RME Octamic II
• • RME Babyface Pro

Connected via ADAT: 18 microphone inputs, 4 line inputs, and 8 line outputs.

Microphones

• • Sennheiser MKH 8040, cardioid (stereo pair)
• • DPA 4091, omni (stereo pair)
• • Austrian Audio CC8, cardioid (4x)
• • AKG C414 XLS, multi-pattern (1x)
• • Sennheiser MKH 30, figure-of-8 (stereo pair)
• • Oktava MK-012, multi-pattern (stereo pair)
• • AKG D112 MKII, cardioid kick drum mic (1x)
• • Sennheiser e906, cardioid (1x)

Direct Input Boxes & Splitters

• • Radial JDI Stereo DI, passive
• • Radial ProD2 Stereo DI, passive
• • Radial ProMS2 Mono Mic Splitter, passive

Stands & Cables

• • Manfrotto 1004BAC, max height 3.66 m, suitable for orchestral, choir, and organ recording (1x)
• • Manfrotto 5002BL Nano Plus, lightweight straight stand (2x)
• • K&M 210/30, boom stand (7x)
• • Millenium MS 2002, short boom stand (1x)
• • Assorted XLR cables with Neutrik connectors (20x)
• • Assorted TRS/TS cables with Neutrik connectors (8x)
• • Assorted adaptors