Tim Duck Sent to Zoom via their website feedback on Monday 24 August 2020 Hi, I was recently involved in delivering a hybrid live/Zoom event (or actually a number of events), and for some of the events we used Zoom Webinar like a streaming platform where we input high quality audio and video from the theatre environment, … Read more An Open Letter to Zoom
For years I have been converting video files into DNxHD where necessary for working in Pro Tools as I have previously written about in my blog. For users of Mac OSX Catalina however processes have needed to change as 32 bit QuickTime movies are no longer supported properly. In theory since Pro Tools 2020.3 you … Read more Converting Video files for Pro Tools
The Sound of Springfield YouTube channel provides short analyses of the sound design used in The Simpsons. A fun way to help teach people about some of the terms and techniques of sound design. The most recent video explains diegetic versus non-diegetic sound and might be a useful reference for some students:
Netflix have some content available online under the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license. The idea is to share some reference resources for content that uses cutting edge technologies for content creators. Recently they have released the files for Sol Levante, a 4K HDR Atmos anime short, including the ProTools Final Mix Session and Mastered Session. Get … Read more Netflix Open Content
I was using a couple of digital mixers for a livestreamed event last night and there were some interesting audio/video synch issues which as far as I can tell so far relate to us using Zoom, rather than any hardware issues, however it did make me want to do a test of latency through the … Read more Digital Mixer Latency
OBS is a handy, free open source video recording and streaming management software option. I used it for a livestream recently, and I need to manage some livestreams over Zoom webinars very soon, so I just thought I’d get my head around getting video into Zoom via OBS in case I need to use it, … Read more OBS and Zoom on a Mac
More information has been made public about the update to the Universal Category System for sound effects libraries that I mentioned in a post recently. The Universal Category System (UCS) is a public domain initiative and details can be accessed on the initiative’s website: https://universalcategorysystem.com/
RTW have published a list of the latest delivery standards with regard to LUFS audio loudness for broadcasting around the world. It makes for a handy resource for audio post professionals and is available at: https://www.rtw.com/en/blog/worldwide-loudness-delivery-standards.html
A few years ago Tim Neilsen from Skywalker Sound compiled a sound effects category list in an effort to bring some more standardisation to sound library organisation, or at least to give people a starting off point. Details including the list itself were included in this article: https://www.pro-tools-expert.com/home-page/2017/6/27/sound-effects-categories-how-do-you-organise-yours Since then Tim and Justin Drury from … Read more Universal Sound Effects Categories
The Midas Legend 3000 is a large format analogue sound mixing console with some quirky features. We have one at CIT where I teach and the URL to the manual we had previously used was dead so I went on a search for a copy of the operators manual. While I did find one, it … Read more Midas Legend 3000 Operators Manual