Timothy Michael Kraft

With an impressive legacy of 29 Gold and Platinum albums, Timothy Kraft is a cornerstone of South Africa’s music production scene. As a co-founder of Academy of Sound Engineering, Tim brings decades of experience in commercial studio recording, audio engineering, and artist development. His teaching ensures students gain expert-level insight into professional music production, mixing, and mastering — using industry-standard tools like Pro Tools, SSL consoles, and high-end analog equipment.

Producer / Engineer

10 gold or platinum albums*

Several other albums

One documentary and two industrial film scores

Source music for Drum, overall winner of the 2005 Pan African Television and Film Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO).

Jingles, Stings, audio logos and music beds for television

• Morning Live

• South African general elections

• South African municipal elections

  
  

Engineer

Six gold albums, three platinum albums and one triple-platinum album*

More than one hundred albums recorded

Various jingles and music for feature films including “A Good Man in Africa” with Sean Connery

Co-engineered several other gold and platinum albums*

* according to RISA, (Recording Industry of South Africa)

Technical

Set up and wiring of recording studios

Acoustic design and layout of recording studios

Design and construction of electronic devices for use in the recording studio

Maintenance and repair or devices in the recording studio

Audio consultant for the first high definition television broadcasts into Africa (2006)

Professional Experience

Africa Digital:

1998-present

• Engineer

• Producer

• Consultant

Vineyard Music Group (SA) - Johannesburg:

1996-1998

General manager of a small record company that distributes gospel albums in South Africa

Free Lance – South Africa:

1991-1996

Engineer at The Leading Edge, Bop, Red House and Downtown recording studios

Free Lance - Nashville:

1988-1991

• Advertising music

• Jingles and post-scoring music to video

• Engineer

• MIDI and Synclavier programmer

• Radio promotions - produced several radio promotional CDs for artists on the "Star Song" record label

Universal Recordings - Johannesburg

1987-1988

• Engineer

• Producer

• MIDI programmer

RPM Studios - Johannesburg

1985-1987

Staff engineer

Music Resources - Franklin Tennessee

1984-1985

Music Resources was a pioneer of electronic music in the South East USA and was in fact the first company in the South East to use the Synclavier music computer system

• Studio maintenance engineer

• Assistant engineer

• Programmer

Middle Tennessee State University

circa 1984

Studio maintenance

Recording lab instructor - teaching "technology of recording" students to operate the recording studio

Academic

MA in Creative Media Practices (Middlesex University, London)

Digidesign Pro Tools 310P: Advanced Post Production Techniques (2008)

Digidesign Pro Tools 310M: Advanced Music Production Techniques (2008)

Digidesign Pro Tools 210P: Post Production Techniques (2005)

Digidesign Pro Tools 210M: Music Production Techniques (2004)

Digidesign Certified Instructor (2005)

Apple Final Cut Pro Certified Instructor - FCP5 (2007)

Apple Final Cut Pro Certified Instructor - FCP6 (2008)

Apple Final Cut Pro Certified Instructor - FCP7 (2009)