Tonebenders Podcast

We dig deep into the sound of Season 3 of the HBO series True Detective with Supervising Sound Editor Mandell Winter and Dialog Editor Micah Loken. Both have been nominated for an Emmy for there work on the show and talk about how they got the dialog so smooth and created an unique sonic mood for the series.

In this episode we talk about the unique working relationship between SEAL Team's picture and sound departments during the show's post production. Editors David C. Cook and John Vitale sit down with the series' Supervising Sound Editor Greg Hedgepath and Sound Designer Charles Maynes. They discuss how they collaborate and influence each others choices during the fast-paced schedule of the military-themed action series.

Today Teresa, René and Timothy sit down with Dallas Taylor from Defacto Sound. Dallas tells us about his work doing sound for ads, trailers, promos and Docs as well as the process behind his blockbuster podcast Twenty Thousand Hertz. After the interview we play one of our favourite episodes of Dallas' podcast "The Booj"

René and Timothy sit down with Watson Wu to talk about his epic field recording sessions for the game Ring of Elysium. Watson recorded car drops, multiple types of vehicles and lots and lots of guns to create an incredible sound library.

René and Timothy are joined by the Production Recordist, Dialog Editor and Re-Recording Mixer from Amazon's Marvellous Mrs Maisel. We track every step the dialog takes from the actor's mouths to the final print master. Mathew Price, Sara Stern and Ron Bochar talk us through how they deal with one of the most dialog heavy shows ever produced.

One of our favorite episodes was our first interview with Dave Whitehead. His kind and wise words were inspirational then and they continue to be now. We're dropping that interview in our feed as the last episode before we do the big 100th episode giveaway, so just sit back and let the greatness wash over you.

For part two of our 100 episodes celebration, we invited past guest Peter Albrechtsen back on the show to interview us. Peter talks with Timothy, Teresa and René about how the audio post production community is changing and ways it isn't changing fast enough. We also finally hear Teresa's audio origin story and how she came to be a part of Tonebenders. Don't forget to enter our big give-a-way before May 29th http://tonebenderspodcast.com/tb-100-give-a-way/

René and Timothy sit down with Shannon Mills, Supervising Sound Editor on Marvel's biggest film yet, Avengers: EndGame. Shannon talks about how he tackles projects with such epic scale, how important his team is and lots more.

Life Death and a Box of Sound Effects! René, Teresa & Timothy sit down with Mark Mangini to listen to clips sent in by some of our favorite past guests. Ai-Ling Lee, David Whitehead, Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van Der Ryn, John Warhurst, Mildred Iatrou Morgan, Nina Hartstone, Paul Davies, Richard King and Sylvain Bellemare, all contribute stories about some of their best days on the job. We also announce our greatest give-a-way ever! Thanks to Sound Radix, iZotope and ProSoundEffects for providing the amazing prizes.

In this episode the sound designers behind two of the biggest franchises in the world talk about doing sound for VFX heavy projects. Paula Fairfield, of Game of Thrones, and Nia Hansen, of the Avengers' films, tell us how they plan, prepare, design and then re-design the sounds of dragons and super heroes.

In this Episode Teresa and Timothy head to Montreal to talk with Gavin Fernandes (re-recording mixer) and Martin Pinsonnault (Supervising Sound Editor) about their work on HBO's Big Little Lies, Season 1. They talk about their long time collaboration with series' Director Jean-Marc Vallée, the challenges of working on prestige television projects and working with L.A. based production companies while doing sound post in Montreal.

René, Teresa and Tim all chat with Gary Bourgeois as he takes us through his personal Protools template. Hear what he uses as a starting point when mixing films like Captain America: The First Avenger, Team America: World Police and literally hundreds of other films and TV shows. Really interesting talk with a super interesting guy!

René and Tim talk with Enos Desjardins about his work on the new Netflix film Close, making the jump from indies to a larger budget project and how he approaches sound to influence the audience.

In this episode we sit down with Paul Davies and talk about his long collaboration creating sound for director Lynne Ramsay’s films. In particular we focus on the amazing sound design on their latest work You Were Never Really Here. We also get a preview of his upcoming talk at the School of Sound International Symposium in London April 24 – 27, 2019.

We sit down with co-supervising sound editors Nina Hartstone and John Warhurst to talk about their Oscar nominated work on Bohemian Rhapsody. We cover the exhaustive work they did to re-create the concert crowds, music and the world Freddie Mercury and Queen lived in.