Special Pricing on Colorimeter for Monitor Calibration

Editing video or photos on your computer screen? Is that screen calibrated? You can save yourself a lot of grief with unexpected, baffling results by calibrating your screen. I use the X-Rite i1Display Pro which I believe cost somewhere around $250 or $300 USD when I bought it about 3 years ago. Today, you can pick it up for about $150 USD. Definitely a good investment.

Free Audio Plugin Voxengo SPAN for Post Processing Sound

One of the most important tools for post-processing audio is a spectrum analyzer. In this episode, we discuss a free spectrum analyzer plugin for almost all digital audio workstation apps called Voxengo SPAN.

Even if you’re just starting out processing your audio, a spectrum analyzer like SPAN will not only teach you a lot about how sound works, but will also help you to solve practical issues and make processing decisions. We introduce the idea of multi-band compression and illustrate how SPAN can help you decide where you set the boundaries for the different bands.

The end result? Audio processing that improves the quality of your recorded dialgoue.

Because you sometimes ask, the voiceover in this was recorded with the Electrovoice RE20 microphone and the audio we show in Audition was recorded with an Audio Technica AT4053b Hyper-cardioid microphone and recorded with a Sound Devices 633 mixer/recorder.

SoundWorks Collection: Dialog Editing & ADR Featuring Gwen Yates Whittle

If you haven't heard of the SoundWorks Collection and you are an audio for film enthusiast, you might like to have a look at the great content they create for film sound students like us. One of the things I've found very interesting and informative is their Conversations with Sound Artist Podcasts which is sponsored by the Dolby Institute. In this episode, for example, Glenn Kiser interviews dialogue editor Gwen Yates Whittle who has worked on a number of large films that you have probably seen.