Audio2U - Sine Language

In episode 120, some thanks to those people who have made donations via the button on the front page of audio2u.com, a couple of links to look at: JR sent in this link to a laser microphone, and somebody (apologies for not taking note of who sent this ...

This week, Jim Addie hits us with “War and Peace - part 2″ on the way dynamic volume adjustments are made on playback in home theatre receivers, and Ernie asked if I could put together some thoughts on recording and processing the voice, so ...

This week, The audio2u.com forum is open. And a big shout out goes to Mike Wills for helping with some of the background tweaking, Bomar wrote to ask about the sound design elements I use for the intros to my podcasts (or at least, the one at the ...

This week, Chris Bartlett asks about cloud computing and how that might affect the DAW market into the future, My man in Hollywood replied with some more info on film track-lay procedures and definitions, and then Chris Bartlett wrote in again, first to ...

This week, a short episode featuring a heap of positive feedback on the Integrate ‘09 vendors episode. Then, Bomar asked if he should buy an audio interface with some DSP that he can track through, or should he just record clean and use plugins ...

In episode 115, I caught up with some of the exhibitors at Integrate ‘09; a pro audio, video and lighting trade show in Sydney. 00:00:44 Ben Sneesby - Bees Neez Microphones 00:02:48 Andy Eastwood - Dynamic Music 00:07:59 Mick Wordly - ...

In ep 114, how NOT to attend a trade show, my man in Hollywood gets back to us on track laying for motion picture, and JR asked about the best way to record some character interoutside of the ideal studio environment. A couple of links for you: FMR Audio ...

In ep 113, a bit of a discussion on patchbays, Michael Rooney’s AATranslator software, Peachey wanted to know about how to lay out the audio for a film mix, somebody liked my Muggshot commercial and wanted to know about de-breathing techniques, the ...

This week, a couple of links from my man in Hollywood: An article from Sound On Sound magazine on surround sound, plus this excerpt from the NAB Engineering Handbook on Audio for Digital Television. Also, another war story for ya! For anyone who needs ...

This week, an apology to Jay for incorrectly identifying him as the author of the e-mail I read out in ep 110, Jim Weishorn wants to discuss dynamics some more (that’ll have to wait), a query from Steve Riekeberg at Geek Cred on the voice track ...

This week, an apology to Jay for incorrectly identifying him as the author of the e-mail I read out in ep 110, Jim Weishorn wants to discuss dynamics some more (that’ll have to wait), a query from Steve Riekeberg at Geek Cred on the voice track ...

In episode 110, Tim Cumings is happy with his USB mic pre-amp from Centrance, Geoff Hankerson was concerned about the proximity of the drinks fridge to my studio, as well as being slightly miffed about the dynamic range in DVD audio when watching ...

In ep 109, a quick plug for iStockPhoto who are now selling user-generated audio clips. For those of you with a love of recording outdoor sounds, this could be a nice way to turn your hobby into some extra cash. Worth checking out at the very ...

This week, I discuss a couple of e-mails traded back and forth between myself and Karl Cooper, who asked about all the usual suspects…. tracking levels, compression, signal chains etc. Which of course led me to talking (again) about this thread at ...

In episode 107, Rob Scalise gets on my soapbox about the potential dangers of prolonged use of headphones. My man in Hollywood got back to us with answers to Jay’s questions from ep 106 re: movie audio. Ernie wrote and mentioned that he prefers my ...

This week, Jay asked about the audio processing used in movie soundtracks, and why the music in movies sounds so much better than the official soundtrack CD. Scott Hess asked about using small amounts of delay to simulate spatial shifts, rather than ...

As promised, here’s a short video tour (approx 7.5MB, MPEG4) of my new mixing and editing space. This is also where I record my podcast voice tracks. However, I have a room on the other side of the house set up as a voice booth for those occasions ...

As promised, here’s a short video tour (approx 7.5MB, MPEG4) of my new mixing and editing space. This is also where I record my podcast voice tracks. However, I have a room on the other side of the house set up as a voice booth for those occasions ...

We’re back! The new studio, whilst not complete, is certainly functional. So, this ep begins with a bit of a chat regarding what the last 6-8 weeks has entailed. Then into the meat of it: An interview with Nick Dika (Product Manager and PR guru for ...