Korey Pereira, MPSE, is the owner and creative director of Soularity Sound, a post-production company based in Austin, Texas. This article is his story on how he went about installing Dolby Atmos at home. Find out what equipment he chose and what would have done differently if he were to start the process knowing what he knows now.
I Swapped A Mac Pro For A MacBook Pro - My Verdict One Month On
Have Apple laptops come of age enough to be able to offer the power and flexibility to a modern studio? And what about heat and noise? Russ Hughes swapped a fully loaded Mac Pro 6,1 for a top spec MacBook Pro to test the theory. Here is his verdict one month on.
Mixing Audio Post Production During The COVID-19 Lockdown
We came across an excellent article written by Karol Urban CAS MPSE, who is a is a re-recording mixer for television and feature films as well as President of the Cinema Audio Society, describing how re-recording mixers are rising to the challenges of continuing to mix projects through the COVID-19 lockdown. Karol has given her permission for us to publish her article here, to give people who are not members of the Cinema Audio Society, a chance to read it. Karol starts with her own experiences before asking several other re-recording mixers to share their experiences.
How To Record Edit And Mix A Choir Remotely For A UK TV Broadcast
On Thursday, April 16th 2020, Lucy shared an ITV news segment of a moving tribute to our wonderful National Health Service (NHS) workers and those who have lost their lives to COVID-19 here is the UK. Apart from making her tear up just a tad, the main reason she shared it was because it was something she worked on with her husband Phil, the Musical Director of The Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Choir (the one waving his arms about in the video). In this article, Lucy explains how it came about and how they managed to pull it off.
Real Time Pro Quality Collaboration Over The Internet Is Possible Today - Here's How
Online collaboration has come a long way in recent years but live performance, with musicians playing together and sharing cue mixes across the internet hasn’t been viable. A recent experiment between two UK universities is bringing that ambition significanty closer for all of us. Find out more.
Remote Mixing The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra - All Playing from Their Homes
The week before Easter, Joseph Reiser was approached by Simon Webb and John Bradbury of the BBC Philharmonic to help them produce a short piece of music for broadcast over the bank holiday weekend. Daniel Whibley (double bass player, composer and arranger) had created a wonderful arrangement of Easter Parade by Irving Berlin and the plan was to put together a 60+ piece orchestra from home, in an effort to break what is most likely one of the longest silent periods in the orchestra’s history. In this article Joseph explains the challenges of this project and how they were overcome.
How To Use SessionLinkPRO During The COVID-19 Lock Down - A User Shares His Experience
In a recent article by David Thomas, he looked at 3 different remote recording services, which are becoming more and more important for the industry during the current COVID-19 situation. Having read it community member Erik Gierich commented that he uses SessionLinkPRO and so we asked Erik if he would share his experiences of using SessionLinkPRO and here is his article.
How To Remote Record During The COVID-19 Lockdown
In this article, community member David Thomas shares what he has learnt as he gets to grips with recording multiple contributors all working from home to enable him to continue to produce BBC Radio programmes. David shares his experiences of using Source-Connect Now, Cleanfeed Pro and ipDTL, the pros and cons and draws some conclusions.
Dante For The Small To Medium Sized Project Studio - A Case Study On Using Audio Over IP
Audio over IP, and in particular Dante, has become very popular in broadcast and live sectors of the audio industry as well as in some of the larger studios and multi-room facilities. But what about smaller facilities and one-room studios? It is this setting that we are going to explore in this article.
AppleCare - Is It Worth The Expense? One Person's Experience
When buying a new Apple computer is it worth taking out the AppleCare extended warranty that Apple offers? In this article, James Richmond explores his history of buying Apple computers to see whether AppleCare has been worth it.
DAD And Dynaudio Create Ultimate Ambisonics Across 48 Channels
Exactly how to set up and manage a complex immersive install is a challenge, particularly if is is to be accessible to multiple users. One such project we came across an install using a combination of DAD and Dynaudio equipment at the Royal Danish Academy of Music.
DAD AX32 Is Not Just For The Studio - Live Case Study
More and more the DAD AX32 is finding itself at the heart of live productions, Julian looks at why this might be and what makes something he’d always seen as a studio tool particularly well suited to complex live productions.
How Mara Kim Used UJAM's Virtual Instruments As Her Band To Record "Silence"
UJAM recently posted a story about a collaboration between singer songwriter Mara Kim and UJAM’s Peter Gorges which takes a piano and vocal demo through to a full production using UJAM’s Virtual Instruments. We look at the highlights of this project but visit the full blog post to hear first hand about the production process.
Flock Audio Patch - Installing And Configuring The Digitally Controlled Analogue Patch Bay
In the first of this pair of articles, I talked about the studio clean-up operation and the physical relocation of my studio toys getting ready for the addition of the Flock Audio Patch into my studio workflow. In this article I’m going to talk about setting up, routing and managing the Patch, some of the choices I had to make early on in the process and how Patch has changed my recording, mixing and mastering world.
Is This The Answer To TV Audio Critics? Object Based Audio Case Studies Presented At The AES 146th Convention In Dublin
Following on from our Object Based Audio article, in this article we will explore 3 case studies of applications for object based audio presented at the Dublin AES Convention from recent live events where engineers from the EBU, Fraunhofer and Dolby experimented with delivering object based audio to the end user.
Recording A Band Using Two Universal Audio Apollo X16 Audio Interfaces From Tracking To Mixing
In this video for Production Expert made with the support of Universal Audio, Technical Editor James Ivey invites 2 friends to record a track with him using 2 Universal Apollo X16 audio interfaces. James also shows how he uses the UA Apollo 16 Generation 2 in a console workflow allowing him to access many great UAD-2 effects emulations. We also answer the question about which sounds better the new Apollo X16 or Gen 2 Apollo 16 interface.
Mixing Drums & Bass With The New Universal Audio Apollo X Series Interface & UAD-2 Plug-Ins
Any modern pop or rock track needs a good solid foundation. In this case we have a combination of real acoustic and programmed drums to give the song “Thought of love” by the Rooftop Renegades a good solid groove. Paul Drew of Production Expert, with the support of Universal Audio, shows how by using only Universal Audio UAD-2 plug-ins, he mixes the acoustic drums with some of the programmed percussion to give the track a driving feel.
Mixing Vocals With The New Universal Audio Apollo X Series Interface & UAD-2 Plug-Ins
With the primary tracking and recording finished, Paul Drew of Production Expert starts to mix the song “Thought of love” by the Rooftop Renegades. Paul shows how, exclusively using Universal Audio UAD-2 plug-in he is able to turn a well recorded vocal into a top line part that sits well in the track but allows the lyric to shine through.
I Went From Apple Mac To Windows For My Pro Tools Computer - Here's Why
As I’m sure many of you are aware, back in March 2017 I shut down my fully pimped 12 core “Cheese Grater” Mac Pro for potentially the final time. I was making the move to what, at the time, I referred to as “The Dark Side.” I was swapping out my 2009 Mac Pro for a brand new HP Z840 Workstation running Windows 10. This is the story of why I switched.
How To Restore And Remaster The Baywatch Series Ready For Relaunching On Amazon Prime
When it came to restoring the audio for a remastered version of the drama, Baywatch, for Amazon Prime, iZotope’s RX 6 Software, was used by Warner Brothers audio specialist, Brook Dillon to restore audio from every original Baywatch episode for the re-release on the streaming platform. Core modules in RX 6 like Dialogue Isolate and Spectral Repair were key tools in the restoration process, given the lack of stems, and Brook was able to give the audio a new, polished sound while still matching the original mix thanks to the tools in iZotope RX 6.