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Downsizing the Mixing Room

Thu, 28 May 2009 0:00:00 EDT

Some of Hollywood’s top post houses are creating high-tech Mini-Mes, allowing directors to work on a film’s sound at their own offices while supplying gear and technical talent tailored to each project....

Rachel Getting Mixed, Documentary Style

Thu, 4 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST

Music mixer Tony Volante had to create cinematic sound that would maintain the integrity of documentary-style production audio tracks....

Getting Creative in the Mix

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT

The collaboration between film directors and sound mixers is a balance between objective and subjective responses. Mostly, a sound mixer’s responsibilities are technical, like notching the music and SFX frequencies around the dialog to maintain intelligibility. But the mixer often has some latitude to make artistic decisions, like muting an instrument or putting a Foley track through a guitar fuzz box. F&V asked some top sound mixers to share some of the most creative contributions they’ve made to feature films, and about working with some of the best-known directors in the business....

National Treasure: Book of Secrets Gets a Gigantic Audio Mix

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 0:00:00 EST

Jerry Bruckheimer likes ‘em big and loud. Movies, that is, and National Treasure: Book of Secrets is expected to meet expectations in terms of dB and SPL. But within that cacophonous jungle of sound is plenty of room for nuance, says George Watters II, supervising sound editor at Buena Vista Studios, where the film was edited....

Why Audio Production for Letterman Is All About Music

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 0:00:00 EST

There's a reason why David Letterman is the only network talk-show host with a best-selling music-compilation CD out. Harvey Goldberg, who has mixed the music for the show exclusively for the last five years, thinks he knows why....