I have mentioned market/award wages for audio crew before (http://versed.com.au/get-real-on-rates), but here are a couple more Award documents that can be found on the Australian Government’s Fair Work website that are relevant to audio roles: MA000081 – Live Performance Award 2010 For the live performance industry. Generally based on a 38 hour week. Covers roles … Read more Award Rates
The other day I was checking out some of the resources on the BBC R&D website with regards to good standards/specifications for studios. I have compiled references to some of the papers that I found to be most useful. The following considerations make reference to various papers produced by BBC R&D, as examples of industry … Read more Some considerations for studio builds
I sometimes get sound and media students asking about where to find royalty free music for their projects. I have had a couple use tracks from incompetech recently, and that site seems quite straight-forward in terms of it’s licensing options. There is also a good list of royalty free music resources available at: Royalty Free … Read more Royalty Free Music
About a year ago Ian Shepherd published a neat infographic on loudness of online music platforms, and he recently updated it with current details for Tidal. It’s a handy snapshots of the online loudness environment. Check it out at: http://productionadvice.co.uk/online-loudness/
Adobe have previewed their VoCo (Voice Conversion) software, which allows users to edit dialogue recordings by using text. It looks interesting, but you also need quite a bit of recorded dialogue for it to use as analysis to work properly. Not sure how useful this will be to most people, but interesting technology nonetheless. Check … Read more Adobe VoCo
BAFTA Guru have a great video online of Production Sound Mixer Simon Hayes discussing a little about the production sound process, with a lot of specific details with regards to recording for Les Miserables. Some great insight provided into very professional sound workflow for complicated shoots. Check it out below:
I went in to a local theatre the other day to check playback for a preview screening for a feature film I have worked on, and unfortunately it didn’t quite sound right. The Director had sent the facility an MP4 for playback (this particular theatrette can’t handle DCPs), which supposedly had a 5.1 surround sound … Read more 5.1 Surround Speaker Calibration Video
I’ve been doing some more hydrophone recording recently, and I often come across sounds of water bugs in bodies of water. I started looking for some information on the internet to help me identify them, but unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be much clear information on the internet for identifying water bugs by their vocalisations. … Read more Freshwater Invertebrate Vocalisations
We are spoilt for software options these days, and sometimes there are some great free (or donationware) software applications available. A couple that I have recently come across seem to be quite useful in the “mastering” stages of different types of projects. They are: DCP-o-matic – an open source application for creating Digital Cinema Packages … Read more Free Software for Mastering
I’ve been thinking a little about the next iteration of my surround recording rig today, and have been pondering trying a few different things out with regards to microphone angles and spacing. There is an interesting web based app that you can use to visualise the effects of changing microphone polar response, angle or distance … Read more Stereo Microphone Visualisation