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Jason Swanscott (left) and Rob Price co-founded their own Foley studio after decades working for other audio production companies

Proving The Value Of Craft At Earthsound Foley June 15th 2023 - 09:30 AM

In a world of digital samples and extensive sound effects libraries, a production company in the UK is determined to preserve the art and craft of Foley sound. Foley is the recording and performance of sound effects that are added to films, videos, and other media in postproduction to bring the on-screen images to life.

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Motion Pictures: Part 3 - Motion & The Film Look June 14th 2023 - 09:00 AM

To be able to see a moving object reasonably well, the eye tracks the object and the smart camera operator will pan the camera to keep it still in the frame. Eyes and cameras have in common that they can only do this for one moving object and everything else will be seen less well.

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Understanding IP Broadcast Production Networks: Part 4 - Host Configuration June 13th 2023 - 09:30 AM

All devices on a network are referred to as ‘hosts’ and they all need to be configured correctly.

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Side view of main room at Pricetone Studios, featuring Smart Active Monitors from Genelec.

L.A.’s Pricetone Studios Returns To Genelec For Second Studio Monitoring June 12th 2023 - 11:00 AM

Los Angeles, USA area studio facility opens a second room and continues a decades-long tradition of relying on Genelec monitoring for a wide range of client services, including music recording, mixing, ADR, mastering, and sound-for-picture.

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Scalable Dynamic Software For Broadcasters: Part 8 - Building RESTful APIs June 12th 2023 - 09:00 AM

RESTful APIs are the cornerstone of communications between users and microservices. Building efficient, flexible, and resilient interfaces relies on a deeper understanding of how internet services communicate.

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The Rise And Potential Fall Of The Magnificent OLED June 9th 2023 - 09:00 AM

In March 2023 ‘JOLED’ filed for bankruptcy protection marking yet another chapter in the troubled tale of using OLED technology for high quality displays.

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Compression: Part 9 - Transforms June 8th 2023 - 09:00 AM

Image compression depends heavily on transforms and there are a number of these. The criteria for selecting a transform include appropriateness for the type of images to be coded and computational complexity.

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The MA1 control room of Tokyo’s Studio Brain.

Classic Genelec 1035 Monitors Get New Lease Of Life At Tokyo’s Studio Brain June 7th 2023 - 11:00 AM

Post-production studio, Studio Brain, has taken a sustainable approach to upgrading its facilities. The full-service production house is built around two fully equipped creative studios and three editing suites. The 66 m² MA1 control room has featured two flush mounted Genelec 1035 main monitors since 1991. These were in need of some attention, but rather than move to a different solution, Studio Brain decided to give them an entirely new lease of life through Genelec’s 1235 Retrofit Upgrade Kit – thereby creating a thoroughly modern Smart Active Monitoring system.

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