Technology

Giving credit to John Stephens for the development of a portable, 59-pound, battery-operated 8-track machine.

When nonlinear editing systems first appeared nearly 25 years ago, a lot of people scratched their heads. Who could edit with a picture you could barely see and a hard …

In the MAY-JUN 14 issue of CineMontage, writer Mel Lambert surveyed sound designers, sound editors and supervising sound editors about the Digital Audio Workstation add-ons that they use to get …

Television has its own way of telling stories, on screen and in the cutting room.

With the ubiquitous digital audio workstation (DAW) now a key creative tool for not only sound designers and supervising sound editors, but also re-recording mixers, the choice of plug-ins can …

The ever-accelerating pace of technological development is literally putting the tools of post- production into the palms of our hands. The dramatic spread of Apple’s iPad has stirred software designers …

CineMontage caught up with the two sound mixers as they were finishing work on ‘World War Z’ at Twickenham Studios in London.

Sound editors and mixers need to be confident that their room acoustics are not skewing their judgment.

In 1970, as an apprentice in the cutting room of Richard Marden, editor of Sunday Bloody Sunday, we were a happy bunch; Dick, two assistants and myself. Now, as a …

With movie-going audiences expecting fully immersive visuals from 3D presentations, the sound post-production community is fast playing catch-up with immersive surround-sound systems.