Mike Thornton

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

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ABOUT MIKE THORNTON

Mike has worked in the broadcast audio industry for all his working life, some 45 years, firstly as a broadcast engineer at Marconi and then at Piccadilly Radio & Key 103. He has also been an OB engineer for Piccadilly Radio and then with his own sound OB truck, Omnibuss Mobile. He has worked with Pro Tools since the mid-90s, growing up with it when it was four tracks on a good day with a following wind! Using Pro Tools, he has been recording, editing and mixing documentaries, comedy and drama for both radio and TV, as well as doing the occasional music project. Add to that providing 24/7 Pro Tools support for 15 years, as well as being a broadcast audio consultant & trainer. He has been described as ‘an oasis of calm in a stormy creative world; quick, creative & easy to work with; always going the extra mile, and invests himself in the success of your project’. Regular readers of Sound on Sound would have been familiar with Mike’s Pro Tools column. Then Mike joined forces with Russ Hughes and launched Pro Tools Expert. Mike became Deputy Editor, then Editor and finally Chief Operating Officer of Production Expert, the home of Pro Tools Expert. In retirement, Mike has taken on the role of company chairman. Mike was also known as \'Mr RX It\' having provided training and tips & tricks on iZotope\'s RX software and \'Mr Loudness\' with his popular loudness training resources. Specialities: Audio dubbing editor & mixer Avid Digidesign Pro Tools specialist Facility based in Prestwich, North Manchester Multi-platform experience in radio TV and online Pro Tools consultant and 24/7 support Pro Tools training 5.1 Surround training and workflow consultant iZotope RX specialist and trainer Broadcast Loudness consultant and trainer