Facilities
Sonic Ranch: A Recording Retreat Designed to Inspire
Vibe is one of those versatile descriptors that can mean nothing or everything. It can be used to describe a person, place or thing in the generic, or, when attached to a modifier, become more specific, as in a “funky, New Orleans vibe.” It can be attached to an event, like a Clive Davis after-party, or a unique piece of art, an individual rock star or a scene a la Brooklyn. It can be so overused that it loses its luster, yet can sometimes be the only word that fits. At its simplest, it describes a moment in time. At its most complex, it describes a total experience, one that is just there all the time. Sonic Ranch has vibe—all-caps, boldfaced, italicized Vibe.
The Great ‘Marketplace’ Studio Redesign of 2009-2014: American Public Media Updates Radio Facility for the “Connected” World
There are no Aeron chairs or hardwood floors at the newly revamped Frank Stanton Studios in downtown Los Angeles. These are radio studios, where all the rooms are small and dry, and the machine room is loaded with floor-to-ceiling racks of networking equipment. It’s where American Public Media supports local station Southern California Public Radio (SCPR) and produces the daily Marketplace series of business news and economic life programs, heard nationally on more than 500 public radio stations by almost 11 million listeners a week.
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On a splendid May morning in Building 180 on Treasure Island, in the middle of the San Francisco Bay, the principal cast members of director Chris Columbus'
Post Facilities Show Strong Growth With Audio Upgrades
BSKYB, LONDON BskyB's audio post department has purchased seven Fairlight Satellite workstations; the sale, systems integration and support were supplied
Chace Audio Celebrates 20 Years
Los Angeles-based sound preservation/restoration specialists Chace Audio (www.chace.com) has remastered film soundtracks into 5.1 or 6.1 multichannel
Post Openings—audioEngine, New York City
Audio post-production company audioEngine (www.audioengine.net) unveiled its fourth room, Studio D, a 5.1 mixing and recording studio that is home to
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All Things Internet: You don't need to be a think tank resident to see the impact that the Internet is having on all facets of the production/post-production
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MARK SNOW "THE X-FILES" COMPOSER BRINGS CINEMATIC EMOTION TO THE SMALL SCREEN The truth is out there, as The X-Files catchphrase goes. But for X-Files
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The designers of the Soundmaster Integrated Operations Nucleus (ION), which serves as a "universal translator" for various technology standards in the
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In Todd-AO news, J.R. DeLang announced the promotions of Richard Hassanein to executive vice president of Todd-AO Studios (West, East and Scoring Stage);