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The Bare Minimum

With having applied to the master's program in Edinburgh I've started thinking about the gear I'm going to need to have with me. Even if I don't get in, I've been feeling a little over-encumbered with the amount of stuff that I have. Relative to…
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Microphone Evaluation Sessions

I'm preparing for a mic shootout at a local store as I consider which one to buy. Besides bringing one reference mic of my own and my own recorder, I'm also planning on preparing a few spoken phrases and bringing a handful of props to test things…
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NAB 2011 - Findings

If you don't mind and in consideration of other SSD members, please place any information you wish to impart to us regarding NAB 2011 in this thread. Thank you very much.
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The Softer Side of Sound Design

Hola, I just re-watched the first Transformers movie and now find myself completely overwhelmed and kind of craving something with a bit more of a soft touch. I know that my question is something of a corollary of Films to Study for Excellence in…
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a day or two without sight

I'm considering going a day or two with no sight (just wearing a blindfold). Not as some kind of artistic statement or anything, just to experience it. I'd like to really force my ears to tune in to the world in a way they can't otherwise. The…
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Film school: Worth it or not?

I am considering a Masters in Film Production to supplement my B.S. in Audio Post and 13 years experience of audio post for mainly TV. My ambition is to expand my repertoire and become more attractive to theatrical film sound teams. Lora…
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If you could tell your picture editor anything...

...what would it be? I'm doing a talk to the South African Guild of Editors. I have a good idea of what I want to talk about, but I can only speak from my context. Hearing from other sound designers (you) would help a lot in being objective and…
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Scanner/Radio/Transmission Fans out there?

I recently found this amazing site that mixes a live feed of carefully selected ambient music tracks from soundcloud with police scanner chatter from several cities (only one city at a time) that sounds so unbelieveably lush and just utterly and…
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Audio Illusions

So far I have only come across Shepard-Risset Glissando. Does anyone know more audio illusions/tricks which boggle human brain? Recently I came up with an applied version of Shepard-Risset tone by creating an audio illusion of a sound of a bottle…
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Usefulness of "guerrilla" vs. "pro" recordings

Many of the sounds used in feature films are recorded by professional recordists using professional gear, ie. expensive mics, multiple mic setups, multichannel recorders, and multiple days on location. I believe that a well-recorded sound is a…
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Production sound mic mixing

Do you ever mix your channels using different mic's from the production sound? Like for example: there is a line saying "Hey whats that" and it is recorded on both a boom and lav into the same recorder, do you ever mix both of these channels…
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What speakers do you use for Worldizing...

Hi All, I'm working on a film that the director and I want to do a LOT of worldizing on. Now I've done some, but I thought I'd throw it out to the brain-trust around here. What speakers do YOU use for worldizing (especially in Outside environments)…
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Twitter Users on here?

I know there have been some twitter threads on here so I have to make this a question as I didn't want this to be buried at the end of a ton of posts since this is more of a group networking invite. About a year and a half ago I started a "Twibe"…
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Any good use for digital distortion?

I recently worked on a lot of dialogue that was digitally distorted probably because the microphone was damaged. Can anyone think of a time or place where digital distortion is used beneficially? It seems like it is a nasty toxin that must be…
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Quoting for post sound production.

Hey all, I have to do a quote for post sound production for a feature film and i'm not quite sure where to start. I did read Tim's answer to Colin's question…
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