Tonebenders Podcast

We talk with Thomas Rex Beverly about his amazing field recording trip to Greenland to capture the sounds of remote glaciers. He tells us about lowering microphones into ice crevasses, and what it takes to record the sounds of glaciers calving into the arctic ocean. Show Notes and pictures: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/199---recording-glaciers-with-thomas-rex-beverly/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com

We talk with the sound team from our favourite show of the year – The Bear. They tell us about how they built the chaos of the restaurant kitchen in the series, editing dialog where everyone is yelling at the same time in a small space, and the many, many grocery store trips the foley team had to go on to create all the food sounds in the show. Steve Giammaria (re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor), Annie Taylor (Supervising Foley Editor) and Evan Benjamin (Dialog Editor) break it all down for us. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/198-the-bear/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com

We dig deep into the rarely talked about art of running a successful Loop Group session. Oscar winning Supervising Sound Editor Nina Hartstone, Dialog Supervisor Brian Bowles, ADR/Loop Group Recording Engineer Bobby Johanson and Game Dialog Designer Tim Atkins take us through everything you need to know to run your own Loop Group session. Show Notes & Full Transcript: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/197-loop-group-roundtable-talk/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com

We talk with Supervising Sound Editors Bonnie Wild and Mac Smith, as well as Sound Designer Kim Patrick about the supernatural sounds Moon Knight. They talk about creating creature vocals, dreaming up a new super hero's signature sounds, and deciding what the disembodied voices of gods should sound like. Show Notes & Full Transcript: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/196-the-sound-of-moon-knight/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com

Supervising Sound Editor Craig Henighan, and sound editors Lee Gilmore, Angelo Palazzo and Katie Halliday take us behind the iconic sounds in Season 4 of Stranger Things. We dive deep into the the grandfather clock, Yuri's plane and helicopter, the voices of the Demobats and vines and lots, lots more. Show Notes & Full Transcript: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/195-the-sound-design-of-stranger-things-season-4/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com

In this episode we talk with the sound team behind the dialog on Season 4 of Stranger Things. Ryan Cole (Dialog Supervisor), Michael Clark (Production Sound Mixer), Korey Pereira (Dialog Editor) and Jill Purdy (Dialog Editor) talk us through the voyage all the dialog took from set to mix stage. The miracles of Vacna's voice, organizing session templates for use with multiple editors and tackling scenes with lots of characters all talking at once, are all discussed. Stay tuned for Part 2 of our Stranger Things coverage, featuring our talk with the sound design team on Season 4 coming next week. Full Show Notes can be found at https://tonebenderspodcast.com/194-dialog-from-set-to-mix-on-stranger-things-season-4/ Podcast website: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/

In this episode we talk to the sound team behind The Beatles documentary, Get Back. The challenges they faced to get these decades old recordings into shape were immense, They were forced to develop their own software, with machine learning, to clean up the audio and the results are amazing. In addition to audio clean up, the project presented a multitude of other hurdles as well. Brent Burge (re-recording mixer & supervising sound editor), Emile de la Rey (machine learning engineer & sound editor), Martin Kwok (supervising sound editor) and Stephen Gallagher (music editor) take us through it all. Episode notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/193-the-sound-of-the-beatles-get-back/ Tonebenders Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com

In this episode we talk to the sound team behind the new Halo TV series, with Supervising Sound Editor Jane Tattersall, Re-Recording Mixers Matthew Chan and Lou Solakofski as well as Sound Designer Brennan Mercer. They tell us about their ATMOS workflow from sound editorial to remote playbacks, their philosophies behind making ambience tracks feel full of life and the many different voice treatments in the series. We also dig deep into how the sounds for the Spartan's armoured suits were built with examples of each layer. Episode notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/192-the-sound-of-halo/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com

We are joined by Kai Paquin to talk about the Mid/Side microphone shootout he posted on his sound blog recently. The specific microphone models compared are: Schoeps MK41 // MK8, Nevaton MC59 // MC59-8, Sennheiser MKH 8050 // MKH 30, and Sennheiser MKH 40 // MKH 30. You can download the audio files of Kai’s recordings to hear the results for yourself at: https://paquinsound.blogspot.com/2022/01/ms-mic-shootout.html Episode Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/191-mid-side-microphone-shootout/ Podcast website: https://tonebenderspodcast.com

In this episode we talk with the sound team behind Everything Everywhere All At Once. Supervising Sound Editor/Re-recording Mixer Brent Kiser, Re-Recording Mixer Alexandra Fehrman, Sound Designer Andrew Twite and ADR Supervisor Julie Diez tell us about working with the films unconventional score, the sheer volume of sound design needed and how they used loop group to tell off screen stories. Episode homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/190-everything-everywhere-all-at-once/ Series website: https://tonebenderspodcast.com

We are joined by Gary Rydstrom to talk about his recent Oscar nominated work on the latest Steven Spielberg film, West Side Story. He also tells us about his sound design philosophies, how slipping sound/picture sync can change everything and lots more. Show Notes & Full Transcript: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/189-gary-rydstrom/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com

Guests Dane Davis & Steph Flack talk about their work as sound supervisors on The Matrix Resurrections. They discuss the challenge of coming up with new sounds that fit into the existing world of the franchise, techniques to make tricky dialog work on screen and the differences in their workflows from the last time they worked on a Matrix film 18 years ago. Show Notes & Full Transcript: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/188-the-sound-of-matrix-resurrections/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com

In this episode we are joined by Bernard Gariépy Strobl (re-recording Mixer) David McCallum (supervising sound editor) & Steve Fanagan (sound designer/supervising sound editor) of the new sci-fi film "Swan Song". They tell us about how they came together as a team when none had ever met before this film. They also talk about the challenge of designing UI sounds for the near future and the unique schedule for the film's post production. Show Notes and full transcript: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/187-swan-song/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/

We are joined by co-supervising Sound Editors Jill Purdy and Nathan Robitaille from the new Guillermo del Toro film, Nightmare Alley. They tell us about having to set the "tone" for both halves of the film, one half is open, mechanical and gritty, while the other half is sleek and contained. Jill talks about building authentic period accurate crowds and call outs through ADR and Loop Group, while Nathen discusses designing new sounds for electricity and other ear candy in the film. Show Notes (including Transcript): https://tonebenderspodcast.com/186-nightmare-alley-with-jill-purdy-nathan-robitaille/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com

In late 2021 young filmmaker and audio person Juliana Henao Mesa released a documentary about women in film sound titled Listen To Us – Celebrating Women in Sound. In the process of creating that film, a lot of the interviews ended up being cut for flow and time, but Juliana reached out to us with the idea that we could air the rest of the thoughts and ideas of these amazing women on the podcast. So with that in mind we’re very excited to release the unreleased conversations Juliana had with luminaries Sherry Klein, Paula Fairfield, April Tucker, Kim Patrick, Baihui Yang, Danielle Dupre, Karol Urban, Midge Costin, Vicky Samson, Paulette Lifton, Teri Dorman, Ceci Hall, Catherine Harper, Ulriika Akander, Katy Wood, and Anna Behlmer. sit back, relax and enjoy!

In this episode hosts Mark Kilborn & Timothy Muirhead talk with Playground Games' Audio Lead Fraser Strachan, about the amazing work he and his team did on the sound design of Forza Horizon 5. Fraser discusses in deep detail the process of recording hundreds of cars and their implementation in the the game. We also discuss the ambiances, the games acoustic system, and generally how to mix a game with car engines roaring at all times. Show notes with episode Transcription: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/184-forza-horizon-5-with-fraser-strachan/ Podcast homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com

We're launching a crowdsource! The purpose of this crowdsource is to generate a lot of source material from which to algorithmically generate walla crowds of varying densities and compositions.  The goal is to be able to generate not only large gatherings of walla, but also the much more challenging 4-12 person groups that are often needed in post and games.   For this library you’ll bet setting up and recording one side of a real-live phone conversation with someone that you enjoy speaking to.  To do this, we’ll be using earbuds on our phones during the recording (no speakerphone)  The pauses and breaks in your natural speech will be pretty key to keeping the cadence of the walla sounding natural.

We talk with Tara Webb (Sound Editor & Re-Recording Mixer) and Leah Katz (Dialog Supervisor) about the sound of Jane Campion's The Power Of The Dog. They tell us about defining a character through sound, building expansive landscapes and using ADR to refine the story. Show Notes (including transcript): https://tonebenderspodcast.com/182-the-power-of-the-dog-with-tara-webb-leah-katz/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com

Sound Designers Gene Park (Bruised), Olivia Zhang (One Night In Miami), Aaron Glascock (Creed II) and Foley Artist Jay Peck (Bruised) all sit down for a roundtable talk about their experiences designing sound for boxing and MMA films. We talk about hero moments, knockout punches, making crowds roar and the need to find room to hear the fighters breath. See Show Notes at https://tonebenderspodcast.com/181-sound-design-for-boxing-mma-roundtable/ Podcast homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com

We are happy to "re-podcast" this great interview, originally aired on The SoundGirls Podcast. Kyrsten Mate is an award winning Sound Designer who has worked for Skywalker Sound for 25 years. Her credits include Mulan, The Midnight Sky, Ready Player One, Tomorrowland, Jarhead, and many others. Among the directors she has worked with are Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg, Brad Bird, and Walter Murch. In addition, she recently completed the Sound Design for Disneyland’s Batuu: Galaxy’s Edge.