Events
Cinema Audio Society Announces Sound Mixing Awards
The Cinema Audio Society announced its 59th Annual CAS Awards on Saturday, with the sound team for Top Gun: Maverick taking the top honor.
SFP
Business
13th Annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards Announced
13 was the lucky number for 16 different sets of winners at the 13th Annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards, held yesterday in Los Angeles....
Post and Broadcast
The Sound of ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’
Get ready for a conversation as epic as Avatar: The Way of Water, as Mix sits down with the audio team behind the blockbuster's...
Business
70th Annual Golden Reel Award Winners Announced
The MPSE handed out its 70th Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards on Sunday, recognizing outstanding achievement in sound editing in 17 categories.
Facilities
Paul Massey Builds His Ultimate 9.1.6 Mixing Studio, Part 2
Three-time Oscar-winning film re-recording mixer Paul Massey has built his dream 9.1.6 mix studio—here's how he created it.
Facilities
Paul Massey Builds His Ultimate 9.1.6 Mixing Studio, Part 1
Three-time Oscar-winning film re-recording mixer Paul Massey has built his dream 9.1.6 mix studio—here's how he created it.
Business
“All Quiet” Sweeps Audio-Related BAFTAs
The UK’s annual BAFTA Film Awards ceremony saw "All Quiet on the Western Front" take home Best Sound and Best Original Score awards.
Films-TV
A Tribe Called Quest’s Muhammad on Working with Accurate Monitors
The producer/DJ of A Tribe Called Quest explains why finding the right monitors is crucial for meeting the extreme deadlines of composing for TV.
SFP
Mix Blog: Bluetooth High-Quality Streaming on the Horizon
Despite the promise of high-res streaming, the sad truth is that for many listeners, the last step in the signal chain is Bluetooth; thankfully,...
Business
NAB Show to Feature 1,000-Plus Exhibitors
More than 1,000 companies, including 140-plus first-time exhibitors, have signed up to exhibit at this year’s NAB Show.
Post and Broadcast
Avid Updates Media Composer To Bring Audio, Editorial Post Teams Together
Avid said the update is the first step in delivering collaborative workflows between Media Composer and Pro Tools.
Blog
VIDEO: 2023 Oscar ‘Best Sound’ Nominee Interviews!
Dive into the audio efforts behind all five nominated films with our exclusive sound team video interviews!
Post and Broadcast
TV Mixer Josh Morton Joins Levels Audio
Five-time Emmy Award-winning re-recording mixer Josh Morton has joined audio post-production and sound design studio Levels Audio.
Live Sound
Bringing You The Music of Music’s Biggest Night
Without the skills of dozens of audio pros, Music's Biggest Night would just be a night.
Post and Broadcast
Sky New Zealand Upgrades to IP Audio
Sky New Zealand has installed a Lawo mc²56 48-fader production console supplied and integrated by Professional Audio & Television.
Post and Broadcast
Netflix Unveils Spatial Audio Roll Out
Netflix has announced the addition of Spatial Audio for its Premium Plan subscribers, powered by Sennheiser’s AMBEO Spatial Audio technology.
Films-TV
Recording Comedy is No Laughing Matter
Anthony Leo's 800 Pound Gorilla Media is an AV production company that specializes in recording and shooting comedy specials.
Post and Broadcast
Yamil Captures the King of Reggaetón
Yamil Martinez recorded a recent performance with Don Omar using a fully digital setup centered around Waves’ eMotion LV1 Live Mixer.
Post and Broadcast
Mixing Humberstone BRITs Performance
Engineer Lee Smith was recently tasked with mixing British recording artist Holly Humberstone’s live performance at the 2022 BRIT Awards.
Business
Oscar Sound and Music Nominations Announced
The nominees for the 95th annual Oscars have been announced, including in the three sound and music categories.
Business
Levels Audio is Animated by New Collaborations
Audio post-production house Levels Audio has expanded its animation department, adding pros Hunter Curra and James Singleton.
Business
BAFTA Award Nominations Announced
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts' nominees for its annual EE BAFTA best sound and original music categories awards have been named.
Business
AMPS Announces Best Film Sound Nominees
The UK-based Association of Motion Picture Sound, AMPS, has announced the nominees for its 10th Annual Awards for Excellence in Sound.
Post and Broadcast
Going to Extremes with Sound and Picture
Cinematographer Evan B. Stone also records when on location in extreme locations, like the Ural Mountains of Western Siberia.
Business
Cinema Audio Society Announces Sound Mixing Nominations
The Cinema Audio Society has announced the nominees for the 59th Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing 2022.
Business
View from the Top: Nuno Fonseca, CEO/Founder, Sound Particles
Nuno Fonseca, CEO/Founder of Sound Particles, shares how an academic career teaching both computer science and music technology led to the creation of his...
Business
70th Annual Golden Reel Award Nominees Announced
The Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) has announced its nominees for the 70th Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards.
Post and Broadcast
And Just Like That, HBO Series Became Immersive
HBO’s director of post production sound, Glen Schricker, was sound supervisor and lead re-recording mixer for revamping 'Sex and the City' in Dolby Atmos.
Business
Entertainment Unions Ask Congress For Tax Fairness
Unions are lobbying for Performing Artist Tax Parity Act (PATPA), which would help entertainment workers deduct required work expenses.
Post and Broadcast
Peter Lawo, Broadcast Tech Entrepreneur, Dead at 85
Peter Lawo, founder of the German broadcast and media technologies company that bears his name, has died at 85.
Post and Broadcast
VIDEO: The Sound of ‘Emancipation’
David Esparza, Re-Recording Mixer/Supervising Sound Editor, and Mandell Winter, Supervising Sound Editor, discuss their work on the Civil War action drama, Emancipation.
Post and Broadcast
VIDEO: The Sound of ‘Spirited’
Andrew DeCristofaro, Supervising Sound Editor, and Mark Paterson, Re-Recording Mixer, discuss their work on the new musical comedy, Spirited.
Post and Broadcast
VIDEO: The Sound of ‘Babylon’
The audio pros behind 'Babylon' discuss how they used period sound -- and movie sound -- to evoke the feel of 1920s Hollywood.
Post and Broadcast
VIDEO: The Sound of ‘Nope’
Johnnie Burn, MPSE/AMPS, shares how he became involved with Jordan Peele's "Nope" more than six months before shooting began.
Post and Broadcast
Sound for ‘The Woman King’
Despite having 15 weeks total for post sound, The Woman King's richly layered and vibrant soundtrack doesn’t suggest a compressed schedule at all.
Post and Broadcast
VIDEO: The Sound of ‘The Batman’
The audio team behind 'The Batman,' the hit reboot of the venerable DC Comics franchise, bring to light the work that went into the...
Post and Broadcast
VIDEO: The Sound of ‘Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths’
The sound team behind director Alejandro G Iñárritu’s ‘Bardo’ discusses its work on the surreal film.
Post and Broadcast
VIDEO: The Sound of ‘Good Night Oppy’
Mark Mangini, MPSE, shares how he explored the sounds of Mars in this stunning documentary Good Night Oppy about the roving Mars vehicle Opportunity.
Post and Broadcast
VIDEO: The Score of ‘Thirteen Lives’
Composer Benjamin Wallfisch recounts how he created the subtle, almost spiritual score of director Ron Howard's gripping film, Thirteen Lives.
Post and Broadcast
VIDEO: The Sound of ‘Thirteen Lives’
The audio team behind director Ron Howard's stunning docudrama, 'Thirteen Lives,' discusses its work on the film.
Post and Broadcast
VIDEO: The Sound and Score of All Quiet on the Western Front
The composer and audio team from Netflix's remake of All Quiet on the Western Front discuss their collaboration in this extensive interview.
Post and Broadcast
VIDEO: The Sound of ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’
Sound editor/sound designer Scott M. Gershin; Jon Taylor, Re-Recording Mixer; and Frank A. Montaño, Re-Recording Mixer discuss their work on ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio.’