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Kelly Stables and David Cowgill to Host 68th Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards
Acclaimed voice actors Kelly Stables and David Cowgill will host the 68th Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards.
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MPSE Plans an Immersive, Engaging Night for the Virtual Golden Reel Awards
The Motion Picture Sound Editors’ 68th Golden Reel Awards, scheduled for Friday, April 16th as a fully virtual event, will invite sound professionals from around the world to gather and celebrate their craft in a way unlike anything in...
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Senior Engineer and Sound Designer Joel Hopper Joins One Union Recording Studios
Continuing to bolster its talent and technical resources, One Union Recording Studios, the Bay Area’s largest, independent recording facility, has hired Senior Engineer Joel Hopper.
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Academy Awards Sound Nominees Announced
The Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominations for this year’s Oscars, and for the first time sound editing and sound mixing are combined into a single category.
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THE LIFE AHEAD WITH METRIC HALO
Sound Mixer Maurizio Argentieri Relies on Futureproof Metric Halo Interfaces for Critically-Acclaimed Sophia Loren Film, The Life Ahead SAFETY HARBOR, FLORIDA: The Life Ahead stars celebrated actress and octogenarian Sophia Loren in a performance that many are predicting will...
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Like All of the Other NYC-Area Studios They Frequent, Tony Shanahan and Stewart Lerman Now Have the Inspiring, Fatigue-Free, Translatable Sound of ATC Monitors
Tony Shanahan and Stewart Lerman are friends and fellow music industry insiders who share Hobo Sound Studios in Weehawken, New Jersey. Shanahan has variously produced, engineered, written, and played bass with Michael Stipe, Ryan Adams, Robert Plant, Faith Hill,...
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Motion Picture Sound Editors to Honor Supervising Sound Editor Dennis Drummond with Career Achievement Award
The Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) today announces that it will honor Supervising Sound Editor Dennis Drummond with its 2021 MPSE Career Achievement Award. Drummond’s long list of credits includes The Intern, The Help, It’s Complicated and The Pursuit...
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Evil Audio Pros are Back with ‘Sound of Violence’
The new indie flick 'Sound of Violence' brings back our favorite niche horror movie trope: The Evil Sound Professional.
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Motion Picture Sound Editors Announce 68th Annual Golden Reel Award Nominees
The Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) today announces nominees in the 68th Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards. Nominees represent the work of the world’s most talented sound artists and their contributions to the past year’s most outstanding feature film,...
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Calrec: Sara Fernandez, Senior Audio Engineer at VAV Group, A craft interview
Sara Fernandez, Audio Technician at VAV Group, has been working in professional audio for 14 years and uses a Calrec Summa on a variety of projects. Read what she has to say about the Summa, along with the move...
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PNYA “Post Break” Hosts Harbor’s Damian Volpe and Rob Fernandez to Talk Post Sound
In the next edition of Post Break, Post New York Alliance’s free webinar series, Harbor Supervising Sound Editor/Re-Recording Mixer Damian Volpe and Re-Recording Mixer Rob Fernandez will discuss their longtime collaboration, workflows for Dolby Atmos and how Covid-19 has...
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Motion Picture Sound Editors to Honor George Miller with Filmmaker Award
The Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) will honor Academy Award-winner George Miller with its annual Filmmaker Award.
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Budget-Friendly Danley Weatherized SH46 and OS80 Loudspeakers Deliver High-Quality, High-Impact Sound for Sterlington High School Football Stadium
MONROE, LOUISIANA: The Sterlington High School Panthers football team was runner up in Class 3A football in the state of Louisiana in 2018, and high school football plays a huge role in the rural community of Sterlington and Ouachita...
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Songwriter/Producer/Engineer DJ Bless Runs a Virtual “Metric Halo Console” with Metric Halo Production Bundle of Plugins
SAFETY HARBOR, FLORIDA: DJ Bless, who often goes by his darker alter-ego Sutter Kain, was a songwriter and producer first and only became known as a mix engineer when other musicians needed his help to achieve his signature “Ghetto...
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Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) Elects New Board
The Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) has elected Steve Urban to a 2-year term as Vice President, succeeding Bernard Weiser. Additionally, Jeremy Gordon was reelected as Treasurer and Christopher Reeves as Sergeant-at-Arms in the organization’s annual Board elections.
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Biamp Adds NPX Network Paging Stations to Its Ecosystem
New Convenience Paging Stations Integrate Seamlessly With Tesira and New Qt X Sound Masking Solutions BEAVERTON, Ore. — Jan. 22, 2021 — Biamp® introduces the NPX Network Paging Stations, a series of stylish and intelligent convenience paging stations. Part...
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Biamp Debuts Industry’s First All-In-One Direct-Field and Indirect Sound Masking Solution
The Cambridge Qt X Series Unites Direct and Indirect Field Sound Masking in a Single System that Simplifies Installation and Programming BEAVERTON, Ore. — Jan. 22, 2021 — Biamp® today announced the Cambridge Qt™ X Series, the industry’s first...
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Danley Sound Labs’ Jericho J7 Horn Lands in Singapore
Bartley Christian Church Becomes the First Venue in Singapore to Benefit from the Power, Articulation and Small Footprint of a Danley Sound Labs J7 Jericho Horn SINGAPORE: Founded over half a century ago by twenty-five original members, Bartley Christian...
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Danley Sound Labs SH46 Loudspeakers and TH118XL Subwoofers Reanimate Historic John Storyk-Designed Bearsville Theater in Woodstock, New York
WOODSTOCK, NEW YORK: Albert Grossman – music industry guru and manager of Bob Dylan, The Band, Janis Joplin, Odetta, and Peter, Paul, & Mary, among many others – founded the Bearsville creative complex in the 1970s in Woodstock, New...
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Eleven ATC Monitors Define Decades of Tom Petty’s Box Set “Wildflowers & All The Rest”
Relying on Eleven ATC Monitors, Producer/Engineer Ryan Ulyate Unifies Decades of Tom Petty’s Demo, Live, and Studio Recordings Into Wildflowers & All the Rest Box Set in Stereo and Dolby Atmos LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Producer/Engineer Ryan Ulyate has been...
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Daking Introduces the USA-Made, Dual-Mono, Single-Rack Space Mic Pre IIT
High-End Boutique Performance at a Surprisingly Affordable Price LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JANUARY 2021: TransAudio Group, U.S. distributor of the world’s best professional recording equipment, is pleased to introduce the new Daking Mic Pre IIT, which combines two of Daking’s stand-alone...
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Engineer Matt Barnes Digs In with Metric Halo’s Musically-Useful Plug-Ins
LONDON, ENGLAND: Headquartered in London, Matt Barnes is a sought-after recording and mix engineer with a deep skill set and humility enough to keep expanding it. He engineered Krept & Konan’s Revenge Is Sweet, which made it to the...
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Veteran Audio Engineer Eduardo Mendoza Joins One Union Recording Studios
One Union Recording Studios, the Bay Area’s largest, independent recording facility, has added Senior Engineer Eduardo Mendoza to its mix staff. Mendoza arrives from a similar post with Facebook and brings more than 15 years of experience in audio...
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The World Equestrian Center Chooses Danley for Excellent Fidelity, Even Coverage and Weatherproof Performance
OCALA, FLORIDA: True to its name, the World Equestrian Center is destined to be the premier venue for all things equine. Located in Ocala, Florida, the “Horse Capital of the World,” the center already occupies 380 acres and is...
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Despite Massive Acoustical Challenges, Danley Speakers Deliver “Smear-Free” Performance” at The View at Fountains
MURFREESBORO, TENNESSEE: The View at Fountains is a 400-capacity conference and event space in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. It occupies the top floor of Fountains at Gateway, a multi-purpose building occupied by class-A office space, restaurants, retail shops, and, in the...
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Bridgewater Church of the Brethren Goes from “Two Out of Ten to Ten Out of Ten” with New Danley Loudspeakers
BRIDGEWATER, VIRGINIA: The deep history of Bridgewater Church of the Brethren in Bridgewater, Virginia stretches back into the late 1700s, when the first Europeans migrated into the area. Centuries of branching and growth led to the construction of the...
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Sound and Flexibility of ULN-2 Interface Converts Theatrical Producer Michael Moritz Jr. to a Metric Halo Fan
NEW YORK, NEW YORK: With a deep pool of talent, a wealth of high-stakes experience, and the kind of personality that lifts others up, Michael Moritz Jr. is a much sought-after music director and music supervisor in the New...
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Unconventional Placement of Danley SBH10 Column Loudspeaker Solves the Challenging Space Issues at Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biochemical Research Institute
ROANOKE, VIRGINIA: Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute is an influential research center at the forefront of new preventative and therapeutic technologies. It operates a research funding portfolio of over $114 million and recently completed construction of a new...
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The Flexible New Danley SM90 Full-Range Utility Loudspeaker is a Game Changer
GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA: Danley Sound Labs is pleased to announce the new SM90, the latest addition to its SM Series of full-range loudspeakers. Like other members of the series, the SM90 uses the patented, Synergy Horn™ technology from respected acoustician...
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Post New York Alliance (PNYA) Members Recreate Mississippi in New York City for Starz’s “P-Valley”
Editorial and post-production finishing for the 8-episode, first season of the hit Starz series P-Valley was centered in New York as several Post New York Alliance (PNYA) member companies helped bring the fictional small town of Chucalissa, Mississippi vibrantly...
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Danley SM Loudspeakers Bring Intelligibility to the Reverberant Sanctuary at Coral Hill Baptist Church
GLASGOW, KENTUCKY: Located near Mammoth Cave National Park, Coral Hill Baptist Church has long been a cornerstone for the community in Glasgow, Kentucky. Without going so far as to include moving lights or haze machines, Coral Hill’s blended services...
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Los Pentecostales de Newport News Installs Permanent Danley Loudspeakers, Subwoofers, Monitors and Amp
NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA: Los Pentecostales de Newport News is a Pentecostal church serving the Hispanic community in Newport News, Virginia. With seemingly-boundless energy, Pastor Mario Zunzunegui delivers impassioned services and encourages strong community bonds. The band that supports him...
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Danley Takes OS80’s to Deep Run High School for Concert Level Sound
GLEN ALLEN, VIRGINIA: As the Henrico County, Virginia school system slowly rolls out a turf upgrade for all of its high school football stadiums, the Deep Run High School Wildcats are the lucky recipients of the first upgrade. Attendance...
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TransAudio Group Introduces the New MUTEC REF10 SE120
MUTEC Improves Upon Its Industry-Leading REF10 Audiophile 10 MHz Reference Master Clock with an Advanced Oven-Controlled Quartz Oscillator LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – NOVEMBER 2020: TransAudio Group, the U.S. distributor of the world’s finest high-end professional audio recording equipment, is...
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Introducing the New Danley BC215 Directional Subwoofer
Delivering Tom Danley’s Famous Low-Frequency Output in a Flexible, Scalable Design GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA: Danley Sound Labs has always been into bass. Tom Danley has a history with producing some of the most unique subwoofers in the industry and the...
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Bettermaker Unveils Very-Limited Edition Darthlimiter
Celebrating the Sale of 1,000 Mastering Limiters, Bettermaker Comes Up with the Very Cool-Looking, Very Awesome-Sounding, Very-Limited-Edition Darthlimiter LAS VEGAS, NEVADA: Borrowing a certain heavy-breaking, distance-choking intergalactic villain’s timeless style, the very-limited-edition Darthlimiter celebrates 1,000 Bettermaker Mastering Limiter units...
Live
Live Nation Urban Launches Black Tour Directory
Aiming to foster greater inclusivity in production roles on tours and events, Live Nation Urban has developed The Black Tour Directory.
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SLLFX celebrates brand refresh with new look and equipment
Full rebrand, new website and increased investment in hire stock as SLLFX keep trading throughout challenging period
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AVkraft Augments Audio in India’s Sacred Heart Forane Church
Mathew George, founder and owner of systems integrator AVkraft, designed a new QSC-based audio system for India's Sacred Heart Forane Church.
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Emmy Awards for Sound Winners Announced
The winners of this year's Creative Emmy Awards in the Sound-related categories have been announced. And the winner is....
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Bettermaker’s Revolutionary Plug-in Control of Its World-Class Analog Compressors, Limiters and Equalizers is Now Patented!
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA: TransAudio Group, U.S. distributor of the world’s best professional recording technology, is pleased to announce that Bettermaker from Poland has obtained a U.S. patent for its DAW plug-in control technology. “Bettermaker produces hardware compressors, limiters and...
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Revamped Subwoofer Pros Studio Sub2 Series Deliver Upgraded Low End with Improved Back Panel Interconnects and Low Pass Options
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA: TransAudio Group, U.S. distributor of Subwoofer Pros and other high-end professional audio recording equipment, is pleased to announce the newly-revamped line of Subwoofer Pros Studio subwoofers. Designed specifically for mission-critical professional recording and mixing work, the...