INDUSTRY NEWS POST PRODUCTION From the Cutting Room
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intentmedia.co.uk. Scotland-based Savalas Sound recently completed the
fi nal mix and Foley for the second series of BBC Scotland/ ITV Studios’ crime drama Shetland, which involved six days touring the remote islands recording environment and the local dialect.
In New York, Oscar-winner Skip Livesay and Craig Henighan completed the mixing of Darren Aronofsky’s epic feature Noah, taking advantage of Deluxe’s new Dolby Atmos stage at 435 Hudson Street. T e fi lm also included the fi rst Dolby Atmos-specifi c music mix by Geoff Foster at the Manhattan Music Centre’s Log Cabin Studio. On the other coast, Todd-Soundelux has been keeping busy and has added to its creative team. T e company has just announced the appointment of supervising sound editor/re-recording mixer Joe Dzuban and supervising sound editor/designer Darren ‘Sunny’ Warkentin. Recent work includes TV shows such as AMC’s Turn and Halt and Catch Fire, TNT’s Murder in the First, and Starz’ new series Black Sails (produced by Michael Bay).
In London it has been a busy month for award-winning sound design studio Jungle. Chris Turner completed the mix on the new L’Oréal Paris Feria campaign featuring Cheryl Cole; Culum Simpson worked on a viral spot for sustainable childrenswear brand T e Fableist; and the team mixed audio for the CollectPlus ad created by the newly formed agency Dawson Pickering. Pinewood Studios Group has recently upgraded all its Avid Pro Tools systems to the new HDX Platform. All post-production facilities at both Pinewood and Shepperton Studios are now fully equipped for HDX including both of the Dolby Atmos mixing theatres. T e Powell and Korda theatres are currently the only Atmos mixing theatres in the UK, and were recently used for BBC Earth Film’s up and coming Enchanted Kingdom. Speaking of Atmos, Elstree-based Point1Post is getting ready to unveil its new Dolby Atmos mixing stage this month. Watch this space for more information.
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Industry Supports Inaugural Brighton Music Conference
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T e fi rst ever Brighton Music Conference (BMC) took place last month drawing more than 5,000 visitors to the Brighton Dome and various venues around the city. Hailed as ‘the UK’s answer to the Miami Winter Music Conference’, the two-day event featured an expo, masterclasses, Q&As, and a conference focusing on the business of the music industry. “T e show was pretty good and had impressive attendance considering it was a brand new event,” commented Polar Audio marketing manager Max Shuter. “It seemed to be very well received by both punters and exhibitors so we were glad to be a part of it.” A few manufacturers used the show as an opportunity to debut products to the UK audience with Funktion One demoing the new PSM318 DJ monitor and Roland showing off its entire AIRA line including the new System 1. Other exhibitors included Ableton, PMC Speakers, and SCV Distribution.
During the show a number of masterclasses and Q&As took place on the exhibition fl oor
including a talk from Funktion One founder Tony Andrews titled ‘T e Importance of Audio Quality’. During the talk, Andrews argued that the general quality of audio, from live to in the studio, has decreased in the past decade with the biggest culprits including digital standards such as AES and over- reliance on EQ and eff ects. “It’s not about how many eff ects, it’s about fundamentals,” he said. “T e rule for good audio has always been to have a minimum [amount of eff ects] as possible. Less is defi nitely more. Audio is a very fragile thing and every time you put it through a process, unless those processes are of incredibly high quality, every single one of them brings it down [in quality].
“When audio quality is where it should be there’s just more to it than the noise, it’s a whole dimension. It’s the diff erence between looking at a picture that is just two dimensional and being actually in the scene itself.”
www.brightonmusicconference.co.uk UMG Demos HD Audio at Metropolis
At an event held at London’s Metropolis Studios Universal Music Group (UMG) showcased its new physical HD Blu-ray audio format, High Fidelity Pure Audio. UMG chose Elton John’s Yellow Brick Road to show off the technology, inviting a select group of listeners to experience the brand new remaster delivered in stereo and 5.1. Other playbacks also included classic tracks from T e Rolling Stones, Sam Cooke, and more. During the event, Metropolis mastering engineer Mazen Murad (pictured) also gave technical insight into the functionality
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of High Fidelity Pure Audio and the importance of audio quality.
“We have been thrilled with the buzz generated among consumers and retailers worldwide following our Pure Audio releases,” said High Fidelity Pure Audio group head chairman Oliver Robert-Murphy. “I’m seeing fi rst-hand the excitement created across the whole music industry sectors as well as among those involved in Blu-ray. Companies are now recognising the format’s potential and the opportunity this represents.”
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