Tonebenders Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Kneecap is a film chock full of manic energy, about an Irish hip-hop group swept up into a political grassroots movement almost against their will. This perfect mix of the music, multiple languages and madcap sound design fuels the chaos around our main characters. The Audio Post team of Louise Burton (Dialog Supervisor), Richard Armstrong (Music Editor), Aza Hand (Re-Recording Mixer) and Brendan Rehill (Supervising Sound Editor) tell us about recording ADR for live music performances, creating and mixing crowds going bonkers and the tricky art of making stereo songs intended for home listening fill up a large cinema. This episode is brought to you by Sound Ideas, check out their latest sound effects library Robots & Servos. https://www.sound-ideas.com/Product/1396/Robot-and-Servo-Sound-Effects- 
Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/278-kneecap/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/ Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

Today we are going to be talking about field recording for the National Parks Service with recordist Chris Trevino. He tells us about his recent recording gig at Isle Royale Nation Park in Michigan, where he had his mics rolling in the park for 2 summer weeks. His goal was to capture the natural sounds of the pristine environment and the animals that call it home.  Chris discusses how he got the contract with the Parks Service, how he prepared for 2 weeks with no power and what it took to pull it off once he was out in the wilderness. As a reminder The Motion Picture Sound Editors Presents: The London Tonebenders Sound Design Meetup on Sept 24th, 7pm at the Queens Head pub in Soho. This episode is brought to you by Sound Ideas, check out their latest sound effects library Robots & Servos. www.sound-ideas.com/Product/1396/Ro…-Sound-Effects- Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/277-field-recording-for-the-national-parks-service-with-chris-trevino/ Podcast Homepage: tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

Creating sound for an installation in a physical space, like a museum or for an art piece, is a whole different world then tackling the sound of a film or game. There are so many variables it can make your head explode, exhibition space acoustics need to be accounted for, speaker placement can be any arrangement you can dream up, client expectations need to be met and managed, playback systems must be designed from scratch. Every installation project is an entirely new animal, with very little carrying over from job to job. We brought in 4 guests with extensive experience in this rarely talked about medium, so you can listen in as Jeremy Bloom, Jenn Grossman, Mike Clemow and Brad Nayman and share their hard learned lessons. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/268-sound-design-for-installations/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Hosts This Episode: Timothy Muirhead & Teresa Morrow

Supervising Sound Editors and Re-recording Mixers Christopher Scarabosio & Wayne Lemmer talk to us about their work on The French Dispatch. They tell us about what is it like working with director Wes Anderson, mixing at Abby Road Studios for the first time, and how they go about building/mixing an amazing sounding montage sequence. Show Notes (including transcript) at https://tonebenderspodcast.com/178-the-french-dispatch-with-wayne-lemmer-chris-scarabosio/

We are joined by Mark Mangini, Theo Green and Dave Whitehead to talk about their work on the new Denis Villeneuve film, DUNE. They talk about designing the sounds for the personal shields, Ornithopters, the ambiences of all the planets and the sand worm! Plus lots, lots more. Show Notes (including transcript): https://tonebenderspodcast.com/177-the-sound-of-dune/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com

We are joined by Barry Donelly, Kristen Quinn, Benoît Marsalone and Arnaud Noble to talk about recording and designing sounds for underwater scenes in films and games. We discuss our favourite underwater recording sessions, what works and doesn't work with hydrophones and when it is best to fake it with water sounds recorded with normal microphones. See Show Notes and full Bios at https://tonebenderspodcast.com/176-recording-designing-underwater-sounds-roundtable/

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. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/175-returnal-with-loic-couthier-toivo-kallio/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com

Brad Engleking tells us about working on the sound for the amazing documentary, Fathom. The film is about scientists that are recording humpback whale calls and trying to decipher their language. Fathom features some of the most beautiful whale recordings ever captured.

In this episode we talk to Emmy nominated co-supervising sound editors Bernard Weiser and Brent Findley, from the hit series Ted Lasso. They do a deep dive on how they built a massive stadium full of fans chanting "Wanker" from a small loop group for source. They also discuss the rapid evolution of the ADR process in pandemic times, having now done two seasons under various levels of lockdowns. Some things they hope stay going forward and others that they can do without.

In this episode we talk with Craig Henighan (Supervising Sound Editor/SFX Re-Recording Mixer), Paul Massey (Dial/Music Re-Recording Mixer) and Ryan Cole (Dialog Supervisor) from the Shawn Levy directed film, Free Guy. We talk about finding sonic space for dialog when total chaos is happening on screen, dealing with visual effects changing with each new delivery and ADR during a pandemic.