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We are celebrating the 16th anniversary of the JWSOUND site which continues to be a vibrant and highly popular resource for our sound community. I have seldom asked for donations to support this site , over the years there have been so many spontaneous and generous unsolicited donations it has been a real help in running the site. At this time I am asking for donations if you are able to as the expense of running the site has increased (hasn't everything except our wages!) I have never strived to monetize this site as many other sites have and there has been over the years substantial support from the paid advertising banners running on the site. Many of the companies tha…
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I am asking that those members that feel they can afford it to donate a small amount of money to help me with the costs of maintaining this Discussion Group site and CinemaSound. I have been able to manage on my own for the last 5 years to keep these sites up and running, upgrading the software that powers this forum, upgrading my server accounts, routine and some not so routine maintenance, but I could use some help now. I am asking for a donation of $10.00 (US) on a yearly basis to keep all this going. This is totally voluntary and no one should fear that either of these great sites will be taken down if no one donates. I am asking for $10.00 but any amount will be ap…
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I just heard that Chris Newman has died, February 3rd. My father gave Chris one of his first jobs in sound on the movie "Medium Cool". Chris had done some documentary work and my father had already decided that "Medium Cool" would be shot very much in a documentary style during the Democratic convention in Chicago in 1968. Chris was helpful in the beginning of my career in sound but I realized in hindsight that I learned a lot more about the politics of sound mixing than I did about actual sound mixing. In retirement Chris was a great teacher and was very generous, even throughout his working career, with his knowledge and experience (and opinions!).
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Congratulations to Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett for their Oscar win for best Sound! And congratulations to all the nominees for their fine work on Belfast, No Time to Die, West Side Story, and The Power of the Dog. For all the details: https://abc.com/shows/oscars/news/winners/oscars-2022-nominations-sound
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I am very sad to report that the love my life, my sweet Carol, has passed away. Many of you know her and have worked with her, Unit Still Photographer Carol McCullough, retired for many years now but never on Facebook. She had a fall, one of many, and was in rehab getting Physical Therapy and had a stroke from which she did not recover. We were together for 35 wonderful years with no loss of love, through wonderful times and not so wonderful times -- I miss her so much.
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I wish you the best of luck, you're gonna need it.
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The site is experiencing problems now after a software update. It may be affecting Safari primarily as I am using Chrome now to make this post (I do not typically use Chrome). We're working on a fix. Sorry for the disruption if members are having problems. - JW
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My co-presenter colleague Jason Nicholas and I are thoroughly delighted to announce that Part 1 of our 'Apple & Biscuit Show' podcast interview with Oscar-winning Production Sound Mixer Simon Hayes, is now available on all the usual podcast platforms; or better still, subscribe with us directly and help us to build our audience and continue to attract such important guests. (It's free...) Hear / subscribe / here: soundproducer.com.au/the-apple-biscuit-show-episode-007-signal-to-noise-is-everything-simon-hayes/ In this episode, we talk with Simon about his demanding work on location film sets and deep-dive into Simon’s philosophy and approach to modern locati…
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Thank you to all those who have just donated to support JWSOUND -- I truly appreciate every one of you, for your donations, of course, but more importantly for your participation in our long running online community. I believe that JWSOUND is still a special place even in today's world of massive proliferation of social media.
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Published on Mar 21, 2018 A young startup called Relativity is pushing space technology forward by pushing 3D printing technology to its limits, building the largest metal 3D printer in the world. And other major companies anxious to try these new ways of manufacturing, too. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien looks at some of the amazing advances that is launching the technology into a new era.
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I'm in shock, still cannot fully understand how this happens.
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Is anyone covering sound at IBC? Haven’t seen much posted. Is it all on Facebook?
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I know it has been a tough time for many people in our industry but please remember to support this site with whatever donation you are able to contribute. Jeff works very hard and has spent much time/money to make this site a great resource so please consider donating to help You can visit Jeff's donation link below or use the "Donate Button" on the home page. https://donorbox.org/donate-in-support-of-jwsoundgroup
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I am celebrating the 18 year anniversary of the JWSOUND site. I started the site in 2006 in response to the almost total meltdown of our beloved r.a.m.p.s. group. It was pretty much an immediate success with almost everyone who was on the newsgroup coming over to the JWSOUND site. We have a core group of members that go all the way back to the beginning of the site and are still with us, participating and contributing so much to our sound community — for this I am so grateful! We've had a few bumps in the road, a few updates that went badly, always striving to make things better for our members. We improved the Search routines, still not perfect but coupled with Googl…
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Sad to say that Evan passed of a heart attack yesterday and will be greatly missed in our audio world. Truly a great, knowledgeable, and kind man I’ve known for many years. RIP Evan
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https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/jul/23/john-mayall-blues-dies
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I never see anything in this part of the forum. Is work in the motion picture biz still slow? Or is no one taking any work because rates and conditions are so bad? Been out for a number of years so I'm not up to speed on what's going on, especially post-strikes. D.
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Sunday, March 24 at noon Mountain Time (UTC -6) This will also be available afterward. Link:
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I stumbled across this video when surfing YouTube. It is truly one of the funniest things I've ever seen. I must have watched it 50 times now. Anyone with any on-set experience will surely see how the chances of this happening are one in a million! The camera operator should win an academy award for his instincts. As this fiasco unfolded, his panning and zooming are sooooo spot on!! Enjoy!! Jeff Porrello Retired Boom Operator Local 695 Soundman Destroys Shop.mp4
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Is it true TAI Audio in Florida closed down? Received an email today from "Quiet on the set" company saying they closed. Anyone have more info?
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Here's What Happens To Dead EV Battery Packs YouTuber JerryRigEverything takes us on a tour of Li-Cycle's battery recycling facility. https://insideevs.com/news/682472/ev-battery-recycling/
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I’m thinking of switching over to IFBlue from my r1a and Comtek. But I use my R1a as a scratch track for camera occasionally. Could I use IFBlue to send scratch track to camera?
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Today Friday February the 20th is the anniversary of the loss of Sarah Jones on the film Midnight Rider. I encourage everyone on their sets today to take a minute of silence and remember Saftey For Sarah and how no one should ever die for making a film or production. Please encourage your production to take a minute and to remember safety first... Stop And Care. Whit
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