AUDIO FOR BROADCAST, POST, RECORDING AND MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION

V15.8 NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2016 • ISSN 1477-4216

News & Analysis 42 Virtual Post Production In the September 2016 issue, Dan Gable 4 Leader talked about an “Uber Moment” for audio 4 News post — now Gijs Friesen has turned the idea into reality. Sales, contracts, appointments and biz bites. 12 Products 45 Resolution Award Winners’ New introductions and announcements. Supplement

57 Soundpro 2016 Resolution’s very own audio expo in London gets 58 Sweet spot busier every year. Cinema Loudness: Philip Newell warns of future legislative problems if cinema goers complain 65 Broadcast aside about loudness — when they really mean that sound is unpleasantly distorted. Audio professionals need to face — and embrace — the fact that consumer expectation and demand will never stand still. Dennis Baxter Technology gives some sound advice. 62 Re-Purposing Audio Dynamics 66 Headroom Media content is being versioned for Recovering audio files, computer problems, consumption in a wide range of contexts, many corrections. far removed from the content’s original purpose: co-founder and technical director of Nugen Audio Dr Paul Tapper outlines the challenges Craft and solutions. 28 Joe Barresi Reviews He’s produced, engineered and mixed some of the most important hard rock and metal bands of 16 iZotope Neutron the last 15 years: Queens of the Stone Age, Tool, 18 Schoeps MiniCMIT Soundgarden, Avenged Sevenfold, Chevelle, Slipknot, Black Stone Cherry. 20 Waves Tune Real-Time 22 Sony URX-P03D 32 Ben Minto 24 RME Fireface UFX+ We talk with the Audio Director/Sound Designer 25 Audified STA Effects who leads the sound team at Stockholm-based EA DICE studio. Ben has worked on game titles 26 Steinberg Nuendo v7 such as Black, Burnout, Battlefield (1943, Heroes, Bad Company), Mirror’s Edge, Medal of Honor, and the hugely successful Battlefront project. 36 Andy Groves Winner of Best Sound: Factual at the BAFTA TV Craft Awards 2016, Andy has mixed sound for a wide range of broadcast events, from Crufts to Royal Weddings, is renowned for his work on the ATP tennis tour, and is a fixture at the faders for the Wimbledon Tennis Championships. 38 Prime Seat European classical concerts are now being streamed to Japan in high-res DSD audio, we explain the technical details and the business case.

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