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Location Recording: Front Porch ensemble at U-Mich

3 days, 11 microphones 1,800 miles, 3 cameras, 3 lights, 8 hours of tomfoolery..... Since its beginning, we have been the primary...

Production Flub turns into Sound Design Opportunity

THE STORY Last August I was working on the production of the film Caress, directed by Sujay Utkarsh, just outside of Boston. I was the...

4 Tips to Up Your Livestream Game

Implementing GFX and custom transitioning adds value to your livestream. These will be a source of information for your audience and will ke

DIY Audio 3: Sound Skulptor CP4500

Looking at this compressor immediately should give away what unit it was designed from. The layout of the panel, the size of the unit,...

Foley: DIY Foley Pits #3 Recording in the pits

We ended up recording two full days with the Foley pits and they worked GREAT! We left one pit empty to be able to use for floor/ wooden...

Foley: DIY Foley Pits #2

Wood is a great building material for the structure, but do you know what its not good for? Being quiet. Because of this I need to cover...

DIY Audio 2: JLM Dual 99v

Like many other engineers I want just about every piece of gear out there and often gawk at everything with a higher price point than my...

DIY Audio 1: OLA5-DIYRE

Born from the ashes of the Urei LA-4, this is DIYRE's first foray into the world of opto compressors. Ever since college I have been a...

Foley: DIY Foley Pits #1

What do you do when you have a feature length film foley project, but limited budget and access to only a small iso booth? You make...