Matthew Ganucheau

phone : 510.350.6300
e-mail : mganucheau@gmail.com
web : www.ganucheau.com
address : 12 Camp
: San Francisco CA 94110
Work.................
07/07 - Current Ex’pression College for Digital Arts : http://www.expression.edu
Instructor : Emeryville, CA
Expression is a trade school specializing in the development of new media.
• Lecturing on topics such as: Max/Msp, Foley, Sound Design & Synthesis
• Advising of students projects
• Developing curriculum for senior level courses.

05/06 - 01/07 Soundflavor : http://www.soundflavor.com/

Music Analyst : San Francisco, CA
Soundflavor is an audio software company specializing in music databases.
• Analyzing 'musical content
• Organizing, managing and maintaining several databases
• QA Development for Soundflavor DJ Software

11/05 - 5/06 BEAM Foundation : http://www.beamfoundation.org/

Technical Manager : Berkeley, CA
The BEAM Foundation is an audio research lab developing new interaction methods between musical
performers.
• Organizing, managing and maintaining an audio research lab / studio
• Debugging and developing Max/MSP applications
• Audio DSP Experience

5/05 – Current Robotspeak : http://www.robotspeak.com

Sales Representative / Instructor : San Francisco, CA
Robotspeak is an independent computer music store.
• Course instructor (Ableton Live, Reason and Max/MSP)
• Private software and studio consulting
• Sales and store maintenance.

1/05 - 7/06 Native Instruments : http://www.native-instruments.com/

Regional Product Specialist / Quality Assurance : Northern California
Native Instruments is a national leader in software instruments ranging from samplers to sound design
applications.
• Managing regional sponsored events including trade-shows
• Hosting Demonstrations and Clinics on NI Software.
• QA, Beta Testing and Patch Development for NI products.
Education.........
     
01’ – 04’ Berklee College of Music : Boston, MA - USA
BA - Music Synthesis

99’ – 01’ Louisiana State University : Baton Rouge, LA - USA

Political Science & Philosophy

Professional Activities..........
2008 Live Spark - Software Lead - ‘Developer of audio controlled flame displays’
2007 National Music Interface Competition - Founder
2007 Yuri’s Night Bay Area - Music and Art Curator
2006 Sparky - Software Lead - ‘Autonomous Telepresence Robot’
2005 The Tribe – Film Score
2005 Façade (PC) – Game Score

Appearances..................
11/07 Arse Electronica - Guest Lecture “Exploring new interfaces by examining function through form”
07/06 Surround Video Performance - Recombinant Media Labs

Misc..................
CD Releases 03/06 : Beneath The Surface
05/04 : Balanc3d - Balanc3d
03/03 : Compilation - Six Records Breaks Your Heart Again

Awards: 2007 Burning Man Art Grant - The Giving Tree

2008 Priceless Art Grant - Color Swarm

Organizations: GANG (Gaming Audio Network Guild)

AES (Audio Engineer Society)
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Software.........
Audio Pro Tools : Logic : Csound : Supercollider
Development Mathmatica : Matlab : Xcode : Applescript : Max/Msp + Jitter : Flash
Languages C++ : Java : PHP : CSS : HTML
Certifications: Logic Pro Certified Level 2