• Mark Kilborn sits down with Loic Couthier & Toivo Kallio, to talk about their sound work on the new PS5 game, Returnal. A game which really takes advantage of the new sound capabilities on the latest PlayStation console, especially 3d audio.
• Elyssa Kohen talks about being a Touring Audio Engineer including her work on Frozen, the Broadway Musical.
• The latest episode from Twenty Thousand Hertz focuses on Blind Sports, where blind athletes are relying on their ears to hit a pitch, block a throw, and charge across a crowded field. Featuring beep baseball player Ethan Johnston and goalball coach Keith Young.
• Sound Designer and Re-Recording Mixer, Ben Baird, of Aquarium Studios talks in detail about his creative, technical and thought processes as a Sound Designer and discusses his collaboration with the Director of LIMBO, Ben Sharrock.
• Doctor of Audiology Steven Taddei generously shares his insights, methods and key advice on how to protect your ears and keep your hearing in pristine condition as an audio professional.
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Episode outline: ‘Guest host Mark Kilborn sits down with Loic Couthier & Toivo Kallio, to talk about their sound work on the new PS5 game, Returnal. The Game is a sci-fi third person shooter, based on time loops happening within a shape shifting planet. The game really takes advantage of the new sound capabilities on latest playstation console, especially 3d audio.’
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Episode outline: ‘Elyssa Kohen grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada. She graduated from the prestigious Las Vegas Academy for Performing Arts before attending the University of North Carolina School of the Arts where she received her BFA in Theatre Design and Production-Sound Design. She quickly put her degree to use by going to work for the MUNY in St. Louis, starting as an intern in 2013 and returning as the Assistant Sound Designer in 2015. When the season ended, she collaborated as a Sound/Mixing Engineer with several organizations including the Alliance Theater, Merry-Go-Round Playhouse (now The REV), and Ogunquit Playhouse.
In late December of 2016, Elyssa began her touring career, joining Motown the Musical 2nd National Tour as Assistant Audio. Shortly thereafter she jumped onboard with the School of Rock 1st National Tour. In 2017/2018 she was fortunate to tour both nationally and internationally with the Rent 20th Anniversary Tour, traveling to China and Japan.
In the summer of 2019, she was chosen to be the Assistant Audio for Frozen the Broadway Musical 1st National Tour. The pandemic caused Frozen to be shut down in March of 2020 in Portland, Oregon and Elyssa found herself back in Las Vegas. After 15 months of inactivity behind a soundboard, she got the chance to mix shows again as she went to work for The Glimmerglass Festival in June of 2021.
As of August 2021, Elyssa is back to work on Frozen, the Broadway Musical.’
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Episode outline: ‘Playing a sport without sight might sound impossible. But it turns out, there are blind athletes all around the world doing exactly that. Instead of using their eyes, these players rely on their ears to hit a pitch, block a throw, and charge across a crowded field. Featuring beep baseball player Ethan Johnston and goalball coach Keith Young.’
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Episode outline: ‘This episode features an interview with Sound Designer and Re-Recording Mixer, Ben Baird, of Aquarium Studios. We ask Ben about his career and focus on his work on the feature film ‘LIMBO’.
Ben talks in detail about his creative, technical and thought processes as a Sound Designer and discusses his collaboration with the Director of LIMBO, Ben Sharrock.’
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Episode outline: ‘Your hearing is absolutely essential when working in sound – and to help you protect it, we invited Doctor of Audiology Steven Taddei on the show. As an audio engineer himself, he knows the unique challenges we face in the audio industry – and here, he generously shares his insights, methods and key advice on how to protect your ears and keep your hearing in pristine condition as an audio professional.’
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