Benjamin Wachter Email & Phone Number

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Troubleshoot, diagnose and repair professional audio equipment including: mixing consoles, keyboards and synths, power amplifiers, pre-amps, compressors, pedals, tube amplifiers.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Set-up, strike, and operation of audio equipment for various events needing sound service.Maintenance and repair of audio equipment.Operation of audio equipment from companies such as DBX, Soundcraft, Yamaha, Midas, Klark Technik, TC Electronics, Grund, JBL, Crown, and many more.Troubleshooting and solving technical issues before and during events, as well as through the design process.

· Repair a variety of electronics equipment such as LED lighting, audio mixers and effects, 220V sky searcher, and custom fog machines · Design and build over 50 large props, specific to events · Install and maintain 8 security cameras, including the IT work necessary for remote viewing · Operate lighting, sound, and video equipment for over 200 events including weddings, corporate events, and charity fundraisers · Manage small teams of individuals on the site of 30 live productions · Assist with day to day office work, including working with relationships with clients and outside contractors

· Set-up, troubleshoot, and produce over 100 live productions with technical duties · Train over 20 home studio owners on three major necessary recording software and hardware · Engineer the recording of local albums, 5 of which were produced in various studio environments, mixing and editing more than 20 songs · Advise the purchase of equipment for 12 home studios and two production companies

· Assisted Chair of Electronics program with any necessary paperwork and general duties · Facilitated laboratory work in 2 classes (AC and DC electronics), helping 15 students with building and analyzing circuitry · Designed and built a Jacob's Ladder for demonstration in electronics courses · Organized and maintained component bins in laboratories

· Consecutively sold in the top 5% of the stores monthly goals for over one year, with more than $30,000 in gross sales · Built a customer base with more than 50 clients who depended upon my expertise for their equipment purchases · Trained 5 new hires (including store's current department manager) in sales, merchandising, and equipment · Held position of acting department manager, working on a part-time basis for more than 6 months · Prepared creative displays for more than 12 major sales events

· Wrote and published over 60 pages of material for two issues of a local magazine · Engineered and assisted on the creation of more than 12 local albums · Designed and created album artwork for 2 albums · Developed 10+ company press releases and the only acting business plan for capital funding · Co-designed and developed three local music venues · Established a CD duplication business responsible for producing more than 10,000 pressings of local music

Associates, Computer And Electronics Engineering Technology

Activities and Societies: National Technical Honor Society, IEEE Stadium Club

Audio Technology, Audio Engineering And Production