Professional Experience
Sound Design Intern | Arturia | Feb 2026 – Present
- Led QA and FX optimization for ~850 Analog Lab presets, ensuring seamless performance and compatibility with the Arturia AstroLab stage keyboard. Completed 3.5 months ahead of schedule.
- QA contributor for 200 sound design patches for Arturia's new flagship analog VST.
- QA contributor for 300 patches in the Beyond series (Beyond Electronica/Indie/Ballads).
- Developed 'Sunny', a local AnythingLLM Llama 3.1 model trained on Arturia's synth manuals to assist with sound synthesis.
- Hosted masterclasses in AI/sound-design integration for the Arturia sound design team.
- Currently leading sound design for the new Polybrute 12 sound bank: Metro.
Audio Producer & Director | From Afar Ltd. | Jan 2018 – Present
- Provide songwriting, composition, production, string-arrangement, performance (guitar/bass), sound design, and editing for professional band 'The World Without You' and solo alias 'SXMNIUM'.
- Currently finalizing productions for new albums set to be mixed by George Lever (Sleep Token, Loathe).
- Designed over 1,000+ presets for contemporary soft-synths.
- Previously signed to American rock record label Betternoise Records; relocated to Los Angeles on a J-1 artists' visa to work in studios across West Hollywood and Burbank.
Educator (Weekends) | Deathcorp | Sep 2024 – Present
- Founded Deathcorp as an educational service that synthesises classical pedagogy with modern production.
- Coded the site (HTML/CSS/JS), filmed/graded/edited all visual content (DaVinci), and created AILA (ElevenLabs API/OpenAI API4) - Deathcorp's AI assistant for lesson booking.
- Created the custom M4L devices: Deathverb (reverb/bitcrusher) & Voidswarm (chorus).
- Created custom python scripts for Sharp batch image editing & conversion, and ProRes YouTube video upload.
Education
Postgraduate Professional Mentorship in Orchestral Composition, 2026 (Ongoing)
Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin
BMus Classical Composition (Honours), 2025
Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin