Tonebenders Podcast

An interview with Placid Audio's Mark Pirro - creator of the iconic copperphone mic.

In this episode we talk about all about the tricky world of recording ADR. Patrick Christensen, ADR mixer at Sound Lounge in NYC, and Chris Navarro, ADR Mixer at Formosa Group in West Hollywood, sit down and talk about what it takes to be running ADR sessions everyday. Between them they have 950 ADR mixing credits on IMDB - so they have done it all, PLUS they are great guys.

We talk to Sound Design legend Scott Gershin about his career and his upcoming talk at the Game Sound Conference about 3D Sound for VR. Then Arjen Van Der Schoot sits in to talk about AudioEase's new "Indoor" software. Aimed at the Audio Post market, "Indoor" is a ground breaking new way to get realistic room reflections.

Kate Finan sits in with René and Timothy to talk about fostering creative work environments, sound design for animation and a bunch of other topics. Kate is a sound supervisor with Boom Box Post in California.

my recent adventures recording a protest outside of a Trump rally that came to Dallas.

This episode Timothy interviews Bob Dziak, a researcher who sent a hydrophone 11kms (7miles) into the oceans deepest known spot so humans could hear what it sounds like down there for the very first time. Plus a quick run through of Izotope's new VocalSynth software and its possible uses for sound design in audio-post.

Ok, the impostor syndrome episode is real, and it is here. If you feel like you suck at this stuff, take a listen and feel better about yourself. Big big thanks to Matt Marteinsson, Jack Menhorn, Jay Fernandes and Graham Donnelly for contributing.

There's a new tool in town. Sound particles is a very promising and very unique piece of sound design software. I did a screen cap of a thorough walkthrough, then re-packaged that audio for the podcast. enjoy!

Sometimes you can see intensely emotional events coming. In those times you should prepare yourself and roll sound. In this ep I grab my recorder and go get punched in the face.

I got a huge opportunity to record tons of rollercoasters at a fully locked out six flags park. Full access and high expectations. This is that story.

In this podcast we take a listen to some cuts from Motus In Rebus, a new album from sound designer and composer Giuseppe Caiazzo, aka SMHertz

In this Episode Timothy talks with Rich Van Dyke, production sound mixer and master raconteur. Rich's credits include American Beauty, 3;10 to Yuma, Crash, Moonlighting and countless others. He has great stories of the films he has worked on, how he got started and the gear he uses.

In this episode René talks with Matthew Marteinsson about workflows for interactive media and some of our favorite non-DAW tools that we use in our work. Matt works at the audio department for Klei Entertainment, runs the excellent Beards, Cats and Indie Game Audio podcast, and can be found on twitter @mattesque

Last week the supreme court struck down laws that prohibit gay marriage in the USA. I went out to record it. Here's the story of that, and the audio that I captured. head to the website for the full unedited file! Enjoy!

In this episode we sit down with sound designers Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl to talk about their esteemed careers, working philosophies and many of the films they have worked on in the past few years.