Winter, who hails from Germany, has been involved with music & sound for over 25 years. His career as an audio engineer has encompassed all aspects of location sound work and post-production, as well as music recording and production in a variety of genres, plus teaching recording for San Francisco State, the California Recording Institute, & the Blue Bear School of Music. He also taught "Intro to Audio Post" at the Pyramind Music & Media Production School in San Francisco.