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Alex P.

Brisbane, Australia

$30/hr
5.0
73 jobs

✅ +7 Years of professional Sound Design & Composition Experience ✅ +15 years Experience in Music Production ✅ +5 Indie Games Shipped (Unity, Fmod) ✅ Mixing and Mastering for All Media (Podcast, TV, Film, Music, Radio, Online, etc) ✅ Custom/Stock Music & Sound Effects Full-time sound designer & composer. I thrive on the technical and creative challenges of bringing projects to life through sound and music. While I’m mainly seeking long-term collaborations, I’m always happy to connect and contribute to short-term projects as well. I've worked on advertisements for groups like BMW and ANZ, have written songs for Universal Music Group and worked for several indie video game studios.

  • Ambient Sound Design
  • Music & Sound Design
  • FMOD
  • Unity
  • Audio Recording
  • Unreal Engine
  • Music
  • Ableton Live
  • Logic Pro
David M.

Melbourne, Australia

$40/hr
5.0
15 jobs

I’m a professional video editor and sound specialist with 7+ years of experience helping creators, brands, and agencies turn raw footage into clean, engaging videos that actually hold attention. I’ve worked across YouTube, Meta ads, TikTok/Reels, and podcasts, focusing on edits that don’t just look good, but feel right. Strong pacing, clear storytelling, and crisp audio always come first. I’m also well across modern high-performing styles, including Alex Hormozi-style edits, fast-paced short-form, subtitles-driven content, and ad creatives built to convert. 🎬 What I can help with: • YouTube videos (faceless, commentary, cash cow, vlogs) • Long-form content with retention-focused editing & storytelling • Short-form content (Reels, TikTok, Shorts) • Branded ads & social campaigns • Explainers, promos & product videos • Motion graphics & animated text overlays • Interviews, testimonials & documentaries • Podcasts (video + audio cleanup) 🎧 Tools I use: Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, and DaVinci Resolve I keep things simple, clean edits, quick communication, and work that does what it’s meant to do. If you want your content to look sharp, sound clean, and keep people watching till the end, send it through.

  • Sound Design
  • Audio Editing
  • Sound Mixing
  • Video Editing
  • Video Editing & Production
  • Video Ad
  • Short Video Ad
  • Audio & Video Sync
  • Video Animation
  • Podcast Editing
  • Instagram Reels
  • YouTube Shorts
  • YouTube Video
  • Motion Graphics
  • Video Color Correction
  • Video Enhancement
  • Video Design
  • Video Intro & Outro
  • Video Production
  • AI Video Generation
Anastasiia M.

Melbourne, Australia

$50/hr
5.0
27 jobs

𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 - 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜’𝗺 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲. For over eight years, I’ve been sculpting audio that does more than just fill space. I create sounds that tell 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗸𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, and 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 into every moment. ‘𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬’ lies at the very core of my work. Whether it’s 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼, 𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲𝘀, or 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀, I ensure every sound is seamlessly woven in - designed to 𝗲𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁. 𝐌𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 ▹ Custom Sound Design ▹ Unique Sound Effects for Movies, Games, 2D/3D Animations and Motion Graphics ▹ Audio Editing and Restoration (SFX, Backgrounds, Foley, Dialogue) ▹ Interactive Audio Integration (Wwise / FMOD / Unreal Engine/ Unity) ▹ Sound Mixing for Games, Films, TV shows and Videos 𝐌𝐲 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 ◦ Pro Tools | Nuendo ◦ iZotope RX ◦ Unreal Engine | Unity ◦ FMOD | Wwise ◦ C++ I specialize in crafting unique, expressive sound using 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀, and 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹-𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀. My goal is always the same: to deliver audio that feels 𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵, 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲, and 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗲 with your creative vision. Ready to bring your world to life through sound? Click ‘Message’ and let’s create some sound magic together. ✨

  • Sound Design
  • Ambient Sound Design
  • Audio Editing
  • Music & Sound Design
  • Sound Mixing
  • Game Audio
  • Custom Sound Effects
  • Audio Engine
  • Dialogue Editing
  • Audio Post Production
  • Avid Pro Tools
  • Nuendo
  • iZotope RX
  • FMOD
Lachlan K.

Canberra, Australia

$65/hr
5.0
18 jobs

Hi, I'm Lachlan, an Australian-based editor, colourist, and sound designer. I’m the recipient of the 2025 Australian Screen Editors Guild Ellie Award for Most Outstanding Early Career Editor, and an award-winning sound designer with over half a decade of experience in post-production. My experience spans television documentaries, TV commercials, brand films, and award-winning independent short films. I love crafting compelling narratives, refining visual aesthetics, and delivering high-quality results. I currently work alongside my wife at our small post-production studio Postglacial.

  • Sound Design
  • DaVinci Resolve
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Color Grading
  • Dialogue Editing
  • Video Editing
  • Non-Linear Editing
  • Blackmagic Fusion
  • Film Editing
  • Motion Graphics
Daniel E.

Melbourne, Australia

$65/hr
5.0
2 jobs

I'm Daniel — a sound designer and music producer based in Australia, with 8+ years of daily production experience and formal training from Liveschool Sydney, Australia's premier Ableton Certified Training Center. My original productions have generated hundreds of thousands of streams across Spotify and SoundCloud, with releases reaching #3 on the Beatport charts in their genres. I design sound that's clean, considered, and built for the format it lives in — whether that's a 0.3-second app notification heard a hundred times a day, a sonic identity that defines a brand, or an original score that lands the exact emotional beat a video needs. WHAT I DO • UI & app sound design — notification tones, confirmations, micro-interactions, full audio brand packs • AI audio production — voice cloning, AI voiceover (ElevenLabs & similar), AI-assisted music and sound design, audio cleanup and restoration for AI-generated content • Sonic branding — signature audio identities for startups, products, and apps • Original music & scoring — custom tracks for video, ads, AI content, and brand work • Sound design for video — cinematic textures, transitions, impacts, ambience • Synthesis & sound creation — bespoke patches, one-shots, sample design, custom sound packs • Mixing & mastering — release-ready audio across genres TRAINING • Liveschool Sydney — Ableton Certified Training Center. 1-year Produce Music program covering production, sound design, synthesis, arrangement, and mixing under Ableton Certified Trainers and working industry producers. • Mr. Bill Masterclasses — advanced sound design and synthesis with one of the world's most respected technical producers. Deep training in wavetable, granular, FM, and modulation-based sound creation. • Harderclass — production masterclasses with industry-leading producers. STUDIO & TOOLKIT Software: • DAW: Ableton Live Suite (Operator, Wavetable, Sampler, Simpler, M4L, full stock chain) • Synthesis: Serum 2, Vital, Humanoid, PaulXStretch • Mixing & processing: FabFilter Pro Suite, SoundToys Suite, Waves Audio, iZotope Trash, KHS Suite • Mastering: iZotope Ozone Suite, LANDR • Spatial & reverb: Valhalla DSP Suite (Supermassive, VintageVerb, Plate, Delay), stereo imaging tools • AI audio tools: ElevenLabs (voice cloning & AI voiceover) Suno / Udio (AI music reference & production) • AI audio restoration & enhancement tools • Creative FX & motion: Lifeline Expanse, Tantra 2, Endless Smile, Transit 2, Flux Mini 2, Kickstart 2 Hardware: • MacBook Pro • SSL2+ audio interface • Yamaha HS7 monitors • Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro closed-back headphones TRACK RECORD • Hundreds of thousands of streams across Spotify & SoundCloud • #3 on Beatport charts (genre release) • 8+ years producing and releasing professionally • Ableton Certified Training Center graduate HOW I WORK Fast, communicative, and detail-obsessed. Every brief gets treated like the small stuff matters — because in audio, it always does. One round of revisions included as standard, all deliverables in WAV and MP3 (or your preferred format), full commercial rights transferred on completion. Open to one-off projects, ongoing retainers, and white-label work for agencies. Drop me a message and let's talk about what you're building.

  • Sound Design
  • Audio Editing
  • Audio Production
  • Sound Mixing
  • Music Production
  • Stem Mixing & Mastering
  • Ableton Live
  • Custom Sound Effects
  • Sound Synthesis
  • Foley Effects
  • Music Arrangement
Kyle B.

Frankston, Australia

$25/hr
4.9
34 jobs

I use a combination of dynamic processing and creative decisions to enhance an audiences listening experience. This includes podcasts, short films, and interview formats. I'm available for dialogue editing, noise reduction, sound design, podcast production, and creating of social media materials.

  • Audio Editing
  • Audio Mastering
  • Audio Production
  • Avid Pro Tools
  • Ableton Live
  • Podcast
  • Audio Post Production
  • Podcast Production

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