Bio

Rob Daly is a digital audio specialist who got his first drum set in 1980—his first sampler in 1989—and his first Pro Tools rig in 1997—And has been smashing sounds together- all along and ever since.

His first sound design job was "Ace Ventura-Pet Detective-- the cartoon" in 1998 where he where he cut his teeth with boings and splats 

Sound design for animation became his first love— and has done many animated projects—including the 2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles incarnation “TMNT”—where he created the sounds for such turtle vehicles as the “Battle Shell” and the “Sewer Slider”

His resume ranges from Foley work for “Martha Stewart’s Living” to the dialogue and sound fx editor on Michael Moore’s Oscar winning documentary ‘Bowling for Columbine”

He was then also the dialogue editor and sound designer for Laura Poitras’s 2006 Oscar nominated documentary “My Country, My Country”

Daly also did the sound design and/or mixed many commercials for such household name brands as Pepsi, Samsung, Miramax, Reeses, Verizon, etc.

With the advent of reality TV, he kept busy doing sound editing and mixing such shows as Miami Ink, LA Ink, and Tanked.

In recent years, Daly was the supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer for the films, “Lucky Them”, “The Dead Mothers Club”, “Experimenter”, “Bare”, and “Marjorie Prime”—all of which have premiered at The Toronto Film Festival, The Tribeca Film Festival, and The Sundance Film Festival, respectively.

Daly may also be remembered as the vocalist of local band favorites Plastic Eaters…which has now aged gracefully into Plastic Eater Sound.