The Music Engineering Faculty

Joe Abbati
Lecturer - Music Engineering
jabbati@miami.edu
Phone: 305-284-2241
Fax: 305-284-6475

 

 

 

Joe Abbati is a lecturer in the Music Engineering Technology program. Before joining the faculty, he worked for several years as both a software and audio engineer, with particular expertise in the development of video games and interactive media. An expert in sound design, audio postproduction, multimedia audio, interactive music and MIDI programming, he is proficient in several computer languages including C, C++ and Assembly.

Joe has programmed, written music and designed sound effects for over 25 published computer games. His software experience runs the gamut from early DOS titles to PC/CD and Sony PlayStation platforms. He still works extensively as a freelance audio engineer for games as well as video/broadcast projects with clients such as Activision, Animation Factory, Awe Productions, EyeStrain, Gunnar Games, Latin MTV, MasterMedia, N-Space, NurEye Productions, THQ/Nickelodeon, TeleOne Communications and  7^th Circuit Productions.

Joe’s Recent Video Game Projects:
“SpongeBob SquarePants: The Movie”  - Original Music and Voice Over Production. PC video game, Publisher: THQ
“Cold Case Files” : Original Music and Sound Design. PC video game, Publisher: Activision.

Joe's past projects : SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee of the Month, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, SpongeBob SquarePants: Operation Crabby Patty, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom, HotWheels Mechanix Racing, MatchBox/Caterpillar Adventures in Time, MatchBox/Caterpillar Big Dirt Movers, Duke Nukem': Time to Kill,  Activision Value Casino, The Worst-Case Scenario: Survival Trivia Challenge, BodyCount, Corridor 7, WitchHaven, WitchHaven 2, Trump Castle Casino 3, GrandMaster Chess, BridgeMaster.

Mr. Abbati graduated from the University of Miami's Frost School of Music in 1991. He is currently pursuing a Master of Fine Arts in Video and Multimedia at the University of Miami.