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Pistachios - Taste and Sound Great

I recently finished a film which required foley for cannibal natives. I needed foley for shell and bone necklaces. I had nowhere to turn to, until a friend of mine discarded his pistachio shell cup! I was saved! I bought a bag of roasted and salted…
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N00b to Max/MSP

So, I've finally gotten around to d/l-ing the demo for Max/MSP. I've been going through the Tutes and learning a whole bunch. I'm now at the point where I think I can start building some stuff. I've already done one that picks a word at random…
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The Obligatory "Post Your Rig" thread...

I'm in production audio. I do a lot of sound effects recording and production sound mixing. As you probably know, this is a very small industry. Because of this, I can't ever get enough of seeing other people's rigs. The other thing that it…
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Any good sites for collaborating on small projects? ie animations, short films etc?

Hi all! I'm looking to collaborate on some projects so that I can update my showreel with a few more recent works. Does anyone know of any sites where it might be useful to post some sound design/editing requests? I enjoy animation and computer…
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Procrastinate Schmrocrastinate

So, we all love our gigs/hobbies, right? We have devoted our lives to hearing beyond the capabilities of a normal human being. We work our ears to the bone getting everything right all the time. Hours and days fine tuning the resonances in our…
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Sound off on Noise Reduction!

So, folks, what's the dirt on contemporary noise reduction for things like hiss, hum, and background drone noise? Are folks still using DINR, third-party plug-ins, artful gating? My two cents is that different algorithms are good for different…
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Getting rid of room sound on a voice recording?

Hi there, I'm currently doing a dialogue edit for a film, and there's a substantial amount of voice over. Knowing the studio where the recording was to take place well, I asked the recording engineer to be very careful with mic choice, placement…
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Lav mic mounting tips

Hello, In the film I am working on there is quite a bit of cloth scratch I am getting on the lav mics used by the boom op. After watching The King's Speech and the interview from the production recordist, I was amazed at how much lav mics were used…
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Mid/Side, is it magic? But how does it know its left from its right?

I'm trying to wrap my head around MS recording. If I'm working without an MS encoder, I'm recording onto two channels. One channel takes the centre cardioid, the other takes the figure of eight. So, one channel records the mid, the other the sides.…
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Moving worlds within audio post

I work in the world of TV programming with reality, documentary & docudrama series work, lots of promos, some theatrical trailer work, and some independent film work. My current gig is as an in-house television mixer for an internationally…
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Avant Garde Enthusiasts (drone, noise etc..)

I hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas. I've been meaning to put this up for a while, but i've been hesitant because I don't wanna look like some weirdo. Like the title suggests i'm pretty much into making this kind of sound, but I've noticed that…
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How do I turn ordinary speech into something inaudible, in Adobe Audition? So it sounds a bit like mumble

Doing sound design for an explainer, with lots of character animation. I have kids and adults that needs to mumble. It's a serious subject, so it can't be too cartoony. I have some speaks and yells that work well for the characters, but the listener…
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Harmonics and InfraSound

Hey everyone, So this is my first time asking a question. So here is the setup. I'm currently in pre-production of a film in which I am doing both production and post audio. It is a thesis film in which the director wants to maintain a certain…
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Artist or technician?

I find this question on some forum, so I am interested what do you think. Is Sound designer artist or technician? Some say it should be added Psychologist?
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What's does a typical workflow for a "Netflix series" or so look like?

I'm creating a quote to work on the sound postproduction for a series for Netflix. This is a Drama/Thriller 14 episode series, 45 mins each, with very few to none short action scenes, and I was wondering if anyone here would be able to share…
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