Post and Broadcast
After 500 Episodes, ‘Grumpy Old Geeks’ Has a Slick Audio Workflow
As its gear and best practices have evolved, the long-running 'Grumpy Old Geeks' podcast has gotten production down to a science.
Post and Broadcast
Post and Broadcast
Cinema Audio Society Announces Award Nominations
The Cinema Audio Society has announced its nominees for the 56th Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for 2020.
Post and Broadcast
Top Cinema Sound Teams Talk Up Audio Efforts
Sound teams from some of the biggest movies of the year, from 'Mank' to 'Judas and the Black Messiah,' were onhand to discuss their work at the Mix Sound for Film & TV Awards Season event.
Post and Broadcast
MPSE Announces Golden Reel Award Nominees
The Motion Picture Sound Editors has named nominees for its 68th Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards, taking place Sunday, April 16, 2021.
Post and Broadcast
Sound Mixer Globetrots with Lectrosonics
Chasing reality TV productions around the world, sound mixer Stu Chacon brings along a lot of wideband wireless equipment for every occasion.
Post and Broadcast
Recording NPR’s ‘Tiny Desk Concert’ Podcast at ‘Home’
Audio engineer Josh Rogosin keeps NPR's ‘Tiny Desk Concert’ podcast series alive during remote-based COVID times.
Gear and Technology
Repairing Spoken-Word Recordings with iZotope Rx 8 Advanced – A Real-World Review
Producer/engineer Rob Tavaglione explains how he repairs spoken-word recordings with iZotope Rx 8 Advanced in this real-world review.
Post and Broadcast
Six Voices, One Podcaster, No Problem: Inside Kelcey Ayer’s One-Man Show
Moving from radio to podcast format changed how Kelcey Ayer approaches his multi-character, improv-informed comedy show.
Post and Broadcast
Centralization May Be Post Audio’s Gambit
Supervising sound editor and sound designer Wylie Stateman oversaw four teams working on the recent Netflix hit The Queen’s Gambit.
Post and Broadcast
Creating a ‘Quest for the North Pole’ Sound Library
Producer and editor Dylan Fagan amassed dozens of tracks to shape a cohesive sound that underscores the saga of the first arctic explorers.
Post and Broadcast
Creative Audio Mixing Powers ‘Switched On Pop’ Podcast
Exploring the construction and meaning of popular music, the 'Switched On Pop' podcast is an audio mixing challenge.
Business
Pro Audio & Radio Tech Summit Announced
Pro Sound News, Mix and Radio World have joined forces to hold the first Pro Audio & Radio Tech Summit, an all-day virtual event to be held April 1.
Post and Broadcast
Haddock’s Soundz Fishy to Focus on Audio Desk Design
U.K.-based industry designer Glenn Haddock has launched a new company, Soundz Fishy, to focus on audio desk design, from providing off-the-shelf accessories in partnership with vendors, to custom-made desks.
Post and Broadcast
Sound Rebels Builds Its Own Fort
Re-recording mixer D.J. Lynch and supervising sound editor Rob McIntyre have 19 Emmys between them; now they’ve opened their own Sound Rebels facility in Burbank, CA’s media district.
Post and Broadcast
Roland Winke on Capturing ‘The Queen’s Gambit’
Sound mixer Roland Winke’s recording rig helped immerse viewers in the world of chess for the Netflix miniseries "The Queen’s Gambit."
Post and Broadcast
Perfecting the Art of the Interview on ‘Longform’
The long-running podcast series, Longform, is a master class in interviewing that's bolstered by tasteful editing.
Post and Broadcast
Drop Ship Audio Gets Real with Calrec Artemis
A Calrec Artemis Beam console is being used on a popular reality show in its fourth season, installed in a studio with a major U.S. network.
Post and Broadcast
Shure Unmasked on Fox TV Shows
Panelists are sporting Shure headset microphones on the Fox TV series The Masked Dancer and The Masked Singer.
Post and Broadcast
‘Rarified Heir’ Podcast Readies for Pandemic Recording
After recording the first season of Rarified Heir before the pandemic, the production team behind the quirky podcast will track season two remotely.
Post and Broadcast
Meyer Sound, Sony Team for Netflix Screening Room
A new screening room on Netflix’s campus uses Meyer Sound's new Ultra Reflex cinema audio solution technology.
Post and Broadcast
‘Sleep Cove’ Podcast Finds Success on a Shoestring
Podcaster Christopher Fitton has learned the audio ropes while racking up 2 million listeners every month with his hypnotherapy show, 'Sleep Cove.'
Business
Evertz Acquires Studer from Harman
Canadian broadcast equipment company Evertz Technologies Limited is purchasing the legacy recording/broadcast studio gear brand Studer from Harman Professional Solutions.
Post and Broadcast
Parfitt Keeps Creativity Flowing with Patch
Flock Audio’s Patch System aids composer Neil Parfitt in accessing custom signal chains during production.
Post and Broadcast
AGT Goes Remote with Bumblebee
Sound supervisor Daniel S. McCoy CAS complied with IATSE Covid-19 guidelines on the set of America's Got Talent 2020.
Music Production
Producing the Producer: Creating Rick Rubin’s ‘Broken Record’ Podcast
Rick Rubin's Broken Record podcast has seen the music industry icon interview everyone from The Black Keys and Leslie Odom Jr. of Hamilton to fellow producers like Dave Cobb and Wyclef Jean. Shaping and editing hours of raw material...
Business
Grammy Awards Postponed to March 14
The Recording Academy has pushed its 63rd Annual Grammy Awards broadcast to Sunday, March 14, 2020, due to COVID-19 concerns.
International
Euroconcerts Changes Miking Approach for COVID-19 Issues
Faced with COVID restrictions, Euroconcerts changed its miking approach to capture live and recorded events.
Post and Broadcast
‘Outdoor’ Podcasts Share Their Field Recording Secrets
Go on location with the producers behind podcasts for National Geographic, Outside and more
Post and Broadcast
Netflix Post Panel Encourages Women in Sound
Netflix’s recent “Women in Sound” panel featured a panel of women working in post production, dubbing and music sharing their experiences in the industry.
Post and Broadcast
Getting Anyway Stories Told Any Way Possible
New York City’s Anyway Café is cute, quirky and the subject of a new web series pilot, Anyway Stories, where musical production mixes were tackled remotely by broadcast event mixers John Harris and Jody Elff.
Gear and Technology
Every New Podcast Microphone of 2020
There’s been no end to the new podcast mics this year, so here’s every new podcast microphone we covered in 2020
Post and Broadcast
How the ‘Freakonomics Radio’ Podcast Got Organized
The podcast, based on the hugely successful ‘Freakonomics’ books, stays on track thanks to its highly organized workflow.
Post and Broadcast
Harris Mixes Remotely with Neumann 5.1.4 System
Grammy, Emmy and Peabody Award-winning broadcast and mix engineer John Harris has transitioned to a remote mixing environment.
Post and Broadcast
‘Twenty Thousand Hertz’ Fights for Audio’s Seat at the Table
Audio technology helps 'Twenty Thousand Hertz' explore how we experience sound in the modern world, aiming to "bring joy to sound itself."
Business
‘Mix Sessions: The Evolution of Post-Production’ Webcast Set
Free Mix Sessions webcast to take place on December 15, featuring supervising sound editor Wylie Stateman and film editor Billy Fox.
Post and Broadcast
Who’s Ghostbusters’ Audio Post Gonna Call? Sony 360 VME
Despite shelter-at-home orders, the new Sony 360 VME technology kept audio post for the upcoming 'Ghostbusters: Afterlife' and 'Venom: Let There Be Carnage' films on track and on time.
International
Lawo Tech Connects Turkuvaz Media Center
Turkuvaz Media Group has tapped Lawo as its premiere technology supplier for a newly updated media center facility in Istanbul.
Post and Broadcast
Two-Level OB Truck Rolls with RTS
M&J doubles down on going up, creating the first vertically expanding broadcast truck.
Post and Broadcast
‘Speed of Sound’ Explores Pop Production
Record producer Steve Greenberg (Jonas Brothers, Joss Stone) dives into the making—and mythology—of pop music on the Speed of Sound podcast.
Post and Broadcast
How Four Podcasts Get It Done with Tight Workflows
Button up your podcast workflow with insights from the teams behind The Dave Ramsey Show; All American: Tiger Woods; Mogul: Mixtape; and Story Pirates.
International
Bosveld Stereo Installs South Africa’s First Calrec Type R
Community radio station Bosveld Stereo is the first station in South Africa to deploy Calrec’s IP-based Type R for Radio.
Post and Broadcast
Black News Channel HQ Goes Clear-Com
The Black News Channel broadcast center in Tallahassee, FL is equipped with Clear-Com throughout.