Did you miss the live chat with Ann Kroeber today? Rejoice! There is a recording available. A huge round of thanks goes out to Ann for taking the time to chat with us, and thanks to everyone who participated in the chat. Note: If the webinar does not seem to be playing back correctly when you click on the link, try refreshing the page. Update: Ann also sent along a few … [Read more...]
Reminder: Live Chat with Ann Kroeber on Saturday
This is just a reminder that we have a live chat/webinar coming up on Saturday with this month's featured sound designer, Ann Kroeber. The chat will take place at 11AM (U.S. Pacific Time) and is, like everything we organize on this site, completely free. It will be a moderated discussion that will give you the opportunity to interact directly with Ann. If you have a webcam and … [Read more...]
Film Sound Discussion Group with Ann Kroeber
The Film Sound Discussion Group is back! The service we were using has updated their software, which should eliminate some of the technical difficulties we encountered with the first. What better way to reboot it than with this month's featured designer, Ann Kroeber? For this discussion, we'll be talking about some of the ways work-flow was influenced by the advent of digital … [Read more...]
Using Logic for Post-Production Sound
[Article by Ian Palmer] Dreambase is the result of Alex and Mark’s (two ex-Dolby employees) desire to setup their own post-production sound facility and work in the more creative side of the film industry. Dreambase is located in the former GWR radio studios with two edit rooms and a VO Booth/ Foley Room between the two rooms. I visited there last year simply to say hello and … [Read more...]
Advantages of Nuendo for Sound Post-Production
Mix Online has published an article with sound editor Kelly Pieklo, who shares his thoughts about using Nuendo as his main workstation for sound post-production: Minneapolis-based post-production company Splice Here® (www.splice.tv) and Sound Editor Kelly Pieklo are enjoying some recent successes, thanks in large part to Steinberg’s Nuendo platform. Director Eric Howell’s … [Read more...]
Coll Anderson Special: Film Sound Discussion of “Catfish”
The recording for the discussion with Coll about Catfish is now available. I just want to give you a heads up that we had some technical issues. There were a few functionality ideas that, while they worked in our initial tests, didn't pan out for the discussion. We stumble our way through, and get things kind of sorted out about 6-7 minutes in. When you load in to the … [Read more...]
“Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound”, Fourth Edition Now Available
I was browsing some suggestions Amazon did for the Kindle and found that Focal Press recently launched the fourth edition of "Practical art of Motion Picture Sound" (by David Lewis Yewdall), one of the best post-sound books out there. If you don't have read it yet, you definitely should! Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound, 4th edition relies on the professional experience … [Read more...]