Kevin Lavitt

Kevin Lavitt

Sound Design in Seattle, Wa

About

Sound Designer | Audio Artist

Ableton Live | Pro Tools | Wwise | Unreal Engine 5 | Jira | Davinci Resolve

Work Experience

2011 — Now
Los Angeles, CA | Seattle, WA

Produced music to various creative endeavors, earning credits including Sango, Miami Horror, Lophiile, Parisalexa, Tim Atlas, Heavy Mellow, and more. Partnered with brands including Hulu, Quincy Jones Foundation, Ableton, Microsoft, Red Bull, Output, Blue Note, and Th3rdbrain.

Grew my music production services via social media campaigns and grassroots efforts, increasing social following 1150% in one year and reaching over 47k monthly listeners on Spotify.

Partnered with musicians in Indonesia to collaboratively record songs across time zones and language barriers, reaching 3.9M+ plays on Spotify.

2018 — 2023
Los Angeles, CA | Seattle, WA

• Worked as a highly cross-departmental shared resource (engineering, gui, marketing, product stakeholders) who's day to day spanned across prototyping, FX implementation, source recording, debugging, metadata creation & management, vendor management and all other audio-centric tasks required to successfully steward a product’s lifecycle.
• Created and managed preset libraries, ensuring sonic signature of each title was appropriately represented.
• Led process to leverage wavetable synthesis audio format including research, documentation, and design.
• Oversaw preset design process and management of entire over 100 patches worth of library content for vintage keyboard studio software product (Electra 88 Vintage Keyboard Studio).

  • Opal Morphing Synthesizer: 2023 TEC Award Winner in Music Instrument Software

  • Electra 88: 2024 TEC Award Nominee in Music Instrument Software

2018 — 2019
Los Angeles, CA

Composed 400+ original music loops (mixed, mastered, and formatted to specifications) to include in launch of Output Inc’s Arcade platform. These compositions are now used as “creative starts” for all Arcade subscribers.

Designed original performable instruments from personally sampled audio sources to avoid usage of tools that would conflict with IP agreements.

Consulted on musical direction and contributed to creative meetings to provide expertise for upcoming releases.

2017 — 2019
Los Angeles, CA

Developed curriculum and led instruction focused on Ableton proficiency, sound design, music theory, and arrangement. Instructed over 100 students and held one-on-one office hours and mentorship sessions.

Outlined and implemented a one-year Composition and Music Theory course, which integrated instrumental proficiency with modern music production techniques.

Hosted workshops and weekend drop-in classes for the public.

Projects

2024

My most recent Wwise demo reel showcasing a BTS look at how I approach Sound Design and audio implementation

2022

As a Sound Designer, it was a dream come true to work on this stunning Rhodes studio suite. I contributed to prototypes, UX design, managed preset creation and was a vital tester during all phases of development.

2022

My main roles in helping get this stunningly faithful Hammond B3 emulation to market was prototyping, preset design and ceaseless testing.

2021

This beast of a synth was an absolute joy to contribute to! I spearheaded the research and development for wavetable design, contributed to UX decisions and managed a talented team of sound designers during the extensive preset creation phase.

2019

As a contracted content creator for Output's "playable sample library", Arcade, I composed 400+ unique loops using software instruments I built from original recordings, found sounds and synthesis techniques.

Contact

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