Regional and Local
DGA Gets Emotional Over New Sound System
The newly renovated DGA Theater in Los Angeles sports a Meyer Sound Acheron system chosen by filmmakers Michael Mann and Michael Apted.
Dolby Atmos
Music Production
Burrell Builds for Dolby Atmos
Grammy-winning mix engineer Rob Burrell recently converted a space in his Nashville-area home studio into a Dolby Atmos mix room.
Live
Dolby Atmos Moves into Live Sound
By Steve Harvey. Immersive audio is already available in cinemas and homes. Live sound is increasingly exploring ways to bring that element to the concert world with artists like Meek Mill and Santana. The live sound team at Dolby...
Studio Showcase
Valhalla Studios Jumps into Analog Immersive Mixing
Valhalla Studios owner/Manowar founder Joey DeMaio collaborated with Grammy-winning mastering engineer Darcy Proper and top engineer Ronald Prent to upgrade the facility’s main room to handle all immersive formats.
Post and Broadcast
Broadcasters Prep for Live Immersive Content
The ability to provide immersive audio is quickly moving from being an option in many fields to a necessity. Whether being applied to broadcast content, cinema, or live and concert sound, the various formats—as well as the facilities and...
Post and Broadcast
Signature Post Launches in Revamped Facility
Greg Stone launched Signature Post in a renovated space in Burbank with the aim of creating a post house that can provide the right talent, equipment and amenities for any production in Los Angeles.
Business
Companies to Watch in 2020, Part Two
We spoke with dozens of audio industry leaders to compile the 2020 edition of Companies to Watch. Read on for part two of our series.
Studio Showcase
NYU’s Clive Davis Institute Reinvents Itself in Brooklyn
New York University has consolidated its media, technology and art departments into a new facility in Brooklyn. The site includes studios, editing suites, rehearsal spaces, offices and Oscilloscope Labs, the private production studio of late Beastie Boys rapper Adam...
Post and Broadcast
Waterman Sound Goes with the Flow
Newly established Toluca Lake, CA, audio post-production facility Waterman Sound offers the technologies, amenities and industry neighbors to draw productions interested in one-stop shopping.
Product Reviews
Real-World Review: Avid Pro Tools Ultimate
Rich Tozzoli shares how he uses Avid Pro Tools Ultimate in the real world.
Post and Broadcast
Kaiser Comm Builds New Signature Post Facility
Signature Post recently completed a new multi-room facility with three Dolby Atmos stages, built by Kaiser Comm Construction.
Music Production
Workshop Dissects Immersive Music
PMC Studio in Los Angeles recently hosted an immersive audio workshop titled “The Anatomy of Immersive & Surround Sound Audio” for a select group of invited producers and engineers from across the industry.
Business
Dolby Atmos Music Now on Tidal
Music fans can now find various WMG and UMG music artists in Dolby Atmos on Tidal.
The Wire
PMC Highlights Its Burgeoning Role In The Immersive Audio Market At NAMM 2020
The British loudspeaker manufacture will show a range of products suited for all recording, mixing and mastering applications and formats, including Dolby Atmos.
Business
Dolby, WMG Partner for Dolby Atmos Music
Dolby Laboratories and Warner Music Group have announced a partnership to provide artists with an immersive platform for their music.
Music Production
Getting Immersive with ‘The Traveler’
Mastering and mix engineer Michael Romanowski teamed with Eric “ET” Thorngren to mix an immersive audio version of the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band’s recent blues smash, "The Traveler."
Post and Broadcast
Mexico Post Facility Expands for the Future
Cinematic Media’s new post production facility, part of GGM Estudios in Mexico, will house eight Dolby Atmos-certified stages and cutting rooms.
Post and Broadcast
DAP Upgrades for Immersive Projects
DAP worked with FM Design, Avid and Meyer Sound to update the facility.
Live
Venue Installation Trends Converge
By Steve Harvey. The audio needs of nightclubs, theaters and houses of worship might appear to be different, yet, like other pro audio applications, they are increasingly converging onto technology platforms that are becoming common across the industry.
Post and Broadcast
Sound for Film & TV Event Provides Insights
By Steve Harvey. The program for this year’s sixth annual Mix Sound for Film & TV event, a sold-out affair that attracted 650 attendees to the Sony Pictures Studios lot, offered a twin focus—immersive audio and IP networking—that reflects...
Post and Broadcast
Green Street Readies for Dolby Atmos
Green Street adds Atmos, Genelecs to ensure it’s up for modern game work.
Post and Broadcast
Mixing Tarantino Requires Staying True to Sources
“Quentin gave us the flexibility to experiment with newer vinyl, digital and broadcast recordings, with the caveat that it had to be the exact pitch and time as his original to ensure there was no disjointed audio.”
Blogs
At AES: Capricorn Records, Dolby Atmos Music and a Few Black Boxes
By Tom Kenny. The editor of Mix shares the insights and inside info he’s gleaned from his travels on the AES show floor.
Post and Broadcast
Immersive Audio at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
By Steve Harvey. With less than 10 months remaining before the Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony, the Olympic Games is shaping up to be a record-breaking event, with Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS), the permanent host broadcaster, set to produce an...
Gear and Technology
RTW Launches Metering for Dolby Atmos
Users will be able to monitor 5.1.2, 5.1.4, 7.1.2 or 7.1.4 in the popular immersive sound format.
Recording
Shepherd Travels in Immersive Circles
"The Traveler" by the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band has been mixed by engineer Eric “ET” Thorngren and mastering and mix engineer Michael Romanowski for a Dolby Atmos release on Aug. 30.
Recording
Studio Showcase: Blackbird Studio Takes Immersive to the Next Level
By Steve Harvey. John McBride, co-founder of Nashville’s Blackbird Studio, explains how and why the facility revamped its Studio C—famously outfitted with 138,646 individual pieces of wood for diffusion—into a 9.1.6 Dolby Atmos mix space.
Recording
Henszey Sound Gets Immersed in Immersive
By Steve Harvey. As momentum builds behind immersive music releases, Dave Henszey has opened Henszey Sound, a recording and mixing facility overlooking Universal City in Los Angeles that is fully outfitted for Dolby Atmos and stereo work.
Post and Broadcast
How Sky Broadcast a Music Festival Live in Dolby Atmos
By Becky Roberts. For the second year in a row, Sky broadcast the UK’s Isle of Wight music festival in Atmos—here's how they did it.
Post and Broadcast
Don’t Miss The Next Dolby Atmos Workflow Webinar!
Part Two of the Dolby Atmos Workflow: Audio Track Management and Delivery takes place later this month!
Music Production
UMG to Remix Thousands of Songs in Atmos
Dolby and UMG Team for Dolby Atmos music agreement.
Post and Broadcast
White Mark Reworks Jumbuck for Dolby Atmos
Boutique post house upgrades facility to accommodate Atmos.
The Wire
Ocean Matrix Introduces 3 New Cost-Effective 4K HDMI Interface Tools
SAUGERTIES, N.Y. – May 22, 2019 Ocean Matrix, a provider of cost-effective interface solutions for video and pro-AV users, releases two new 4K HDMI audio extractors which are ideal for venues such as conference rooms, stadiums, and auditoriums. Ocean...
Post and Broadcast
Mexico City’s Cinematic Media Adds Sound
New post audio facility aims to ride ongoing expansion in motion picture and television production in Mexico.
Post and Broadcast
Netflix Unveils Audio Streaming Improvements
By Steve Harvey. The streaming provider takes its audio offerings to the next level.
Post and Broadcast
Nugen Audio Streamlines Dolby Atmos Mix for Marcelo Cyro
By Steve Harvey. Cyro used Nugen Post to control the consistency of the mix of Netflix’s 'Super Drags,' reportedly the first show in South America to use Dolby Atmos.
Post and Broadcast
Sony Pictures Upgrades More Stages to Dolby Atmos
Seven is a lucky number as facility updates mix rooms to Atmos.
Business
Free Webinar: Building a Near-Field Immersive Room
Upcoming webinar explores designing and constructing immersive facilities.
Post and Broadcast
Pixelogic Renovates Mix Facility for Dolby Atmos
Created with White Mark, the new five-studio facility is based in London.
Blogs
Ray Dolby’s Mansion Hits the Market for $5.25M
The home of the late founder of Dolby Labs is for sale.
Post and Broadcast
College Gets Immersed with Genelec
Valencia College has added four 7.1.4 studios for students.
Post and Broadcast
Audio Post Faces Rising Expectations, Falling Budgets
By Steve Harvey. In the world of audio post production, from commercials and television to major motion pictures, two things are increasingly certain: budgets—or lack thereof—and Dolby Atmos. Pro Sound News talks to pros to find out what’s they’re...