Michael Ahearn

Biography

Michael Ahearn Wilcox is a sound engineer specializing in live sound, sound design, audio production, recording, mixing and mastering.

Ahearn teaches a two-week intensive Sound Engineering and Audio Production course for high school students through Syracuse University’s Pre-College Programs and has previously taught a Field Recording and Sound Design course through the same program. He has also taught multiple semesters of the intro and advanced courses of Audio Production and Recording at Syracuse University through the computer art and animation program in VPA’s Department of Film and Media Arts. He was the live sound engineer of the Turquoise Tiger nightclub at Turning Stone Resort Casino for over three years.

He is currently putting his skills to use as the sound engineer and lighting technician of the Events Department at Mohawk Valley Community College in Utica, New York, where he also teaches a technical theater course within the college’s theater program. Ahearn has worked as a freelance sound designer for short films and has a passion for sound design for video games.

He enjoys writing his own music, such as electronic music, soundscapes and indie pop-rock. Along with coding his own instruments and effects in Max, a node-based audio/visual programming language, he has been known for turning his Xbox 360 controller into a MIDI effects controller for live performances and plans on doing the same with Switch Joy-Cons.

Education

• M.F.A., B.F.A., Syracuse University

Areas of Expertise

Sound engineering, sound design, live sound, electronic music production, audio mixing, technical theater, software instruments/effects coding