In this roundup: Ian Shepherd talks to Jonathan Wyner about his work on iZotope’s mastering educational videos. Glenn Kaizer talks to the sound team at Skywalker Sound about Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Matt and Gord talk about the pros and cons of attending conferences (and remind everyone that CarouselCon is upon us). Dallas Taylor speaks with Kelly Williams from NAB, Frank Lucia from the EAS, and Wade Witmer from FEMA about the emergency alert system. Chase Bethea, Dan Reynolds, and Kyle Johnson talk about designing soundscapes that challenge and excite listeners. Bobby O hosts his 200th episode and talks about hip hop in China with guest Dennis Moody.
Episode outline: ‘Ren Klyce, primarily known for his sound design of David Fincher’s films, talks about the challenges and opportunities of joining an already-established sound universe while adding his own spin. Ren Klyce, Matthew Wood, and Michael Semanick discuss the security of reading the script before the shoot, and the feeling of walking onto the set of the Millennium Falcon. The team also discuss some of your favorite sequences from the film: the Fathiers chase, the mirror cave, the Force connection between Rey and Kylo Ren, and of course, the famous “silent” jump to hyperspace through the First Order star destroyer.
Oscar nominees: Ren Klyce, Matthew Wood, Michael Semanick’
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Episode outline: ‘When people in Hawaii were falsely alerted of a Ballistic Missile threat, the first thing they heard was the sound of an emergency alert. For decades, this tone has alerted us to local weather emergencies and other important events, but it has never been used for its original purpose. In this episode, we explore the history of the Emergency Alert System and its predecessors. Featuring Kelly Williams, from the National Association of Broadcasters, Frank Lucia former EAS advisor for the FCC, and Wade Witmer from FEMA.’
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Episode outline: ‘Many of you will already know Jonathan from iZotope’s excellent educational videos on mastering – he’s also an experienced producer and recording engineer, head engineer at M-Works mastering, a lecturer at Berklee and has written a book on mastering. In this interview we talk about many different aspects of his career, including:
* The delights (and perils) of analogue tape
* Re-mastering David Bowie
* Digital mastering tools – and the risk of over-using them
* Humans versus machines in mastering (again) and
* Getting the best of both worlds’
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Episode outline: ‘We run through a few things this time around. We talk about conferences and figuring out if they’re worth it. Inspired by some Twitter posts by @jaymfernandes. We run down some stuff we learned at Audio Bash. We talk about some big time failures we’ve had lately. Answer some questions. And talk about cars for a bit.
As well from our announcments, Gord’s soundtrack to Full Metal Furies is out. You can pick it up here.
And Matthew is looking for speakers for CarouselCon 2018. It’s free and takes place during lunch time at GDC. More info here.’
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Episode outline: ‘NEWS
• This is show #200. Thanks for your support!
• Hip-hop banned in China
• Gibson in financial hot water again
GUEST
• Live sound engineer and studio engineer to the drumming stars (and annual anniversary episode guest) Dennis Moody’
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Episode outline: ‘Chase Bethea, Dan Reynolds, and Kyle Johnson talk about the overwhelming experience of NAMM and the fun toys they couldn’t help but bring back home. Plus, they talk about preparing for the next big event, GDC, with their hotel reservations mishaps and upcoming meetups. To top it off, they discuss how game audio can mature into adventurous realms – and why we’re not quite there yet.’
