Sound design is an artful alchemy of crafting auditory magic, weaving together a symphony of sounds to enhance the visual storytelling of media. It’s a symphony of capturing, editing, and mixing sounds, whether it be dialogue, ambiance, effects, or music, to transport the audience into the story, to make them feel the emotion, to be part of the scene
Hello,
I’m Stefano Maccarelli, and I am a sound designer, music designer, and sound technician with over 23 years of experience.
I approached the world of audio, sampling, and music already as a teenager. At around the age of 14, I started my experiments with the Amiga 500 and the first sampler. From that time, the passion grew.
I took a few piano lessons, after which my musical studies were mostly self-taught, eventually leading me to enroll in Rossellini College, where, among other subjects, I also delved into Cinematic Musical Language and Audio.
I love my work very much, I am a perfectionist, and I enjoy working in environments of excellence, but I can adapt to different contexts.
I respect others and appreciate being respected.
I am passionate about technology and art.
My preferred work platforms are: Nuendo, ProTools and Kontak
I have been fortunate enough to win several international awards as a Sound Designer, and Music Composer. Throughout my provessional journey, I have had the honor of meeting and working great professionals and artists who have all contribuited to my personal and professional growth, and for this I am grateful to all.
I am enthusiastic about video, photography, computers, video games, and, of course, music and cinema.
I enjoy doing sports when I have the time.
One of the things I like most about my job is that you never stop learning.
After all, we’re always students.
Here you can find my more detailed Curriculum Vitae.
AWARDS
- Best 2023 Sample Library – Atlantis 3 – Sample Library Review
- Best 2022 Sample Library – Elements CR – Sample Library Review
- Best 2022 Sample Library – Atlantis 2 – Sample Library Review
- Best 2021 Sample Library – Elements – Sample Library Review
- Best 2021 Sample Library – Sahara Voices -Sample Library Review
- Best 2020 Sample Library – Ethera Gold – Sample Library Review
- Bronze Award – Promax DBA 2018 – Best Use of an Original Music
- Gold Award – Promax DBA 2018 – Gold Award – Best Use of an Original Music
- Bronze Award – New York Festival 2014 – Best Original Music
- Gold Award – New York Festival 2014 – Best Original Music
- Gold Award – Promax Europe 2012- Best Original Music
- Gold Award – New York Festival 2011 – Best Sound Design
- Silver Award – Promax World 2010 – Best Sound Design”
- Finalist Cetrificate – New York Festival 2009 – Best Original Music
What Can I Do:
- Sound Design
- Sound Effects
- Sound Editor
- Music Composer – Music Designer
- Re-Recording Mixer ( Stereo & Multichannel )
- Sound Field Recording
- Sample Library Developer
- Music Technologies
- Teaching
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“I am still fascinated by his musical work too, also after so many, fourteen years! Of course not all of his titles arrive for all listeners, but a handful of compositions by him are so sensitive that they can trigger real or fantastic emotions! You have to differentiate between songwriters and sound designers. The sound designer Stefano, almost overlaps the limits of harmony, but still remains contextual, extremely diverse in the ductus, with varying tension-producing high points. This are then skilfully flicked off again, with a so coloured high contrast! “
JOHANN A.G BALOGHY | DESIGNER
“I have had the pleasure to have Stefano in my team at Fox for 10 years. He has always highly contributed with his tremendously skilled sound designs and music compositions, to the success of the promotional campaigns. He is a very talented artist, with extremely solid technical knowledge. On the personal level, Stefano is a very nice person and working with him is a very rewarding experience. I highly recommend him for any audio or music project, either as a freelancer or for long term cooperation.”
Alessandro Travaglini | Fraunhofer IIS
“I had the honor to work with Stefano for ten years at Fox Networks Group. His talent as musician, composer and sound designer elevated our editing to a higher level. I remember particularly the powerful original music he composed for History Channel’s “Mankind”, among the many pieces for which he won awards for during those years. Amazing professional to work with”
MARINA DE PEDRO – SENIOR EDITOR
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