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Multichannel Mixing for HD Television
ENGINEERS ADOPT FILM-STYLE TECHNIQUES UNDER TIGHT BROADCAST SCHEDULE
Top Scoring Composer Completes Own Complex
Scoring composer Harry Gregson-Williams (Shrek and Shrek 2, Team America: World Police, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason) has completed his new five-room,
Shark Tale: A Different Kind of Fish Story
SOUND DESIGNER WADE WILSON TALKS ABOUT HIS UNDERSEA CHALLENGE
Post Facilities Show Strong Growth With Audio Upgrades
BSKYB, LONDON BskyB's audio post department has purchased seven Fairlight Satellite workstations; the sale, systems integration and support were supplied
You’ve Got Mail, Studio Center!
Customizing the audio greetings for AOL 9.0 Optimized SE was the largest single project in the 38-year history of Studio Center Worldwide Audio (Norfolk,
Chace Audio Celebrates 20 Years
Los Angeles-based sound preservation/restoration specialists Chace Audio (www.chace.com) has remastered film soundtracks into 5.1 or 6.1 multichannel
Post Openings—audioEngine, New York City
Audio post-production company audioEngine (www.audioengine.net) unveiled its fourth room, Studio D, a 5.1 mixing and recording studio that is home to
Sony Pictures’ AMS Neve 88R Scoring Console
The AMS Neve 88R's original design genesis goes back to 1998 with the first model shown at the fall 2000 AES show. But it...
Boom Times for TV Location Recordists
Capturing Production Sound on the Set or in the Street
Moog Documentary in the Works
Director Hans Fjellestad and producer Ryan Page are halfway through the production of MOOG, a feature-length documentary film that explores the life of electronic...
‘Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World’
THE EPIC sea adventure is as old as film itself, spanning from the silent years up through various remakes of Treasure Island and Mutiny...
Heartworn Highways
During the early 1970s, while rock music was shooting for the arenas and pop was entering a seemingly committed phase of disposable one-hit wonders,...
Facility Spotlight: Scorpio Sound
Tucked away in the hills above Hollywood on a winding street in Laurel Canyon is Scorpio Sound, a boutique music and sound design shop...
Roy Orbison’s Greatest Hits
The late engineer/producer/rock 'n' roll pioneer Sam Phillips said, There's music in voice. If you feel it and it's a part of your spirituality,...
Jim Roberts’ Brandon Productions
Jim Roberts was one of the lucky dot-commers: His Internet company was bought out before the big Web crash in the late 1990s. However,...
Free Beer
We all love free stuff, and our search for it often leads us to expend more energy than what the freebie is actually worth....
Yuki Kajiura
Captivated by music from around the globe, Japanese composer Yuki Kajiura absorbs it all and unleashes it in her work for movies, musicals, video...
Live Orchestra for The Hobbit
I once heard Buzz Burroughs, director of audio at Sony Computer Entertainment and game audio guru, jokingly say, “The only post-production in video games...
Evil Twin Produces Radiohead Spots
Los Angeles-based Evil Twin Productions (www.eviltwinproductions.com) recently finished up TV and radio spots for Radiohead's latest release, Hail to the Thief.
‘Sex and the City’
TV can be a sensual experience, and very few shows appeal to the eyes — and ears — more than HBO's Sex and the...
Out of the Shadows of Motown
You know the hits, now read the book. You've read the book, now listen to the tapes. You've listened to the tapes, now watch...
Tom Dowd & The Language of Music
NEW DOCUMENTARY REFLECTS PRODUCER'S LIFE At the grand opening of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, revelers got one of...
The Matrix Reloaded
An interview with the Academy Award winning audio editors about recording the next installment of The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded. Recording and mixing techniques...
Tapping Into ”A Mighty Wind”
A Mighty Wind won't save the music industry, but it will definitely provide it with some much-needed laughs.