Show 318 – Is Mac M1 finally good for Audio Pros?

Posted on September 13, 2022 by jon

Jon and Ryan share their recent and long term experience with Apples M1 based computers for audio production. Jon runs the Mac Studio with M1 Max processor, and Ryan recently bought the MacBook Air with M2 processor. Has the transition been smooth? Of course not. Let’s talk about that.

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00:00 - Intro
01:05 - A warrior's death
02:43 - It's fast!
05:05 - Handles everything easily, probably.
05:56 - Dongle land
07:16 - The one thing that upset me
10:22 - Does the security settings go too far?
14:25 - plugin support
20:15 - Its mostly good, finally

Previous episode talking about Mac Studio

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This episode is supported by:
Brian Olsen, Doug Darrell, Stephan Gaugh, musicforgeeks, someone, John Stranovsky, Jonathan R, Michael Sedelmaier, and yinghuochong.

Show 315 – Uncompromising Quality with Cannibal Industries

Posted on July 5, 2022 by jon

This week we have an interview with Eric Ballew of Cannibal Industries. Ryan is with Eric today in the Cannibal Industries shop where they’re building Ryan’s ultimate production sound cart.
Eric is also a sound mixer, and we talk to him about some of the challenges recording audio for Top Gun: Maverick.

We had a great time talking to Eric this week and we know you’ll enjoy this episode.

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00:00 - Intro - Meet Eric of Cannibal Industries
08:42 - Eric's background
18:51 - Recording Top Gun production dialogue
26:44 - choice of boom mics
28:27 - the sound mixer is in charge of mics for boom op?
28:51 - choice of headphones
32:53 - what's in your pocket?
34:23 - Lessons from the Navy
39:46 - When to say 'No'
44:31 - The overkill power supply for the carts
48:04 - Uninterruptible power supply
56:14 - it will hurt the whole time you are dying

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This episode is supported by:
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Show 251 – Mixing films in your home studio

Posted on October 20, 2017 by jon

Ryan and Jon are back to talk about what to expect when you agree to work on your first film mix in your home studio.

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Some topics we address:

budget
what you need from the film maker
helpful extra software/hardware
organizing the project
checkerboarding dialog
eq matching
reverb
automation
loudness and dynamic range
library vs recording yourself
complete coverage
revision process
final delivery
stereo and surround

LINKS
Vordio
AATranslator
Cockos REAPER
Jon and Ryan talk Surround mixing for The REAPER Blog
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Show 243 – PreSonus Monitor Station V2 Review and Ryan’s Film Sound Recording Rig

Posted on July 23, 2014 by jon

This week Jon reviews the PreSonus Monitor Station V2 and Ryan shows us all the gear he needs for recording and mixing sound on set.
Check out the photos below to see Ryan’s rig.

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