Bio
Owner: Zachary Dalton Cook
I’m a Recording Arts B.S. (2017) from Full Sail University. In addition, I earned the Advanced Achievement Award, and course director awards in Critical Listening and Music Business.
I own and operate The Sound Experiments, working as a freelance Audio Engineer.
I specalize in Sound Effects, Production and Post production Mixing and Editing, VR Game Audio and Implementation, and Haptics. I’m immensely passionate about all things sound and music related. I’ve been a musician for over 15 years, proficient in drums and guitar, as well as composing original music and producing new artist.
My areas of expertise are in audio creation, editing, implementation, testing, Ambisonic sound recordings with implementing into game or linear media, creating vibrations for experimental Haptic drivers.
I am extremely well trained and experienced in both studio, field and live recordings, using a variaty of high end recording equipment. I'm proficient using industry software and hardware such as ProTools Ultimate, Logic-X, WWISE, Unreal 4/5 (for game audio implementing) and Perforce.
Expert in using SSL, Neve, API, Avid, DigiCo, Yamaha, Midas and Sound Devices mixers.
Other areas of expertise include FOH, Monitors, IEM, IFB, cable management, hanging Line Array, tuning rooms for live shows, and other A1&A2 duties.
Extensive knowledge of various software from Universal Audio, Melodyne, Waves, iZotope, Slate, Toontrack, Neural DSP, Native Instruments, QLab, Impulse Response Utility and more.
CREDITS
Film/TV/Commercial
-Green Hornet [(Film) Foley]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2Y8YFBdNzc
-Jason Ricci (Music Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6Xa0BDfSXs
-Goals and Shit (Short)
-The Jeff Show Movie (Film)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xu3DrAUPO8
-CBS The Recruit (3 episode TV Show)
http://www.circle8productions.com
-Two Lovers (Film)
-The Last Problem (Film)
-Invia Robotics (Advert)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uyJUBb3izo
-RacHell (Film)
-Benjamin (Film)
https://filmfreeway.com/Benjamin2018
-Exile (Film)
-Big Questions Big Answers (TV)
-Motherisim (Film, shot on 16mm)
https://tv.booooooom.com/2020/05/18/motherism-tamara-santos-meredith-adelaide/
-A Weekend Abroad (Film)
-Sentenced (Film)
-I, Challenger
-The Influencers (Series) https://vimeo.com/372700397
-CW Batman Woman Cosplay: Nerdist (TV Show)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZCRmC_2ls0
-Iron Sharpens Iron (TV Show)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFtN_WR21hE
-You Aint Got These (Documentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDY_ryBgKJ8
-BCG (Advert)
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBCGVideo
-Odile (Advert)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjcWkdCeRFk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUG2xuP6Dx8
-Egan Airships Plimp [(Advert) Editing]
-Lego Hidden Side (Animated Series, 3 Episodes and Debut Trailer)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnHa4Cd03B0
-Monster Hunter: Legends of the Guild (Animated Film)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE2xjysCF30
-Chris Stapleton - Second One To Know (Music Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zRVuDKxhX8
-Judge Gray - 3 Pilot Episodes (Court Drama)
-Apocolapse Plan B by CBC (Documentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEZJNGOop9g
-Vicarious (Full Feature 2024)
-Birthing Justice by Peoples TV (Documentary)
Games
-Aliens: Decent VR 2018 (Sound Design, Haptics, Implementation) https://www.yelp.com/biz/alien-descent-orange
-Untitled Pacific Rim VR 2019 [Cancelled] (Sound Design, Haptic Vest, Implementation)
Recording/Mixing
Zandi Cabiltes “Strike You Down (Synth Mix)”
The Jeff Show Movie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xu3DrAUPO8
Half Light “One Day” https://youtu.be/0MyFASXXuf8
Pavlovs Bell “Solipsis” https://pavlovsbell.bandcamp.com/track/solipsis
George Grossman “Alone Tonight”
ZELX “Create And Annihilate https://www.amazon.com/Create-Annihilate-Zelx/dp/B00Q3J9M60
Producer
Half Light “One Day”
Pavlovs Bell “Solipsis”
Danielle- Beard Song https://www.facebook.com/zakster90/videos/2336495693030676/
Live Shows/Entertainment
-WWE NXT tapings of 2016 at Full Sail University (Student Crew/A2)
-CCW (Coastal Championship Wrestling) Bash At The Brew (Sound Engineer)