01 / 15 X/UI AUDIO WORK
PUFFY LOGO
X/UI AUDIO DESIGNER
PERSONAL AUDIO PRACTICE / NEW YORK
MAXIMMARTINEZ
- AUDIO ENGINEERING
- SOUND DESIGN
- WEB DEVELOPMENT
Sound in motion.
Stories in detail.
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MUSIC MIX / 2025
SI EL RÍOSUENA
ROLE / MIXING & MASTERING ENGINEER
Mixed and mastered for Malco, an independent Dominican artist based in the United Kingdom.
A warm, intimate record shaped with rhythmic weight, clarity and natural movement.
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COMPOSITION / GENERATIVE AUDIO / 2025
FREQUENCYSTUDIES
Layered recordings reorganized into a living system.
Personal concept — final credit pending.
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MM—SELECTED / MOTION + AUDIO15 WORKS / CASE STUDIES + AUTOPLAY REEL
02 / 15 CASE STUDY / MIX APPROACHSOFT FORM.
SOFT FORM.
DEFINED SOUND.
The picture language is rounded, tactile and weightless. The sound mix follows that same rule: softened transients, clear depth and no brittle edges.
MOVE THE CURSOR / TAP A MIX LAYER
BODY / Filtered impacts and pitched fabric give the character weight without introducing a hard edge.
03 / 15 X/UI AUDIO CAMPAIGNPUFFY
PUFFY
IN MOTION
CAMPAIGN FILM / X/UI AUDIO DESIGNER
04 / 15 PUFFY CAMPAIGN / AUDIO BREAKDOWNFOLEY AND
FOLEY AND
SOUND DESIGN
Four tactile layers turn the character's softness into a physical performance. Move across the card, then isolate a layer to follow the mix.
MOVE TO SHAPE THE FIELD / TAP TO ISOLATE A LAYER
CLOTH / Close fabric rubs and stretched textures translate the soft surface into audible movement.
05 / 15 CAR STUDY / TITLE FILMCAR
CAR
COMMERCIAL
PICTURE / MOTION / COMMERCIAL WORK
06 / 15 CASE STUDY / SONIC APPROACHTORQUE
TORQUE
IN SOUND.
The mix turns speed into a controlled arc: low-frequency authority, directional movement and cut-specific detail—each given room to breathe.
MOVE TO DRIVE THE METER / TAP A SONIC LAYER
ENGINE / Layered engine bands follow acceleration while controlled sub energy gives the picture power without masking the edit.
01 / 03MOVEMENT
02 / 03SPATIAL
03 / 03IMMERSIVE
EXTREME SPORTS / LINKED FILM
10 / 15 EXTREME SPORTSEXTREME
SPORTS
ESTABLISHING ATMOSPHERE / SOUND FOR MOTION
EXTREME SPORTS / LINKED FILM
11 / 15 EXTREME SPORTSINTO THE
VALLEY
CONTINUATION / SOUND FOR MOTION
12 / 15 EXTREME SPORTS / SONIC APPROACHMOTION UNDER
MOTION UNDER
PRESSURE.
Cold air, body movement and distant terrain are separated into clear planes so scale and speed stay legible without overloading the picture.
MOVE ACROSS THE TERRAIN / TAP TO ISOLATE A LAYER
AIR / Layered wind bands establish altitude and exposure while leaving enough space for the movement to remain readable.
13 / 15 TV ADVERTISEMENTTV
TV
COMMERCIAL
ADVERTISEMENT / SOUND DESIGN + MIX
14 / 15 TV COMMERCIAL / MIX APPROACHSOUND FOR
SOUND FOR
THE CUT.
Sound follows the edit in three planes: product detail in the foreground, graphic movement through the middle and a controlled tonal bed beneath it.
MOVE TO SHIFT THE FIELD / TAP TO ISOLATE A LAYER
DETAIL / Close product sounds sit at the front of the mix, giving the picture a specific tactile identity without exaggerating the action.
15 / 15 RESERVED / FUTURE UPLOAD
SONIC LOGO
MEDIA SLOT / SONIC BRANDING
MM / SELECTED WORK / FIVE FIELDS
EXPLORETHEWORK.
Browse the archive by discipline, or keep scrolling to move through the work in sequence.
TEXTURE, IMPACT AND DETAIL BUILT FROM THE GROUND UP.
SOUND DESIGN
STORY FIRST. EVERY CUT, BREATH AND SILENCE IN ITS PLACE.
SOUND FOR MOTION PICTURE
A GROWING PRACTICE IN FRONT-END SYSTEMS AND INTERACTIVE DIGITAL EXPERIENCES.
WEB DEVELOPMENT
END OF THE WORK JOURNEY / BEGINNING OF THE PERSON
THREE FRAMES.
ONE PRACTICE.
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WHO AM I
I’m Maxim Martinez — an audio engineer, sound designer and musician working between technical precision and instinct.
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HOW I LISTEN
I listen for what a story is asking for: the rhythm under the edit, the air around a voice and the detail that makes a world feel real.
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WHAT I BUILD
I build sound with weight, clarity and emotion — from the first field recording to the final mix moving through the room.
2026 — PRESENT
FOUNDER & CREATIVE DIRECTOR
MAXSONOROIndependent creative audio practice.VISIT MAXSONORO →OCT 2025 — JAN 2026
AI AUDIO MODEL TRAINER
MERCOR / REMOTEEvaluated prompts, corrected AI responses and built multimodal annotations for accurate, human-aligned audio systems.APR 2023 — JUL 2026
AUDIO ENGINEER
FOREVER AUDIO / UKRemote voiceover recording, editing, mixing and 3D sound for worldwide digital, radio and brand campaigns.JUN 2022 — PRESENT
FREELANCE MIXING ENGINEER
NO MYSTERY STUDIOS NYCRecording and mixing for music and documentary productions on an SSL AWS 948, with tracking and studio support.OCT 2022 — NOV 2022
AUDIO PRODUCER / EDITOR
VANTAGE HOUSE / THE DELVEPodcast scoring, sound design, dialogue editing, mixing, mastering and organized asset delivery.JUN 2020 — APR 2023
RECORDING / MIXING ENGINEER
SOUND STUDIOS NYCArtist recording, emotionally focused mix development, tracking and daily studio operations.2017 — 2019
AUDIO TECHNOLOGY DIPLOMA
SAE INSTITUTE / NEW YORKTechnical foundation in audio production, recording and engineering. Graduated with a 4.0 GPA.SCROLL TO MOVE THROUGH THE RECORD →
END OF THE ARCHIVE / OPEN TO CONVERSATION