ABOUT

Jesper "Jeppe" Söderström
Sound editing "Porkala - Röster från parentesen" 2042

I enjoy learning new things and implementing that new knowledge into my work. New methods, new equipment, new software, new ideas. How to make it better. How to work faster. How to make it more interesting for everyone.

I started studying classical piano at the age of 6, and in 2002 I got my first job as a sound assistant at a summer theater. I founded my company Sound Alchemy in 2016.

Today I work in different “sound fields”. I record dialog, music and sound effects and I also do post production in my studio (sound editing and mixing for various formats). I enjoy doing sound design for videos, films, musicals, plays, installations and various art projects. I also do live sound (mostly FOH but sometimes I have the monitor role) and I have my own Smaart v8 rig for sound system tuning and SPL measurements. I like to collaborate with other designers, artists and companies when working on bigger projects.

I live in Billnäs in Southern Finland and I currently work mostly in that area but I can be available anywhere.

EXPERIENCE

FILM & VIDEO

Full sound production

  • Porkala – Röster från Parentesen 2021-2024 (documentary)
    Responsibilities: location sound, sound editing, sound design, mixing (broadcast 2.0 and cinema 5.1)
  • Harparskoglinjen – Västfronten mot Sovjet 2021 (documentary)
    Responsibilities: location sound, sound editing, sound design, mixing (broadcast 2.0 and cinema 5.1)
  • Mauno Koivisto – Täkters President 2019 (theater film version)
    Responsibilities: live recording, live mixing, post sound
  • Okänd Soldat i Harparskog / Tuntematon Sotilas Harparskogissa 2017 (theater film version)
    Responsibilities: live recording, live mixing, post sound
  • Sound production for various marketing films 2018 – today
    Responsibilities: location sound, voiceover recording, sound editing, sound design, mixing

THEATER

Sound designer

  • Saturday Night Fever, TryckeriTeatern 2025
  • We Will Rock You, Raaseporin Kesäteatteri 2025
  • Grand Tour, Nya Tadam 2025
  • Den Lilla Sjöjungfrun, Teater Magnitude 2025
  • Raka Rör, Svenska Teatern 2024
  • Kvinnan i Svart, TryckeriTeatern 2024
  • De Tre Musketörerna, Raaseporin Kesäteatteri 2024
  • Hemvärn, TryckeriTeatern 2023
  • Spamalot, Raaseporin Kesäteatteri 2023
  • Definiera Liv (Nya Tadam), musical tour 2023
  • Råttfällan, TryckeriTeatern 2022
  • All Shook Up, Raaseporin Kesäteatteri 2022
  • Teater Magnitude (radio theater 4 episodes) 2021
  • Peter Pan, Raaseporin Kesäteatteri 2021
  • Mauno Koivisto – Tähtelän presidentti, Tähtelä (Inkoo) 2019
  • Jorden runt på 80 dagar, Raaseporin Kesäteatteri 2019
  • Scenprovet (Nya Tadam), Svenska Teatern 2018
  • Okänd Soldat i Harparskog / Tuntematon Sotilas Harparskogissa 2017
  • The Sound of Music, Raaseporin Kesäteatteri 2016
  • Blood Brothers, Tryckeriteatern, Karjaa 2016
  • Emil i Lönneberga, Raaseporin Kesäteatteri 2015
  • En Midsommarnattsdröm på Raseborg, Raaseporin Kesäteatteri 2014

FOH operator (A sound)

  • Kristina från Duvemåla (A-sound), Svenska Teatern 2013

Microphone technician (B sound)

  • CHESS, Svenska Teatern 2018-2019
  • MAMMA MIA! Musikaali, Messukeskus 2018
  • Stockmann Stockmann, Svenska Teatern 2018
  • Tove, Svenska Teatern 2017
  • Ingvar, Svenska Teatern 2017
  • Skattkammarön, Svenska Teatern 2016

LIVE EVENTS

FOH engineer

  • Queen Will Rock You, Tammisaari 2023
  • Höstdagarna, Aaka 2019
  • Tro Hopp Kärlek @ Erottaja, Helsinki 2019
  • Blow! Nights of the Arts, Helsinki 2019
  • Sanna Nielsen Finland christmas tour 2018
  • Ruskeasuon siirtolapuutarha 100 year Anniversary, Helsinki 2018
  • Degerbyn Possujuhlat 2018, 2022 – 2023
  • VitisOpenFest, Viitasaari 2018
  • Ilmajoen Musiikkijuhlat 2018, 2022
  • Paul Oxley’s Unit – Strings Attached Tour 2017
  • VNSMF 100 year Anniversary Concert, Tammisaari 2017
  • August Night, Tammisaari 2017 – 2023
  • Nyländsk Aftongala, 2016 – 2018, 2021 – 2023
  • Pop Up Pohjola-Norden @ Helsinki, Turku, Oulu, Tampere 2016

Monitor engineer

  • Baltic Jazz, Dalsbruk 2024
  • JazzKukko, Laitila 2024

RF calculation

  • Porvoon Viinijuhlat 2024

SPL measurement

  • Kvak-Fest, Hanko 2024
  • SeaHorse Week, Hanko 2017 – 2018, 2022

“Multi technician” (sound, light, video)

  • Technician @ TryckeriTeatern, Karjaa 2022 – 2025
  • Tech provider and consultant for TUF Teater 2021, 2023, 2025
  • Technician @ Le Petit Festival, Hanko 2015 – 2022
  • Technician @ Kulttuuritalo Grand, Porvoo 2015 – 2019 (900+ hours of work with clients)

Other sound work

  • Sound design for Hankoniemi Front Museum, Lappohja 2024
  • Assistant sound engineer @ Supercell Clash Fest, Helsinki, September 2022
  • Tech provider and system engineer for Club for Five, Hanko, February 2019
  • Microphone technician @ Eureka Innovation Days, Finlandiatalo 2018
  • System design & tuning, Inkoo Church 2016
TECHNICAL SKILLS

LIVE MIXING CONSOLES

  • Allen & Heath dLive, Avantis, SQ, Qu
  • Behringer X32
  • DiGiCo SD9, SD10
  • Midas PRO1, PRO2, M32
  • Roland M-5000
  • Soundcraft Si Performer, Ui-series
  • Yamaha 01v96, LS9, M7CL, QL1, CL5

AUDIO SOFTWARE

  • Allen & Heath Avantis, Custom Control, dLive
  • Audinate Dante (Certified level 3)
  • iZotope RX 11 Audio Editor
  • L-Acoustics Network Manager
  • L-Acoustics Soundvision
  • LiveProfessor
  • Logic Pro X
  • MainStage 3
  • QLab 5
  • Shure Wireless Workbench 7
  • Smaart v8
  • Soundly
  • SSL 360
  • Steinberg Nuendo 14
  • Steinberg Nuendo Live 3
  • Steinberg SpectraLayers Pro 11
  • Sound Devices Wave Agent
  • Tentacle Sync Studio
  • Plugins (Accentice, Acon Digital, Fabfilter, iZotope, Nugen, sonible, Soundtoys, Valhalla, Waves…)

LIGHTNING

  • Capture Visualisation – good skills
  • Chamsys QuickQ – good skills
  • grandMA3 – beginner / intermediate
  • QLab 5 lighting – good skills

THE REST

  • Adobe Photoshop – basic skills
  • Adobe Premiere – basic skills
  • Affinity Photo 2 – basic skills
  • Bitfocus Companion – good skills
  • BrightSign – basic skills
  • DaVinci Resolve Studio – basic skills
  • OBS Studio – good skills
  • Microsoft Office – basic skills
  • WordPress, HTML, CSS, programming – basic skills
Education

Arcada University of Applied Sciences
Media Engineer, 2012

Music Institute of Raasepori
Basic Music Certificate, Classical Piano, 2001

Languages

Swedish – native

English – fluent

Finnish – good