Ithamar Samuel Eshpar

Music Professional, developer, content creator

Israel

About

2015 - present, development of smart musical instruments, in search of friendly and intuitive ways of playing and creating music. Java, Javascript, C#, Max/msp, Arduino, ESP8266, IMU, PureData, Ableton Live. 2007 - present, freelance sound engineer and music programmer for a wide clientele, from high profile commercials (Coca-cola, Ossem, Superpharm) to artistically acclaimed artists like Dudu Tassa, Shalom Hanoch, Ben Artzi and more. 2014 - 2020, Rimon School of Music External Studies, teaching the Avid-certified Pro Tools course (certifies pro tools instructor since 2009) 2017 - 2018, CTO of Dexter Project - the musical personal physiotherapist. Algorithm development, max/msp, arduino, unity, c#, Java, Javascript, SQL. 2010 - 2013, Rimon School of Music, writing and teaching several courses in the arts of sound and music production. 2007 - 2009, Resonance School for Music Technologies, co-teaching the flagship course of sound synthesis and programming. 2002 - 2019, music programmer and mixer for Audio-Id, Israel's leading sonic branding company. Selected clientele includes Hilton Hotels, ICL, Isrotel, Tel Aviv City Hall. 1997 - 2007, Zaza Studios, chief studio engineer in Israel's leading studio at the time. Live recording, mixing and music production for a wide range of clients, from independent artists to top Israeli acts like Shlomo Artzi, Rita, Evyatar Banai, Meir Ariel and many more. 1995 - 1997, Zaza Studios, internship and assistant engineer. 1990 - 1993, IDF, military service as database designer and programmer.

Experience

  • Creator at Freelance
    Mar 2016 - Present · 10 yrs 4 mos

    I am a professional sound engineer and music producer, with a life-long affection to computer programming. My passion is to invent and build devices and software that have a social impact - educational, therapeutical, artistic or simply fun (never underestimate fun!!) I program in Javascript, Java, C# (Unity), C (Arduino), Max/msp, , PureData, and have experience with integrating WiFi (ESP8266 etc), various sensors (Accel/Gyro, RGB, proximity etc) and OSC communication.

  • Sound Engineer, Music Producer at Ithamar Samuel Eshpar
    1995 - Present · 31 yrs 6 mos

    multi-track recording of live players in the anaog studio; "track treatment" (protools 10 with melodyne, beat-detective, vocalign etc.); music programming; vocal coaching and recording; mixing for radio and tv; music production.

  • Sound Specialist at Kardome
    Jun 2022 - Jun 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo

    I designed and performed a series of test test to evaluate the performance of their technology, and produced detailed reports and recommendations for improvement.

  • Full Stack Developer at Yakir Ben-Tov
    Apr 2022 - Mar 2023 · 1 yr

    Design and program two applications for controlling and manipulating hardware synthesizers with MIDI CC, for music and sign design. I also built a hardware prototype for one of the apps as a POC for a hardware device.

  • Protools Certified Instructor at Rimon School for Contemporary Music
    Feb 2010 - Aug 2022 · 12 yrs 7 mos