Bellew Audio
About Me
Hi there I'm James. Ever since i was a child music seemed to be the lifeblood of my life. My mother and father introduced me to musical greats and they have been some of my favourites for years. As well as a vast knowledge of musical styles and genres i have had some experience playing the piano as well as the trombone. Now I am passionate about developing my technical musical skills and producing high quality music for my clients.
My Work
The Soundspace
This section holds information on all my completed projects, the menu at the top will take you to my latest project. I will be updating it frequently throughout my career as an audio engineer and beyond to create the best possible array of projects to broaden my potential as a sound engineer.
Tom Favell EP
A recording project for a singer songwriter named Tom Favell. He came to me with an EP he wanted recording and mixed. Over four sessions we recorded four songs, recording drums, electric and acoustic guitar, bass, and vocals. This project allowed me to further my understanding of the recording process and mixing process in addition to making me more comfortable liaising with clients. The tracks were given to the client for mastering, Catching Trails was recorded and mixed prior to this project by a different engineer.
Unrecord Trailer
A notable piece of work I produced as part of my course was the Unrecord trailer. For this project our brief was to take a game trailer or short and design the sound in its entirety. I chose Unrecord, a game with hyper-realistic visuals as I wanted to challenge myself and see if I could create a realistic soundscape. The standout sounds that I designed are the gunshot sounds as I created these out of instrumental samples. For this project I scored 68/100
Mammut Norway
Promotional Video
As part of my second year of my Audio Engineering and Production course, I had to undertake a video editing project. This project was intended to widen our skills when it came to producing content, allowing us to be able to edit video as well as edit, mix and master audio for visual media. Three separate cuts of the video had to be made, 1 minute, 30 second, and 15 second as if we were editing the advert for TV as this is how companies will run an advertising campaign. For this specific project I scored 70/100.
Mammut Norway
Henry Nicholls EP
At the start of 2025 I undertook another EP project for singer songwriter Henry Nicholls. The really challenged my ability as an engineer as I struggled with mixing the project, even though the tracks consist of no more than four elements, finding the write balance will all of the instruments proved to be difficult. Over two sessions four songs were recorded, mixed, and mastered. This was the first project I recorded mixed and mastered solo.
Skills
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Recording (studio, live, field)
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Mixing (balancing levels, EQ, compression, reverb, automation)
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Mastering (final polish, loudness normalization, stereo imaging)
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Editing (cutting, comping, noise reduction, pitch/time correction)
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Signal flow & gain staging
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Session organization & file management
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Film/TV: Dialogue editing, ADR, Foley, surround mixing
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DAWs: Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Ableton Live
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Plugins: iZotope, FabFilter, UAD
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MIDI sequencing & virtual instruments
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Sampling & synthesis
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Automation & routing in DAWs
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Live sound: Front-of-house mixing, stage monitoring, feedback control
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Sound design (synthesis, Foley, sample manipulation)
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Microphone techniques (vocals, instruments, ensembles, Foley)
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Preamps, compressors, EQs, channel strips
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Patch bays, outboard gear, analog vs. digital workflows
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Monitoring systems (studio monitors, headphones, acoustics)
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Audio interfaces & converters
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Critical listening & ear training (frequency recognition, dynamic balance)
