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Audio Post Production – Who cares

August 16, 2010

Audio Post Production for TV and Film.. Who cares?
When you think about it as a % your movie or tv watching experience surely depends on the sound about 50% as the visuals also about 50%, right? . The finer details could be argued that either is slightly more important at given times or depending on [...]

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Audio post-production: ADR recording

August 16, 2010

ADR and Hell Pizza
Audio post production, Sound fx, the soundtrack and audio post mixing for film and TV is often under estimated and overlooked by the general public in the finished product. Often if the music and audio post production mix is done REALLY well it’s designed to not be noticed, in fact it’s [...]

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"digidesign and ProTools, it's time to die" – Grim Reaper

April 27, 2009

Recording software: Music industry and studios take note!
Isnt it funny when certain items, software, guitars, shoes, clothes, anything really become what is known as ‘the industry standard’. I find this term and phenomenon totally bi-polar, it’s either perfectly warranted and the item is by far and away the leader of the pack, OR it’s almost [...]

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Recording Studio in christchurch gives away FREE boutique beer

March 23, 2009

Home-Brew ethics and philosophies:
Ok, so this may seem  a little out of the blue… a recording studio and audio production house writing about ‘Home Brew’ beer, the process, and the philosophy….but to be honest The Sitting Room is about creation, it is about vibe, it’s about appreciating quality, it is about having fun… and nothing [...]

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Orientation '09 – Day 8: Outside, in the sun, small stage and band wind

March 21, 2009

Day 8: The Burning Sensations, Green like Go + an Acoustic Duo.
The last and final day for me was a Sunday afternoon show outside in the Uni Ampitheatre outside the Foundry bar.
It was on a much smaller stage and the system was tiny in comparison to the last few nights (just dual 15’s and horn [...]

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How Improve Your Home Recordings

March 17, 2009

Just read a very informative article from the great guys are Home Tracked offering some excellent but really simple tricks and tips to improve your home recordings. You can read the full article here: Improve Your Recordings and Mixes, on the Cheap.
I just want to mention a couple of the tips that really do work (we [...]

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