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HPA Awards Announce 2019 Creative Category Nominations
The HPA Awards Committee has announced the nominees for the creative categories for the 2019 HPA Awards. A standard bearer for creative excellence and...
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Sound Lounge’s Becca Falborn Nominated for Forbes “30 Under 30”
NEW YORK— Sound Lounge executive producer Becca Falborn is among the nominees for inclusion in Forbes annual “30 Under 30” feature. Nominations continue across...
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Periscope Post & Audio Debuts Theatrical Mix Stage with Dolby Atmos Capability
Periscope Post has completed construction of a Dolby Atmos-capable theatrical mix stage at its recently opened facility in Hollywood.
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Alchemy Post Sound Delivers Hand-Crafted Foley for Award-winning Indie Dramedy “The Climb”
For its Foley team from Alchemy Post Sound (working under supervising sound editor/re-recording mixer Ryan Billia), The Climb posed unique creative and technical challenges....
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Location Sound Mixer Henri Rapp Provides Unique Sound Solutions
Having more than a decade of audio experience, Henri Rapp Recording provides high quality audio solutions on location for productions with unique audio requirements.
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Point Source Audio Demos Dual Element Microphones for AV Pros at InfoComm 2019
Point Source Audio (PSA), will be displaying their patent-pending CO2 Confidence Collection, a new class of built-in redundant microphones, at this year’s Infocomm trade...
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Creative Categories Call for Entries Opens for HPA Awards
The Hollywood Professional Association (HPA®) has opened its call for entries in creative categories for the HPA Awards. The Awards, now in their 14th...
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Point Source Audio Expands Asia Pacific Presence
Point Source Audio (PSA) announced that it has appointed China’s EAD and South Korea’s Capstone Pro to be distribution partners for its SERIES8 and...
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AIPAC Speakers Double Miked by Point Source Audio
Point Source Audio’s CO2 Confidence headsets played a large primary—and a critical secondary—role for double mic’ing at the 2019 AIPAC Policy Conference held at...
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USITT Double Mics Keynote Speaker with Confidence of CO2
Point Source Audio’s patent pending dual element mic wins over sound supervisor; no one notices
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Why 15 Techs at Elevation Church Went “All In” with Their Headsets
Charlotte, N.C. — Charlotte-based Elevation Church now has 19 campuses around North Carolina, all with very high production values. Each of the locations has...
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2018 HPA Award Winners Announced
The 13 annual Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) Awards took place tonight, honoring the accomplishments of industry luminaries, behind-the-scenes artists and outstanding engineering teams. The...
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New for 2018: GameSoundCon & The Halp Network Present A Dedicated Track for Dialogue, Voice Over & Performance
Seattle, WA (September 3, 2018) – GameSoundCon, the premier conference for video game music and sound design, is expanding its offering once again. This...
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GameSoundCon Returns to Los Angeles for the 10th Year this October
Seattle, WA – GameSoundCon, the premier conference for video game music and sound design, celebrates its 10th anniversary this year and once again welcomes...
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Podcast Series Features Conversations With This Year’s Oscar-Nominated Sound Editors
Dolby Institute’s Glenn Kiser speaks to this year’s Oscar-nominated sound editors and sound mixers in a special series of podcast conversations. He writes of...
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Listen to Legendary Editor Walter Murch Discuss His Sound Work
In a two-part podcast for the Dolby Institute Conversations with Sound Artists, legendary picture and sound editor Walter Murch discusses his career and craft. In...
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Archival Footage and Sound Informs the Sound Design of ‘Patriots Day’
Peter Berg’s Patriots Day recreates the Boston Marathon bombing of four years ago and combines a myriad of archival footage with the fictional footage...
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‘Manchester by the Sea’ Sound Design Was Built Around Realism
"The words and the situation they’re in are first and foremost, but they are placed within an environment that makes sense. It had...
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Inside the Custom-Designed Space Sounds of ‘Passengers’
In upcoming sci-fi film Passengers, Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence play two spaceship passengers being transported to a distant planet who find themselves mysteriously awoken...
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Pop’s ‘Sing It On’ Competition Wins with Shure
Giving viewers a look at the hard work, talent and strategy needed to succeed on the competitive a cappella circuit, the Pop network reality...
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Creating and Working With Audio Splits and Stems in Adobe Premiere Pro
Oliver Peters has written up a primer on why and how to create audio splits and stems in Adobe Premiere Pro. He writes, “When...
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Inside the Sound Editing of ‘Narcos’
"Because the show is a real-life action drama, and is intermingled with real news footage from the time, it was important to capture a...
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‘American Horror Story: Hotel’ Sound Supervisor on Making the Setting Sound Like a Tomb
"Designing the sound of the hotel, which is a character itself, was fun."
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‘Daredevil’ Sound Designer on Treating Fight Sequences Like a Drum Solo
Netflix’s Daredevil is known for its gritty take on the superhero genre, and its visceral fight sequences garner attention in part due to their...