SoundWorks Collection

This week we are featuring the 2015 Mix Magazine Presents Sound for Film event hosted at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City. This event focused on a theme of “The Art of Sound Design: Music, Dialog and Effects in an Immersive World.” The topic of this third roundtable discussion is on dialog recording which included tips and techniques from production through the edit and on to the final mix, with an emphasis on how they all strive to keep the production track and work with post to form the basis of any sound design. This panel was moderated by Jeff Wexler and featured Lee Orloff, Teri Dorman, Gary Bourgeois, Marla McGuire and Stephen Tibbo

This week we are featuring the 2015 Mix Magazine Presents Sound for Film event hosted at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City. This event focused on a theme of “The Art of Sound Design: Music, Dialog and Effects in an Immersive World.” The topic of this second roundtable discussion is on sound effects including workflow and innovative storytelling for working in Immersive Sound. This panel was moderator by David Bondelevitch and featured Mandell Winter, Scott M. Gershin,Gregory Hedgepath, Richard King and Will Files. This podcast is brought to you in part by RØDE Microphones – providing premium audio products at an accessible price, enabling people around the world to achieve their creative goals. With mics for studio, video-recording and podcasting; you’re bound to find the mic you need. To find out more visit www.rode.com

This week we are featuring the 2015 Mix Magazine Presents Sound for Film event hosted at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City. This event focused on a theme of “The Art of Sound Design: Music, Dialog and Effects in an Immersive World.” The topic of this first roundtable discussion is on Music: Composing, Editing and Mixing Beyond 5.1, where the panelist discussed the soundtrack’s integration into the sound design and the potential for music to extend beyond the screen. Panelist included Andy Koyama, Bill Abbott, Joseph Magee, Steven Saltzman, Will Kaplan and was moderated Dennis Sands. This podcast is brought to you in part by RØDE Microphones – providing premium audio products at an accessible price, enabling people around the world to achieve their creative goals. With mics for studio, video-recording and podcasting; you’re bound to find the mic you need. To find out more visit www.rode.com

This week we chat with the sound team behind Netflix’s hit show Stranger Things Directed by the Duffer Brothers. Joining us are re-recording mixer Adam Jenkins, re-recording mixer Joe Barnett, Sound Designer Craig Henighan and Supervising Sound Editor Brad North. This podcast is brought to you in part by RØDE Microphones – providing premium audio products at an accessible price, enabling people around the world to achieve their creative goals. With mics for studio, video-recording and podcasting; you’re bound to find the mic you need. To find out more visit www.rode.com

This week we join Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Designer Richard King to discuss his recent work on the DC comic movie Suicide Squad directed by David Ayers. This podcast is brought to you in part by RØDE Microphones – providing premium audio products at an accessible price, enabling people around the world to achieve their creative goals. With mics for studio, video-recording and podcasting; you’re bound to find the mic you need. To find out more visit www.rode.com

In this exclusive interview we talk with Meyer Sound Cinema Group Director Steve Shurtz and Application Director Miles Rogers to explore their new studio monitor Amie which is designed for postproduction professionals whose work needs to translate from smaller rooms to larger facilities, such as dialog editors, sound designers, effects editors, Foley mixers, and music editors. Tasked by Skywalker Sound to create a new studio monitor with precision translation, exceptional power, and a great price point, Meyer Sound has created a product that brings tremendous accuracy for everything from the intricate details of dialogue to dynamic music tracks to explosive action sequences. Amie traces its lineage to Meyer Sound's Acheron® screen channel loudspeakers, sharing core technology that makes it ideal for film, broadcast, and game postproduction.

In this exclusive interview we talk with Manchester Orchestra's Andy Hull and Robert McDowell who composed the music for Swiss Army Man directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. Being stranded on a deserted island leaves young Hank (Paul Dano) bored, lonely and without hope. As a rope hangs around his neck, Hank prepares to end it all, until he suddenly spots a man (Daniel Radcliffe) laying by the shore. Unfortunately, he is dead and quite flatulent. Using the gassy body to his advantage, Hank miraculously makes it back to the mainland. However, he now finds himself lost in the wilderness, and dragging the talking corpse named Manny along for the adventure.

In this exclusive interview we talk with Director Nicolas Winding Refn and Composer Cliff Martinez about their recent film, The Neon Demon. When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will use any means necessary to get what she has in The Neon Demon, the new horror thriller from Nicolas Winding Refn. The Neon Demon stars Elle Fanning (Maleficent, Super 8), Jena Malone (Inherent Vice, The Hunger Games series), Bella Heathcote (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Dark Shadows), Abbey Lee (Gods of Egypt, Max Max: Fury Road), Karl Glusman (Love, Stonewall), Keanu Reeves (John Wick, The Matrix series), Christina Hendricks (“Mad Men,” Drive), Desmond Harrington (“Dexter,” The Dark Knight Rises), Alessandro Nivola (A Most Violent Year, American Hustle), and Charles Baker (“Breaking Bad,” Wild).

In this exclusive interview we talk with Pixar Animation Studios Director Andrew Stanton about his new film Finding Dory. We explore his collaboration with Composer Thomas Newman and his approach to using sound as a storytelling tool.

In this exclusive interview we talk with Composer Alex Heffes about his recent work on the History Channel mini-series Roots which chronicles the history of an African slave sold to America and his descendants.