Michael is a freelance system engineer and the author of the book Between the Lines: Concepts in Sound System Design and Alignment. He is also a Smaart instructor for Rational Acoustics, where he acts as Product Manager for Smaart's SPL toolset. Michael has been interested in audio since age 14, when he was left unattended in his school's auditorium. He hosts the Signal to Noise podcast on ProSoundWeb, and serves as the technical editor for Live Sound International magazine.