Recording Sound

DPA Microphones Part of Historic Perseverance Rover Mission

Wed, 02/24/2021 - 11:42 -- Nick Dager

Some stories transcend cinema. This is one of them. NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover touched down on the Red Planet last week, with DPA Microphones along for the historic ride. Outfitted with DPA’s 4006 Omnidirectional Microphone, MMA-A Digital Audio Interface and MMP-G Modular Active Cable, the rover provided the first sounds from the surface of Mars.

Nugen Releases Version 1.1 of 3D-Compatible Paragon

Wed, 02/17/2021 - 11:27 -- Nick Dager

Nugen Audio has released Version 1.1 of its 3D-compatible convolution reverb plug-in, Paragon. Included among the updates is the addition of outdoor impulse responses and improved balancing of early reflections. Version 1.1 also features new presets and an improved browser, with search, tagging and favorite functions. Unlike any other convolution reverb on the market, Paragon offers full control of the decay, room size and brightness via state-of-the-art re-synthesis modelled on 3D recordings of real spaces.

Eclair Versioning & Accessibility is Now EVA

Tue, 02/16/2021 - 10:27 -- Nick Dager

Eclair Versioning & Accessibility, which has been operating as a stand-alone company under the leadership of Angel Martin since the Eclair Group’s reorganization last year is rebranding itself as EVA. Martin remains as managing director. With offices in France, Germany, Spain and Morocco, EVA companies will continue to perform localization services, including script adaptation, voice casting, dubbing, lip-sync recording and mixing for theatrical releases and other customers.

PNYA February 18 Webinar to Focus on Dolby Atmos Workflow

Tue, 02/16/2021 - 10:14 -- Nick Dager

In the next edition of Post Break, Post New York Alliance’s free webinar series, Harbor Supervising sound editor/re-recording mixer Damian Volpe and re-recording mixer Rob Fernandez will discuss their longtime collaboration, workflows for Dolby Atmos and how COVID-19 has changed post-production sound forever. Gershon Hinkson will moderate the discussion.

Belgium’s A Sound: Two Decades of Film and TV Experience

Mon, 02/15/2021 - 10:36 -- Nick Dager

As the owner of A Sound, one of Belgium’s leading post-production sound companies, Thierry De Vries leads a highly experienced team of sound designers, composers and re-recording mixers that over the past 25 years has worked on many features, shorts and television programs. These include such films as Torpedo, Gangsta, D'Ardennen, Matroesjka’s, Het Eiland and Professor T. De Vries most recently worked on the television series Fair Trade and the Spanish feature film, Libertad. De Vries has also worked on many commercials and museum projects.

DPA Microphones Executives to Receive Technical Achievement Oscars

Wed, 02/03/2021 - 12:55 -- Nick Dager

Later this month, DPA Microphones co-founder Jens-Jørn Stokholm and research and development manager Ole Moesmann will receive an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Technical Achievement Award for the innovative development of the brand’s high-performance, miniature lavalier microphone technology.

Finding the Auditory Vision

Mon, 02/01/2021 - 12:30 -- Nick Dager

Like many people with a musical background, multi-award-winning recording and mixing engineer Chris Fogel, CAS, made the jump from playing instruments to working behind-the-scenes. A trumpet player by training, Fogel has spent more than two decades recording and mixing music for high-profile musicians, films and television projects alike. Most recently, Fogel worked on the scores for The Mandalorian, Tenet, Black Panther and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood; portions of season eight of Games of Thrones, as well as music by Alanis Morissette, Childish Gambino and many others, from ELBO Studios, of which he is co-owner.

Pay-It-Forward Contest Winners Named

Mon, 01/25/2021 - 11:56 -- Nick Dager

DPA Microphone and Rycote have announced the winners of the Pay-It-Forward Film Contest Giveaway. The brands joined forces to support the film industry during these unprecedented times by offering first-time and indie filmmakers the opportunity to win a customized DPA/Rycote filming kit. The winners of the contest are Jacob Deming of the United States, Lijie Cheng of Singapore and Sergey Martynyuk of Austria. The winners will receive three DPA mics – the brand new 4097 Micro Shotgun, 4017 Shotgun and 6060 Core Subminiature – along with an array of Rycote accessories.

P-Valley Posts in New York City

Tue, 11/17/2020 - 08:57 -- Nick Dager

Editorial and post-production finishing for the eight-episode, first season of the hit Starz series P-Valley was centered in New York as several Post New York Alliance member companies helped bring the fictional small town of Chucalissa, Mississippi vibrantly to life. New York City facilities Goldcrest Post, Harbor and Technicolor PostWorks each played a role in the project, as did Foley specialist Alchemy Post Sound and VFX studio The Molecule.

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