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Hello everyone, My name is Thijs and I'm currently studying a film school in the Netherlands called Mediacollege. My dreams are to study sound on the Film academy in Amsterdam but i have to finish my last year here. After the summer i am allowed to do internships in other countries and my question was: How does that generally work. if there are people with experience on here. Ive got a lot of set expierience by doing a dutch TV series and a lot of student film sets, But i still want to expand my expertise and work half a year with a professional for my internship next school year. Any tips would be helpfull! and i love to hear your own experiences with interns…
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Surprisingly, I saw this piece on the Spanish newspaper “El País” (which is maybe the Spanish equivalent of The NY Times or The Guardian). https://elpais.com/cultura/2019/05/18/actualidad/1558186557_831686.html I haven’t heard of this movie, and I would have supported the Kickstarter campaign had I know. http://www.makingwavesmovie.com/trailer-and-other-links-2 Anyway, sounds really interesting. Hope to be able to watch it soon! Filmin, the Spanish platform specializing on non-blockbusters should carry it, they already have The Conversation and Apocalypse Now, it would even be possible to build a playlist about cinem…
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Today's NYT has an article about the neuro damage suffered by US diplomats in Cuba and their families, and subsequently reported by some Canadian diplomats. Their reporter -- who doesn't seem to know much about acoustics or hearing -- is basically selling a story of mass hysteria. Evidence includes a history of isolated cases of individuals with psychosomatic ailments, quoting researchers who say "well, we didn't see changes in brain structure", and psychiatrists who say "the brain has powerful effects on the body, and brains can be triggered by non-physical events". And of course it quotes Cuban officials who say "it wasn't us". Conclusion: the damage couldn…
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https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0037627 or summary https://science.slashdot.org/story/19/05/08/2314250/how-a-half-inch-beetle-finds-fires-80-miles-away Fire-Chaser Beetles have evolved a way suss out and find a forest fire fifty miles away. (They love to eat the recently-burned trees.) In many cases, they can sense infrared radiation from the fire even if it's at a level below local thermal noise! They're doing to heat what our brains do when we spot visual or acoustic patterns below random noise...
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Hi All, Mixing a feature right now that has Post reporting an inconsistent 1 to 6 frame sync issue between picture and sound files. Does anyone here know the exact menu settings that need to be addressed regarding timecode on this latest firmware update? I have never had sync issues before this, and the last project was on a Venice, the only difference being 24 frames. Current one is using 23.98nd All my gear is acting as I would expect it to. Totally perplexed. Am I Alone? -Pouth (sounds like booth)
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The current CAS Podcast is up! Peter Devlin, CAS, has done it again, a wonderful conversation with two veteran sound mixers telling their stories. This is a must listen experience! Listen to the podcast via LINK to Soundcloud
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Happy Birthday to our host, Jeff Wexler! His continuing contributions to our community make this day even more special.
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--- 2019 ARSC CONFERENCE: PORTLAND, OREGON ------ HOTEL RESERVATION DEADLINE: APRIL 12 ------ EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE: APRIL 19 ---Please join us for the 53rd annual ARSC conference, May 8-11, 2019. The conference programs will take place at The Benson, an historic hotel in downtown Portland, Oregon, which is within striking distance of several of the city's many record stores and Powell's City of Books.April 12 is the deadline to reserve a room at The Benson at the special conference rate. We recommend booking as soon as possible, since the ARSC room block may be sold out prior to the deadline. Please also note that the guest amenity fee of $25 listed on other websit…
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A friend of mine is part of The Museum of Broadcast Technology, a large building in Rhode Island with two floors of audio and video equipment. He'll be at NAB with at least a couple of large pedestal cameras and who knows what else. It's in the main lobby of North Hall, right at the Taxi pickup area. Worth looking at. And if you do please say hi to Paul Beck, one of my best buds from college (he went into video; I stayed with audio). You might also see Tom Sprague or Peter Fasciano; they're also good people and Boston-based engineers. When I first walked into the museum, before it was open and the equipment was just sitting there, I told a friend "…
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Hey I’m tearing around New Orleans till Wednesday if any mixers want to grab a drink.
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Not a lot of action going here on JW over the past couple of days. Did something happen and I missed it? It appears as though threads are being displayed as when they were posted, and no update is shows that indicates a reply. Maybe it’s just me.
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This less apparently affects the Sound community: FCC to auction off wireless spectrum that could interfere with vital weather data, rejecting requests from U.S. House and science agencies https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/03/13/fcc-auction-off-wireless-spectrum-that-could-interfere-with-vital-weather-data-rejecting-requests-us-house-science-agencies/?utm_term=.c440afcac379
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Stanley Kubrick allowed his then-17-year-old daughter, Vivian, to make a documentary about the production of The Shining. Created originally for the BBC television show Arena, this documentary offers rare insight into the shooting process of a Kubrick film.
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This less apparently affects the Sound community: FCC to auction off wireless spectrum that could interfere with vital weather data, rejecting requests from U.S. House and science agencies https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/03/13/fcc-auction-off-wireless-spectrum-that-could-interfere-with-vital-weather-data-rejecting-requests-us-house-science-agencies/?utm_term=.c440afcac379
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This less apparently affects the Sound community: FCC to auction off wireless spectrum that could interfere with vital weather data, rejecting requests from U.S. House and science agencies https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/03/13/fcc-auction-off-wireless-spectrum-that-could-interfere-with-vital-weather-data-rejecting-requests-us-house-science-agencies/?utm_term=.c440afcac379
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This less apparently affects the Sound community: FCC to auction off wireless spectrum that could interfere with vital weather data, rejecting requests from U.S. House and science agencies https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/03/13/fcc-auction-off-wireless-spectrum-that-could-interfere-with-vital-weather-data-rejecting-requests-us-house-science-agencies/?utm_term=.c440afcac379
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This less apparently affects the Sound community: FCC to auction off wireless spectrum that could interfere with vital weather data, rejecting requests from U.S. House and science agencies https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/03/13/fcc-auction-off-wireless-spectrum-that-could-interfere-with-vital-weather-data-rejecting-requests-us-house-science-agencies/?utm_term=.c440afcac379
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Remember if you're going to be at NAB this year and plan to attend our annual party, please RSVP - Party details and RSVP via Eventbrite -
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R.A.M.P.S./JWSOUND NAB Party - Tuesday, April 9th, 6:30pm to 8:30pm - Las Vegas
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Feb. 10th and still no discussion about all that gear we've got in our craving minds for 2019 ? I'm stunned… 😄
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Reggie Young's first hit record was Smokey Part 2 by the Bill Black Combo. The BBC were the Beatles choice of opening act on their first US Tour. Reggie played on some of my most favored records, the ones that got me through high school. I got to work with him often in my previous life and he was a genuine as nice a person as any hero of mine might choose to be. Session guitar players would argue over who stole Reggie's licks first. Al We were recording with just local people but one of the things we did was an instrumental and I was playing guitar. I tuned my guitar down 2 steps and then played it with a pencil ... like tapping out a rhythm, it was a s…
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Trying to figure something out: I have 23.976 material with LTC recorded as sound, and a BWF from a MixPre 6 that has outputted the LTC. (Also set to 23.976, although the LTC 'seems' 24, but I take it that has to do with a bad clock of the cam.) Now, there is an offset of 28 frames between the LTC and BWF. (And by a sick joke of the TC gods the video is named '00028.mov'.) On duckducking, I've found myself and remembered I had this before, and it could be due to setting 'preroll' in the recorder. (Meaning, start recording X seconds before hitting the record button.) But that was a 'very' long time ago. Is this still a bug / featurette? (In case o…
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Ross Lowell the creator of Gaffers Tape passed away last week at age 92. I suspect almost everyone has use gaffers tape to secure cables on location at some point in their work.Plus of course his contribution to light weight lighting products.
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Malcolm was a frequent participant here on JWSOUND having joined in May, 2006. I only heard of his death recently on Facebook and I have no details. I hope that one of our other UK sound mixers could give us some details on his passing. Malcolm was a good guy, he will be missed.
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Quoting Penny Lane: "It's all happening!" --- the annual R.A.M.P.S./JWSOUND Party is happening this year on Tuesday, April 10th. This year we will be in a new place, having outgrown Satay Bistro we will be at the new Firefly's on Paradise. For several years before moving to Satay Bistro, we had the party at the old Firefly's --- now for this year, the 28th, we'll be at the new and expanded Firefly's. RSVP at http://bit.ly/2BLf7ZH secret word: Topstick R.A.M.P.S./JWSOUND PARTY - NAB 2018 * NEW VENUE * Firefly on Paradise 3824 PARADISE RD / LAS VEGAS / 702.369.3971 April 10th, 2018. 6:30pm - 9:30pm
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