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Tue Jul 16 2024 |

7 great podcast episodes: Spatial Audio, mixing stand-up comedy, Symphonic Ambienceโ€™s majestic modularity, Faith Abi-Haydarโ€™s diverse career & much more:

By Adriane Kuzminski
7 new podcast episodes

Looking for something great to listen to? We've found some excellent podcast episodes about sound for you - in this roundup:
โ€ข Tonebenders Podcast โ€“ Audio engineer Vinny Alfano discusses how to recreate the energy of a live stand-up comedy special in the audio mix.

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โ€ข Immersive Audio Podcast โ€“ Nick Malgieri from d&b audiotechnik discusses their new spatial audio system d&b Soundscape.

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โ€ข Field & Foley โ€“ Sound designer Faith Abi-Haydar talks about her diverse career from working on a massive 2000+ SFX library to short films to even editing this podcast.

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โ€ข SoundWorks Collection โ€“ The sound team behind director Alex Gibneyโ€™s โ€œIn Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simonโ€ discusses this documentary.

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โ€ข The A Sound Effect Podcast โ€“ Sound designer Michael Oโ€™Connor talks about his โ€˜Symphonic Ambiencesโ€™ sound library, featuring 41 customizable layered ambience scenes.

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โ€ข Dolby Creator Talks โ€“ Director Destiny Ekaragha talks about the Audible Original adaptation of โ€œGeorge Orwellโ€™s 1984โ€ and its rewarding focus on pure acting direction.

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โ€ข Twenty Thousand Hertz โ€“ This episode explores the history of nursery rhymes and lullabies, uncovering their hidden meanings and how they connect parents and children.

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These podcasts are all members of the Audio Podcast Alliance. โ†’ Learn more here


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Tonebenders Podcast โ€“ 266 โ€“ Audio Post For Comedy Specials With Vinny Alfano:

Have you ever been watching a stand-up comedy special and felt like you were in the room the day it was recorded? A lot of that energy relies on the sound of the crowd as they laugh and react to what the performer is doing on stage. Vinny Alfano has worked on the audio post-production on stand-up specials from Mike Birbiglia, Sarah Silverman, Iliza Shlesinger, Louis C.K, David A. Arnold and more. He talks us through how to translate that energy from the live performance to the screen by making crowd reactions immersive, and the performer crisp and clear.

Alsoโ€ฆ. Attention Sound Designers and Mic Lovers! The Field Recording Slack is currently running a MACHINE themed crowdsource library. Whether youโ€™re just getting started or already sleep with a mic under your pillow, your sounds are needed!ย 

There are some serious prizesย  up for grabs from Pole Position, Aftertouch Audio, Penguin Grenade, Tonsturm, Sonorous Objects, Articulated Sounds, Thomas Rex Beverly, Shaping Waves, Axl Sound, Western Tiger, JSE, Surround Sound Lab and more. Mark Mangini and Ezra Dweck will choose the winning sounds after the June 30th deadline.

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Immersive Audio Podcast โ€“ Episode 103 Nick Malgieri (d&b Soundscape):

In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel and Monica Bolles are joined by the advanced system specialist at d&b audiotechnik โ€“ Nick Malgieri from Asheville, US. Nick talks about the d&b audiotechnikโ€™s biggest shows and we dive into their new spatial audio rendering system โ€“ d&b Soundscape discussing hardware and software integration.

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Field & Foley โ€“ Episode 29 โ€“ Faith Abi-Haydar:

Today, Iโ€™m super excited to welcome Faith Abi-Haydar to the show! Faith is a freelance sound designer, mixer, foley artist, and editor with a wealth of experience. Sheโ€™s worked on a massive 2000+ SFX library for Shutterstock at Vaudeville Sound in Vancouver and had her short films shown at the Brooklyn Film Festival. Not only is she proficient in Dolby Atmos mixing, but sheโ€™s also the one editing and mixing this very podcast!

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SoundWorks Collection โ€“ In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon:

In this episode of the Soundworks Collection podcast, we discuss Director Alex Gibneyโ€™s new film, In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon. This wonderful documentary takes the viewer inside the studio while legendary songwriter, Paul Simon is making his new album Seven Psalms while looking back on his six-decade career with countless musical peaks from Sounds of Silence to Graceland.

We are joined today by Director Alex Gibney, Supervising Sound Editor & Re-recording Mixer Tony Volante, Supervising Sound Editor & Music Editor Dan Timmons and Sound Designer Bill Chesley.

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The A Sound Effect Podcast โ€“ Symphonic Ambiences: How Michael Oโ€™ Connor made a majestic modular ambience sound effects library | A Sound Effect Podcast EP 30:

Symphonic Ambiences is an impressive MODULAR sound effects library that gives you 41 layered ambience scenes โ€“ allowing you to control each layer for maximum customization. With the sound library featuring a staggering 242 isolated layers and 15+ hours of recordings, creating it was a massive undertaking for sound designer and recordist Michael Oโ€™ Connor โ€“ and hereโ€™s the story on how he successfully made it happen.

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Dolby Creator Talks โ€“ 197 โ€“ The Star-Studded Audio Dramatization of George Orwellโ€™s 1984:

Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, Andrew Scott, and Tom Hardy are just a few of the celebrity voice actors in the new Audible Original adaptation of โ€œGeorge Orwellโ€™s 1984.โ€ But this adaptation is unique in that it is audio-only โ€” not unlike a radio play. In doing so, writer Joe White had to translate the novel, which was written from a third-person perspective, and put the audience completely into Winstonโ€™s POV. And the creative team needed to rely purely on audio to do all the world-building, without the advantages of visuals or an omniscient narrator. But, as it turns out, the experience came quite naturally for director Destiny Ekaragha.

โ€œIt wasnโ€™t as different as I thought it was going to be, actuallyโ€ฆ It is pure directing, in a way. Because when youโ€™re directing on set, you have to consider everything. The color of the curtains, the clouds, and the sky. Everything. Which is great and amazing. But here, it was just pure, one-on-one with the actor, which is my favorite part of my job. Directing actors. So I was like, wait, this is nice. I really like this. Iโ€™m not thinking about anything else. I really love that.โ€
โ€”Destiny Ekaragha, Director, โ€œGeorge Orwellโ€™s 1984โ€

You can experience โ€œGeorge Orwellโ€™s 1984โ€ on Audible in Dolby Atmosยฎ, which fully immerses the listener into this chilling, dystopian world.

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Twenty Thousand Hertz โ€“ Nursery Rhymes:

Many of the songs we sing to our children are hundreds of years old, with their original meanings obscured by history.

In this episode, producer Leila Battison takes Dallas on a dark, surprising journey through historyโ€™s most famous nursery rhymes and lullabies, and up through the โ€œBaby Sharksโ€ and โ€œHappy Songsโ€ of today. Along the way, they share the songs theyโ€™ve made up for their own children, and explore why this music is just as important to parents as it is to kids.

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Audio Podcast AllianceThe Audio Podcast Alliance gives you a hand-picked selection of the worldโ€™s best podcasts about sound โ€“ here are the members:
AMPS Podcast โ€ข CAS In Conversation โ€ข Field & Foley โ€ข Immersive Audio Podcast โ€ข LA Post Production Sound Design โ€ข Level with Emily Reese โ€ข Location Sound Podcast โ€ข Sound Business โ€ข Soundbytes Podcast โ€ข SoundGirls Podcast โ€ข Soundtrack Show โ€ข Soundworks Collection โ€ข The A Sound Effect Podcast โ€ข The Dolby Institute Podcast โ€ข The Game Audio Journey โ€ข The Sound Architect Podcast โ€ข Tonebenders โ€ข Twenty Thousand Hertz

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