Cleveland, OH  ·  Est. 2026

Systems that work.
In whatever world they live in.

Some problems are technical. Some are creative. Some sit right at the edge of both. Nominal Labs takes on the ones that don't fit neatly into a job description.

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The work

Audio & Sound Organization
Sample libraries, sound effects, and production assets — organized, tagged, and findable. If you're losing time hunting through folders for something you know you have, that's the problem this solves. Delivered in a structure that fits the way you actually work.
Soundminer BWF MetaEdit Metadata Folder Architecture Delivery
Planning & Documentation
Most studios have systems that work but nobody has written down how. Step-by-step operational guides, architecture documents, signal flow diagrams, and DAW templates — clear documentation that exists, is accurate, and that someone other than the person who built it can actually follow.
Architecture Diagrams Signal Flow Studio Templates DAW Config

Engineer. Musician.
In that order, most days.

Justin Snively  ·  Cleveland, OH  ·  Remote available

IT engineer by day, and still working on music whenever there's time. Formally trained in music composition, film scoring, and audio engineering — the technical side of both worlds has always been where things click.

That technical background carries over directly into the studio — signal flow, system setup, the administrative side of keeping a studio organized and running cleanly. Windows or Mac, the approach doesn't change much.

The studio side never went away. Composition, audio engineering, and the technical layer around production. Some days it's about the music, some days it's about the gear and the workflow. Both matter.

Let's figure out what you need.

Tell me what's going on.

Or reach out directly: hello@nominallab.com

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