ASTRAL SOUND NYC Astral Spatial

Chloe Alexandra Thompson is a highly skilled engineer, spatial audio specialist, creative technologist, former Meow Wolf Audio Designer and former Director of IT. She has worked extensively on design, engineering, implementation, and content for High Density Loud Speaker arrays ranging from 32 – 148 speakers, and has led extensive Research and Development projects, including work with sound holograms using Wave Field Synthesis. She has extensive experience with interactive programming across several systems, and systems programming including QSYS, MaxMSP, and other code based systems.
In 2020 she was reached out to by Cycling’74 to join the first cohort of Max Certified Trainers in launching the program where she has specialized in instruction around designing interactive sound environments and spatial audio. In 2021 she presented as a subject matter expert with the Audio Engineering Society on Wave Field Synthesis. She has also worked with smaller scale systems ranging from 4 – 32 speaker systems, and implemented designs and systems with retail clients, artists, theater and performance spaces across the country and internationally.

Andrew Fox is an accomplished spatial audio creator, mix engineer, and systems designer. From 2020-2022 he was the music and audio director at The Museum of Future Experiences (MoFE), a VR and ambisonics theater space in the heart of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. At MoFE, he led the curation and production of original works from internationally renowned artists and composers, translating their musical compositions into the spatial paradigm, creating original sound design for MoFE’s programming, as well as adapting existing works in Dolby Atmos and other surround formats to the 13.1 speaker system at MoFE.
At his studio Astral Sound, Fox has mixed commercial records in Dolby Atmos for Sony/Universal, Netflix, Domino Records, Polyvinyl and Mexican Summer. Additionally, he has advised and provided technical audio support for large-scale art installations at BRIC Brooklyn, Green-Wood Cemetery and for the Public Art Fund.

Michael Amacio is a live sound engineer, production manager and composer. His interest in audio engineering began as a studio assistant to Blondie’s keyboardist, Jimmy Destri. As his practice later deepened between NYC venues like Output and MoMA PS1, this led into touring with artists such as The Magnetic Fields and Sevdaliza. As audio supervisor for Quo Vadis Productions, he ensured high-quality sound for events featuring artists like Alessandro Cortini, Hiro Kone, and Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe.

Michael also works as a personal sound engineer for photographer Richard Mosse, tuning audio for his multi-channel installations as they come. In 2022, he was Production Manager for Sam Green’s immersive live documentary 32 Sounds and has toured with The Philip Glass Ensemble since 2021 in the same role. His compositions explore sound documentation techniques using various microphones and spatial formations, first performed at Fridman Gallery and later expanded upon through research in Yucatán, MX.