Post and Broadcast
Building the Epic Audio Narrative of ‘Wind of Change’
Clandestine meetings with the CIA? Rocking out in Russia? Recording secret agents? It was all in a day's work while producing the hit 'Wind of Change' podcast.
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Inside American Horror Story’s Dynamic Sound
The show may be horrific, but production mixer Brendan Beebe helps ensure that the sound is not with the aid of Lectrosonics transmitters.
Post and Broadcast
SMPTE Revises IMF Standards
SMPTE’s latest IMF standards revisions address results from IMF Plugfests, as well as feedback from implementers and users.
Post and Broadcast
Audio Lisbon Expands Facility to Grow Market
Aiming to draw more international business, Audio Lisbon is moving into immersive audio mixing, in part by adding Genelec monitors.
Post and Broadcast
Dolby, Tidal HiFi Roll Out Immersive Streaming
Streaming titan Tidal is making Dolby Atmos Music available from Atmos-enabled home systems.
Post and Broadcast
How Talkhouse Built a Podcast Production Process COVID-19 Can’t Break
When ‘Talkhouse’ host and producer Elia Einhorn got COVID-19, it put the popular podcast’s workflow to the test. The workflow won.
Post and Broadcast
Collaboration Offers Livestream Mastering
A live-streamed concert performed in Halle, Germany underwent remote mastering by Peter Brandt from Studio Boecker in Cologne.
Business
NAB Show Express Draws Virtual Crowds
An estimated 40,000 attendees went online to experience the inaugural edition of the virtual trade show, NAB Show Express.
Post and Broadcast
Caracol Monitors Remotely During COVID-19 Crisis
Colombia’s Caracol private media company purchased three mixing consoles during the current coronavirus pandemic to use remotely.
News
How the ‘Flashback’ Podcast Takes History to the Top
Apple hosts more than 1 million podcasts—and the new hit, Flashback, is in its Top 50. See how sound supports OZY/iHeartRadio’s show about the accidental side effects of history.
Post and Broadcast
Miking and Mixing The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Production sound mixer Mathew Price and re-recording mixer Ron Bochar share the ins and outs of capturing era-appropriate sounds on the Emmy-winning Amazon Prime comedy, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
Post and Broadcast
Innovations: Lectrosonics’ DPR Digital Plug-On Transmitter
Since the mid-1980s, the plug-on transmitter has been a cornerstone of Lectrosonics’ wireless offerings. Karl Winkler, vice president of sales and service, recounts the history and highlights how that effort has led to the company’s new offering, the DPR Digital...
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Composer Takes Deep Dive into Emote Control Software
Eventide’s Emote Control Software wound up being a key part of composing for the BBC’s Seven Worlds, One Planet.
Post and Broadcast
IBC 2020 Cancelled
Panasonic had already withdrawn from the show scheduled for Sept 11-14; it will go virtual.
Post and Broadcast
In Demand Music Adds Nugen Audio Tools
Demand Music, whose clients include Beyoncé, Jason Derulo, Cascada, Armin Van Buuren and Basshunter, has adopted a variety of Nugen Audio tools.
New Products
Deluxe Launches One Dub for Remote Audio Cloud Recording
One Dub allows actors, engineers and directors to record remotely with the aid of secure streaming video.
Post and Broadcast
Podcast ‘The Big Swing’ Connects with MXL Mics
The Big Swing podcast, hosted by Dodgers pitcher Ross Stripling and fan Cooper Surles, has been exploring pop culture and baseball since January, 2019.
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Rethinking Podcast Sound Design with APM’s Byers
“We're only scratching the surface” of podcast sound design, says Rob Byers, director of broadcast and media operations at American Public Media.
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Fred Aldous Plans for Remote Future
Fred Aldous, lead mixer and audio consultant for FOX Sports, is using Dante-enabled products from Studio Technologies for communications.
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Post Companies Partner to Serve Game Developers
Periscope Post & Audio and Unlock Audio will provide game developers with an integrated single source for sound and music services.
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Inside Upmixing Midsommar to Atmos
Sound editor and sound designer Ruy Garcia elected to use Nugen Audio’s Halo Upmix to upmix Midsommar and Wendy.
News
Live on KEXP Podcast Blurs the Lines Between Live and Studio Recording
When engineer Kevin Suggs records a live session for Seattle’s KEXP, that becomes the raw materials for podcasts, radio broadcasts, streaming and other formats.
Regional and Local
Brit Row Brings Outline Newton to MTV Europe Awards
Britannia Row Productions used Outline’s Newton multi-source audio processors on audio systems provided for Brit Awards and the MTV Europe Music Awards.
Post and Broadcast
Merging 100-Plus Musicians for Queen Margarethe
More than 100 musicians and singers collaborated to sing happy birthday to Queen Margarethe.
Post and Broadcast
Major Podcasters Keep Content Coming Despite Pandemic
With audiences and production teams working at home now, major podcasters Stitcher and Parcast have revamped their audio tech and workflows to keep content coming.
Business
SSL Broadcast Tech Wins Queen’s Award
Solid State Logic lands an honor in its homeland, taking home a Queen’s Award for Enterprise.
Post and Broadcast
How Pros Are Livestreaming During the Pandemic
Take a deep dive into the technology and techniques that artists are using while livestreaming during the pandemic.
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Post Audio Looks Home, Away Despite Pandemic
Whether its actors building voice-over booths at home or Foley specialists figuring out how to keep going until non-essential businesses can reopen, the post audio community is doing its best to navigate the pandemic.
Post and Broadcast
Audio Post Perseveres Despite Pandemic
Despite the pandemic, some audio post providers like Goldcrest Post and Hobo Audio are soldiering on and envisioning what the industry will be like when it reopens.
News
How Podcasters Fight Windy Extremes to Get Audio
Podcasts about the great outdoors are often recorded there, so we asked the Outside Podcast and Outside/In to share their recording insights
Post and Broadcast
Tenderfoot.TV Turns to Focusrite
Atlanta podcast and storytelling startup Tenderfoot.TV has made the Focusrite 2i2 interface a consistent component in its production kit
News
All-Podcast Station Launched in London
Broadcasting on DAB+ digital radio, the UK’s first radio station devoted exclusively to podcasts has launched in London.
Post and Broadcast
Vortechs Delivers Remote Post Solutions to Hollywood
Post production services company Vortechs has been using remote collaboration and communication tech to help clients stay on track with motion picture and television projects.
Post and Broadcast
WHDH Adopts New SSL System T Platform
The new Solid State Logic system at WHDH replaces the previous SSL C100 installed there 14 years ago.
Post and Broadcast
Westworld Improvises ADR Process During Lockdown
Actress Thandie Newton follows shelter-in-place rules as she improvises in a makeshift vocal booth at home to provide ADR for HBO’s Westworld series.
Post and Broadcast
Lawo Disrupts Covid-19’s Disruption
Lawo developed a new method to conduct a remote factory acceptance test (FAT) of new radio systems at NRK, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.
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Ambidio Takes Post Pros Through the Looking Glass
A shift to make Ambidio’s Looking Glass immersive sound monitoring software free is aimed at work-from-home post audio pros.
Post and Broadcast
NEP Updates OB Truck Monitors
With two new trucks sporting TSL MPA1 units, NEP’s U.S. Broadcast Services team plans for more trucks across its fleet to include them.
Post and Broadcast
CNN’s Daily Coronavirus Podcast Beats Production Challenges
Working from separate home studios, CNN Audio and Dr. Sanjay Gupta create bite-sized content every weekday for the Coronavirus: Fact or Fiction podcast.
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Stage Tec Upgrades Swiss Parliament
Stage Tec has upgraded the parliament building in Bern, Switzerland, supplying consoles, a router and network as part of a modernization project.
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Megatrax Offers License-Free Coronavirus Song
Music library Megatrax has made a topical track from songwriter Gary Burr free for broadcasters.
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Nice Day for a Wireless Wedding
Recording actors for the big screen wirelessly is all in a day’s work for production sound mixer Chris Howland.