The start of September. The start of a new topic! We're going out on a limb this month and doing something really different. "No one is an island." "You don't work in a vacuum." "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts." We are but one small piece in a complex system that builds art. I know many sound professionals who are happy to talk about becoming story … [Read more...]
Acoustics Webinar #2 (Room Treatment) – With Dennis Foley
Our presentation will begin at approximately 1PM (U.S. Eastern). We will take time to answer questions at the end, and maybe during the presentation itself. Please use the Twitter hastag #dsdgroom to ask your questions. … [Read more...]
Designing Sound Discussion Group – Acoustics Webinar #2 (Room Treatment)
If you've attended any of our previous Designing Sound Discussion Group presentation in the past (and have been anxiously awaiting the follow up presentation to last month's with Dennis Foley from Acoustic Fields), you may be wondering where the registration link is. We're going to try out something a little different this time...Google Hangout OnAir. What does that mean … [Read more...]
All the noise, noiSE, noISE, NOISE…
Is it really August already?! Time to roll out our next featured topic then! When most people talk about "noise," they're referring to something that is distracting or detrimental, an interference if you will, to their ability to focus on something. We have that in audio; however, that's only one definition of noise. in our world. We also have laboratory style noise...in the … [Read more...]
Acoustics Primer Webinar Recording Now Available
A big thank you to Dennis Foley of Acoustic Fields for sharing his knowledge with us this past weekend. We'll be hosting the follow-up webinar, Room Treatment, on August 24th at 1PM (Eastern)/10AM (Pacific). Registration for that webinar will be open at the end of next week. The internet never fails to throw us a curve ball though. ;) … [Read more...]
Unlimited Dialog “AIRFILL” to Fill your Every Need
Guest contribution by Douglas Murray I was inspired to finish this write-up after reading the feature list of the new Zynaptiq UNFILTER plugin. Their web site says: You can also apply the measured filter response from one recording to another – placing the two in the same acoustic "world”. Or you can create roomtone to fill editing gaps, by applying a measured filter … [Read more...]
Interview with Wayne Pashley – The Great Gatsby
Guest Contribution by Abigail Sie The Great Gatsby was an unusually long sound post-production process. How long did the sound mix take? Just under three months, it was quite a long haul. A lot of that really was logistics in the way of rethinking, re-conforming the pre-dubs and integrating new material with the edit as the picture changed and was updated throughout the … [Read more...]