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| 04|01|2005 |
Step 1 Import your video We begin by importing a video (in this case, an AVI file) that is in need of a soundtrack via Cmd/Ctrl+Y. SmartSound Sonicfire Pro can import most of the standard video formats; if you... »
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| 04|01|2005 |
Interviewed by Bryant FrazerIt’s hard to imagine a more golden Hollywood resume than the one sported by Randy Thom. Since getting his first big breaks recording effects for Apocalypse Now and The Empire Strikes Back, the sound designer has left his aural fingerprints... »
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| 04|01|2005 |
By Dan DaleyBen Burtt, a sound designer at Skywalker Ranch who has worked on all six Star Wars films, notes that libraries have increasingly become a source for temp scores and character shadings. "Certainly, [music... »
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| 03|01|2005 |
By Dan DaleySteven Wright’s famous one-liner “You can’t have everything — where would you put it?" has become the ultimate trope for the broadband digital era. Multichannel sound has permeated virtually every... »
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| 01|01|2005 |
Mark Ulano President, Ulano Sound Services, Los Angeles Favorite gear: A pair of Pioneer Yamaha 01V96 (version 2) mixers List: $2,499 Why I love them: It’s not often that I get excited about gear, but the... »
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| 01|01|2005 |
By Dan DaleySound mixers need to become comfortable with multi-channel sound effects — because viewers already expect them. That means not only figuring out the best way to convey spatial relations across 5.1 channels, but also... »
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| 12|01|2004 |
By Dan DaleyThe Wireless Wonder Martin Talty arrives on set at The Contender, The Apprentice 2, Joe Millionaire and The Real World with an arsenal that includes the Wendt X5 stereo mixer, the Sennheiser MKH-60... »
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| 12|01|2004 |
By Dan DaleyThe 1930 film Hell’s Angels was Howard Hughes’ paean to the fighter pilots of World War I who jousted in the skies above France— a film driven by Hughes’ own passion for flying and designing aircraft... »
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| 11|01|2004 |
By Dan Daley"As Ray Charles went blind as a child, he transitioned to using his hearing to get him through life," explains sound supervisor Karen Baker Landers. "As he was going blind, his mother taught him... »
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| 11|01|2004 |
By Dan DaleyWorking out of Hacienda Post in Los Angeles, Jeff Hutchins created a constant bubbling soundscape for the Spongebob Squarepants TV series and has reimagined it for theaters— in surround. "We have to... »
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| 10|01|2004 |
by Dan Daley"There’s a lot of things we could try if we only had the time," laments Jonathan Freed as he drives to the Detroit airport in the wake of the Pistons’ championship upset over the L.A Lakers last... »
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| 10|01|2004 |
By Bryant Frazer"We provide musical solutions to problems," says composer Sherman Foote, co-owner of Big Foote Music in New York City. He’s trying to explain a value proposition that goes beyond just beats, tunes... »
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| 10|01|2004 |
By Dan DaleyTom Fleischman Sound Mixer Sound Track, NY Latest Project: The Manchurian Candidate F&V: What characterizes the Candidate’s soundscape and how did that affect its mix? Fleischman: This is a... »
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| 09|01|2004 |
By Debra KaufmanThe father of MP3, Dr. Karlheinz Brandenburg, hasn’t rested on his accomplishment of creating a standard for transmission of music files from the internet to personal electronics. In late... »
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| 07|01|2004 |
By Dan DaleyDescribing how he works with sound effects and design, Scott Gershin reveals a lot when he "orchestrates" these sound elements for film. "Sound effects, sound design, even dialog and ADR - it's all music... »
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