The Mixing Tweeze: Action Sequence
For the purposes of education, we shot five short films for the Pro Members Education. These consisted of an action sequence, a scene on the beach, a scene in a…
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Mixing Mavenry: Transformers 2
In this installment of Mixing Mavenry we take a good look at the last battle in "Transformers 2" and hear some genius solutions for mixing big actions scenes. It has…
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SFX Sorcery: Tron Legacy
In this initial installment of SFX Sorcery we examine the end battle of "Tron Legacy." Although we look at several scenes from this film in the Pro Member Education, the…
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Close Encounters: Music Mastery
Music Mastery: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Here on Cinema Sound I'm starting a series of ongoing blog posts that deal with special and amazing instances of wizardry in various audio disciplines: Music Mastery, SFX Sorcery and…
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Adobe Interview: Mark Edward Lewis on Post
High atop the Encore Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, I was the subject of an Adobe interview about my experiences with Adobe's flagship DAW, Audition. What we didn't realize we'd…
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4 Lethal Ambience & Room Tone Truths
Ambiences and Room Tone tracks are some of the most misunderstood aspects of audio mixing there are. Worse, they get confused as the same thing or the other thing, and…
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Røde Offering Free WindScreen for a Limited Time
Pro-audio brand RØDE Microphones today unveils a worldwide promotion to give a free windscreen with every purchase of a selection of RØDE’s world-beating on-camera microphones, effective from May 22, 2017…
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Valhalla Room gets a nice GUI Update
Flash! AH-AH! Valhalla DSP Updates Their Flagships!
If you've spent any time on the Pro Member's Education Volumes 3 or 4, you know I'm an avid user (no pun intended) of Valhalla DSP plugins. From their free…
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4 Fabulous Foley Fixes
Foley is Fun. Foley is Frustrating. Foley is Fundamental. Foley must be done in order to create the fifty million dollar impact you're project deserves. Tweet: If immersion is the…
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Many filmmakers make the same common mistakes and ruin their chances of a good outcome.
The 7 Ways to Export Audio From Your NLE
When building assets for the re-recording mix session, there are many unpleasant disciplines which an audio professional (or independent filmmaker) must endure. One of my least favorite is exporting audio…
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