MICHAL VALENT

Wolkrova 27, 85101

Bratislava, Slovakia
+421908125920
destereoklang@gmail.com
EDUCATION:
2009 - 2010

Middlesex University, Department of Sound Arts, London UK

Electronics, Programming

2008 - 2009

Academy of Performing Arts, Department of Sound Design and Music Technology, Bratislava Slovakia
Music Technology, Electronics, Programming

2002 - 2006

Secondary Technical School of Building, Bratislava Slovakia

Building Technology (A level Slovak, English, Building Technology)

WORKING EXPERIENCE:
2015 - Present

Freelancer
System Technician, System Engineer, FOH mixer, MON mixer

2014 - 2015

AudioRent Clair, Basel Switzerland

Work position:
Work description:

2013 - 2014

System programmer, Digital System Specialist, Speakers Department Manager

Programming amplifiers according to the specific situation, cabling and input options, AES,
Dante, signal flow programming from source to destination,Switches and AP's
programming, Mixing consoles adjusting, testing and quality checking of the whole signal
flow. Technical solutions for digital system distribution.
Technical Support, Field Service Engineer
Speaker Department Manager: Responsible for all testing, measuring and repairing of
custom speakers. Reconing, Rigging parts maintenance.

Freelancer
System Technician, System Engineer, FOH mixer, MON mixer

2011 - 2013

Clair UK, Luton UK and AudioRent Clair, Basel Switzerland

Work position:
Work description:

2007 - 2011

Mixing Console Service Technician/ Digital System Specialist

Programming, testing, maintenance and repairing of mixing consoles, effects etc.
Development of new digital technologies, tour support, field service engineer.
Speaker Department Manager: Responsible for all testing, measuring and repairing of
custom speakers. Reconing, Rigging parts maintenance.
Programming amplifiers according to the specific situation, cabling and input options, AES,
Dante, signal flow programming from source to destination,
Switches and AP's programming, Mixing consoles adjusting, testing and quality checking of
the whole signal flow. Technical solutions for digital system distribution

Freelancer
Slovak Television, Bratislava: Sound Technician, Outside Broadcasting Technician
Amex Audio, Bratislava: Patchmaster, Stage Tech, FOH/MON, System Engineer
T Servis, Prague: System Technician, System Engineer, FOH, MONS, Sound equipment maintenance and
service

SELECTED SHOWS AND TOURS:

System programmer - Black Sabbath, The Rolling Stones, Elton John, Vasco Rossi, Garth Brooks (system
programmed, show cancelled), Alter Bridge, P. McCartney, Lionel Richie, AC/DC
System Technician - Iron Maiden, Sensation White tour (2011 & 2013), Andrea Bocelli tour, Slayer, Megadeth,
Vasco Rossi tour 2015
Mixing Console Service Tech - Dream Theater, E.John, Bruno Mars, Trivium, P. McCartney, R. Stones
Monitor System Engineer/Mixer - Heaven Shall Burn, Hypocrisy, Satyricon, Cavalera Conspiracy, Pohoda
Festival, Nova Rock
System Engineer - PetShopBoys, Pohoda Festival, Camouflage
FOH Assistant - Therion, Moonspell, Incognito
TRAINING:
L'Acoustics K1 a Soundvision training - K1 System Technician
Clair Tour Engineer Level 2(System Engineer)
D.A.S. Audio a Ease Focus training - D.A.S. Aero Series System Technician

Shure Wireless systems training

Sennheiser Wireless systems training
DiGiCo SD Series training
DigiDesign Venue Series + Service training
C++, Object Oriented Programming (ongoing)
CM Lodestar - Repair, Maintenance Revision
Optocore training
Studer Vista series training
TCP/IP, Wifi
Digital Signal Processing
Electronics
Midas Pro Series
Cisco Network Switch Programming
Audinate Dante

COMPUTER ABILITIES:
OSX, Windows, HTML, Dolby Lake Controller,
Soundvision, Ease Focus, Smaart, Max/ Msp,
Pure Data, Supercollider, Sennheiser WSM,
Shure WSM, Clair Align Array, TCP/IP
Programming, Wireless and Radio Frequency
Programming, Dante Controller, Access Points and Switches,
Liberty ASA, MLSSA(ongoning), Pro Tools, Nuendo
IAS - Professional Wireless
HARDWARE KNOWLEDGE:
Dolby Lake, Mikrotik Switches & various AP's, Riedel Artist and Performer series + Rocknet, Lab Gruppen PLM
and LM Series, Yamaha Rio,
Digidesign Venue Series, DiGiCo D & SD Series, Waves Sound Grid, Yamaha QL/CL 5, PM1D, PM5D, CL7, Midas
Pro Series, Soundcraft V series
L'Acoustics K1/K2, Kudo; Meyer Sound Milo, Lyon ; D.A.S. Audio Aero 50; Clair i5, i3, CO8, i5D
LANGUAGE ABILITIES:
English - fluent
Slovak - native
Czech - fluent
German - basic
Croatian - intermediate
REFERENCES:
Phil Nuenlist, Project Leader/Crew Chief, AudioRentClair, pnuenlist@audiorentclair.com
Patrick Kvaka - Technical Manager, Q99 Slovakia, +421918636933