My name is Beau Sorenson.
I am a freelance audio professional (producer / mixer / engineer) living in California.
I write, record, and remix music as Beaunoise.
As producer / engineer, I’ve worked on multiple albums for Death Cab for Cutie, Bob Mould, Superchunk, Thao and the Get Down Stay Down and Mac McCaughan, as well as albums for Tune-yards, Mike Krol, The Dodos, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Sparklehorse, Field Report, Jars of Clay, Yellow Ostrich, Camera Obscura, and many more.
I’ve engineered sessions for Chris Walla, Merrill Garbus, Tucker Martine, Butch Vig, John Vanderslice, Dangermouse, Ryan Hewitt and Al Weatherhead, and I’ve made records that have been released on 4AD, Atlantic, Capitol, Polyvinyl, Barsuk, Astralwerks, Ninja Tune – plus ten or so releases for Merge.
While music production is my primary focus, I have experience composing audio for picture, producing audio for podcasts, and mastering music for digital release. I have also worked as a studio tech, taught audio engineering, and consulted on studio construction and design. I work primarily in Pro Tools but I am comfortable working in Logic, Ableton, or Reaper (or on tape)!
I spend a fair amount of my free time with synthesizers.
I spent six years as a staff engineer at Smart Studios in Madison, WI before leaving to work freelance. I am a staff engineer at John Vanderslice’s Tiny Telephone studio and spend a lot of my time there, but I do work at other studios as well. I love making records.
For more information, check out my interview in TapeOp.