I’ve been a member of the Australian Wildlife Sound Recording Group (AWSRG) since early 2019 and as part of the group’s way of adapting to the current COVID times the AWSRG will be presenting some monthly seminars over Zoom. I have the honour of presenting the first one on 20 October which will be about … Read more AWSRG Online Seminar
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
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
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
Rode recently released a free (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0) sound library comprising ambisonics recordings from all around the world. The attribution thing might make it a non-starter for a lot of commercial projects, but it could be a useful resource for student projects or for people learning about ambisonics or wanting to have a play … Read more Creative Commons Soundfield Ambisonics Library
Marshall McGee put together a short video that shows how two different sound designers approach a subjective sound design for magic spells, using the same samples. Interesting to see the different creative approaches. Check it out here:
Like a lot of Pro Tools users, I’m excited that Avid have put track folder functionality into the latest version of Pro Tools. It is one of those features that some DAWs have had for a long time, so it is about time that Pro Tools could do it. Scot Weber has put together a … Read more Pro Tools Track Folders for Post-Production
Jon Lefkovitz has put together a great feature-length documentary from over 50 hours of Murch’s lectures, interviews, and commentaries. It is like a 75 minute masterclass and discusses sound design, the role of music, film editing and more. Watch the whole thing here: