Mike Eden has a background in Sales, Service and Corporate Management and has a keen interest in the arts. 

Mike Eden is based in Portugal and is the first point of contact for all matters relating to sales and marketing.

Mike Kemp has had a long involvement with audio and the electronic arts dating from his university days when after graduating from Emmanuel College, Cambridge, UK, with a Master of Arts in mathematics and computer science he turned down a research post at the Cambridge University Computer Laboratory to found his first studio business. He has mixed practical audio engineering with technical research and development in computer, audio and video fields.

• Spaceward Studios (24-track music production studio - founder, technical director and engineer/producer until 1988)
• Spaceward Microsystems (8- 24- and 32-bit SuperNova and Matisse Video Graphics Systems for television - founder and technical director until 1991. The Spaceward Group was acquired by Avesco PLC in 1989)
• Studio Audio and Video (SADiE Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) - founder and technical director until 1994)
• Inventor of novel digital audio processes with European, US and world wide patents granted or pending
• Author of several papers presented to the Audio Engineering Society in Europe and USA
• Independent Sound Engineer and Record Producer (since 1971). Artists, events and locations include The Albion Dance Band, B.J.Cole, Dark Star, Dif Juz, Robyn Hitchcock (Soft Boys (see below) and pre-Soft Boys material), Iron Maiden, Burl Ives, Jakko Jakszyk, Katrina and the Waves, The Mekons, Morecambe and Wise, Gary Numan(The album: Tubeway Army (recently remastered for CD from the original high quality tapes), etc), Kimberley Rew, Modern English, The Raincoats, Tom Robinson, The Soft Boys(The album: A Can of Bees, Invisible Hits, single/ep: Wading through a Ventilator etc), Stiff Little Fingers(The album: Inflammable Material), The Stranglers(The albums: Dreamtime, In The Dark, singles: Always the Sun, Was it You?, Nice in Nice, Heaven and Hell etc), Danny Thompson, Victor Borge, Stephane Grapelli, Toyah Wilcox, BBC Radio Theatre, Cambridge Folk Festival, Cottesloe Theatre, Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall. He has worked at AIR Studios, CBS Whitfield Street Studios, Eden Studios, Jacob's Studios, Mad Mix Studio, Metropolis Studios, Morgan Studios, Nomis Studios, Olympic Studios, Rampart Studios, Sarm Studios West and Spaceward Studios and has mastered at Abbey Road, The Master Room, Porky's and Utopia.
   

Mike Kemp is based in Portugal and handles all technical matters and coordinates international research and development.

Simon Widdowson joined Sintefex Audio in 1998 as director of UK research and development. He first worked with Mike Kemp when he graduated from Cambridge University and joined Spaceward Microsystems in 1985 as a test engineer but his abilities soon lead to the design engineer role.

In 1991 he was a founder member of Studio Audio and Video where he masterminded the hardware development of the SADiE, Octavia and 24 96 products, gaining considerable experience in DSP, digital audio interfacing and high bit rate / high sample rate analogue conversion. He has continued to consult to provide ongoing technical support and has also developed a MADI 64 channel digital interface.

He has a degree in engineering from Churchill College, Cambridge and is an associate member of the IEE.

Simon Widdowson is based in Cambridge, UK, where he coordinates the UK research and development effort.

In all case please arrange it with us in advance. We can give you up to date directions, meet you at Faro airport or Tunes station or just guide you in by mobile.

By Plane and Car...

Fly into Faro or Lisbon. Allow about 1 hour to drive from Faro, about 2 - 3 hours from Lisbon depending on time of day.

By Car...

From Lisbon...

Take the A2 motorway (tolls up to about 20 euros) to the Algarve. Exit at Castro Verde (also signed for Ourique). Then take the IC1 from Ourique to S. Marcos da Serra, (about 25km). Exit at S. Marcos and head for the village. If you miss the exit at Castro Verde do not take the next exit but come off at Messines and follow the directions below.

From Faro...

Take the motorway (Via Infanta) towards Portimao (opposite direction from Spain). When you are on the the Via Infanta you can join the A2 signposted Lisboa for one junction exiting at Messines (toll about 1 euro 50), or you can stay on the Via Infanta until the next exit signposted Lisboa, IC1 (which has no toll). The IC1 is not dual carriageway but is usually not too busy.

The IC1 goes by Messines (where you can join from the A2) and continues north a further 10km to S. Marcos da Serra. Exit and pass over the IC1 on the bridge and head for the village of S. Marcos.

From S. Marcos da Serra...

The road from the IC1 passes the station and heads a further 1km into the village. At this point it is essential that you contact us for detailed directions to our site. If you go up the hill and turn sharp left at the top you will find the Cafe Central opposite the church (signposted "Igreja"). We can meet you at the cafe.

By Train...

The inter-city "Alfa-Pendula" service from Lisbon (pre-booked tickets only) stops at Tunes, about 20km south of us. Either take a taxi or arrange for us to collect you.

The inter-regional stops at more stations including S.Marcos da Serra. The station is about 3km from us. There are not usually taxis around so arrange for us to collect you.

Sintefex Audio is based in the well known Algarve area in the south of Portugal, an area surely destined to be the 'California' of Europe. It already has the climate and it is growing its high tech industry at an increasing rate. The Algarve is well known as a tourist centre but here an ideal environment exists for research and development and it is a perfect manufacturing centre for Europe and world. Despite being a recent member of the EU the infrastructure benefits from fast communications with the rest of Europe by air, by a new motorway network and by electronic means with a full digital telephone system and ISDN links. Most shipping services (for example DHL, our recommended operator) operate a standard 48 hour service between us and the US and Europe.

Sintefex Audio is located approximately 50 minutes by main road from Faro airport. Faro is 150 minutes by air from Paris and London, 180 minutes from Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Munich and Milan. We are within 2 hours by road of Lisbon, capital of Portugal, and within 3 hours of Seville in Spain. Seville provides major rail, road and air links to Madrid and all Spanish territories. Lisbon provides further access to Europe, the US and South America with New York about 6 hours away.

Because Portugal is a member of the Shengen agreement on a common border, transit to and from most European countries including Germany, Spain and Holland is free of passport control making it an ideal trading partner for non-Europeans who are fed up with airport form-filling and holdups when travelling around. Portugal has adopted the Euro as its currency further easing trade between Europe and the rest of the world.