Jeff Sudakin - Audio Producer, Music Production and Sound Design
Listening Examples: Dialogue
Dialogue Editing & Mixing
Cleanup, editing and mixing, final loudness for distribution
Single Guest Interview Plus Cutaway
Managing a dense, idea-driven conversation with an integrated tape cutaway — including clean in/out transitions for the inserted material.
Information-heavy Episode Excerpt
Sustained clarity across a technically demanding explanation-driven episode. Difficult source recordings brought to broadcast standard without sacrificing naturalness.
Multi-guest discussion - 3 Speakers #1
Three-speaker conversation with challenging source audio. Edit and mix address turn-taking, tonal continuity, and level consistency across voices.
Multi-guest discussion - 3 Speakers #2
Dense subject matter, variable source quality. Mix maintains continuity and tonal consistency with the rest of the series across a difficult recording environment.
Music Treatments: Dialogue Support
Music editing of existing show assets
Opening Sequence
Episode introduction with host trade-offs and a pull quote. Extended music edit stays transparent and supportive without competing with the copy.
Transitional Underscore
Spare musical punctuation for a sensitive moment. Restraint and timing are the whole job here. [trigger warning: suicide]
Brief before-and-after examples illustrating routine dialogue cleanup and level correction.
Hi. I'm Jeff Sudakin - Mixer, editor, and audio producer based in Los Angeles. I've been mixing Your Undivided Attention for the Center for Humane Technology since 2022, in addition to mixing and audio production for limited series and other online media projects.
Before podcasts, most of my career was in broadcast television: 93 episodes of 3rd Rock from the Sun, 61 of That '70s Show, and all episodes of Nickelodeon's Robot and Monster, which earned me a Daytime Emmy nomination in 2013. I then spent over a decade as Music and Audio Director at HITRECORD - Joseph Gordon-Levitt's collaborative production company - leading audio across streaming TV, international ad campaigns, and AAA games.
It's a lot of ground to have covered, and I find it makes me a better collaborator on everything that comes next. I'm always glad to bring that experience to new partners and new shows, wherever they are in their development. If you're building something that takes its sound seriously, I'd love to be part of it!
“Jeff handles whatever we hand him: Rough guest audio, long-form interviews, tight turnarounds, and the audio fits the show seamlessly. On schedule, no drama, every time”.
Julia Scott, Senior Producer, Your Undivided Attention
All examples from Your Undivided Attention, Center for Humane Technology.