AUDIO FOR BROADCAST, POST, RECORDING AND MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION News & Analysis 4 Leader 4 News Sales, contracts, appointments and biz bites. 12 Products New introductions and announcements. 57 Soundpro 2016 Resolution’s very own audio expo in London gets busier every year. 65 Broadcast aside Audio professionals need to face — and embrace — the fact that consumer expectation and demand will never stand still. Dennis Baxter gives some sound advice. 66 Headroom Recovering audio files, computer problems, corrections. Craft 28 Joe Barresi He’s produced, engineered and mixed some of the most important hard rock and metal bands of the last 15 years: Queens of the Stone Age, Tool, Soundgarden, Avenged Sevenfold, Chevelle, Slipknot, Black Stone Cherry. 32 Ben Minto We talk with the Audio Director/Sound Designer who leads the sound team at Stockholm-based EA DICE studio. Ben has worked on game titles such as Black, Burnout, Battlefield (1943, Heroes, Bad Company), Mirror’s Edge, Medal of Honor, and the hugely successful Star Wars Battlefront project. 36 Andy Groves Winner of Best Sound: Factual at the BAFTA TV Craft Awards 2016, Andy has mixed sound for a wide range of broadcast events, from Crufts to Royal Weddings, is renowned for his work on the ATP tennis tour, and is a fixture at the faders for the Wimbledon Tennis Championships. 38 Prime Seat European classical concerts are now being streamed to Japan in high-res DSD audio, we explain the technical details and the business case. 42 Virtual Post Production In the September 2016 issue, Dan Gable talked about an “Uber Moment” for audio post — now Gijs Friesen has turned the idea into reality. 45 Resolution Award Winners’ Supplement 58 Sweet spot Cinema Loudness: Philip Newell warns of future legislative problems if cinema goers complain about loudness — when they really mean that sound is unpleasantly distorted. Technology 62 Re-Purposing Audio Dynamics Media content is being versioned for consumption in a wide range of contexts, many far removed from the content’s original purpose: co-founder and technical director of Nugen Audio Dr Paul Tapper outlines the challenges and solutions. Reviews 16 iZotope Neutron 18 Schoeps MiniCMIT 20 Waves Tune Real-Time 22 Sony URX-P03D 24 RME Fireface UFX+ 25 Audified STA Effects 26 Steinberg Nuendo v7 V15.8 NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2016 • ISSN 1477-4216 AWARDS Home of the Resolution Awards and Line Up ADVERTISEMENT SALES EUROPE: Graham Kirk, tel: +44 1158 880298 Email: [email protected] EUROPE: Jo Gilbert, tel: +44 1293 871961 Email: [email protected] US: Jeff Turner, tel: +1 415 455 8301 Email: jeff@resolutionmag.com PRODUCTION AND LAYOUT Dean Cook, The Magazine Production Company Tel: +44 1273 467579 Email: [email protected] EDITORIAL Editor: Nigel Jopson Email: [email protected] CONTRIBUTORS George Shilling, Jon Thornton, Dan Daley, Dennis Baxter, John Watkinson, Gijs Friesen, Russell Cottier,Jory Mackay,Philip Newell, Keith Holland, Simon Clark, Bill Lacey, Rob James, David Kennedy Publisher: Susan Schoepe Tel: +44 1444 410675 Email: [email protected] Editorial office: PO Box 531, Haywards Heath RH16 4WD, UK

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AUDIO FOR BROADCAST, POST, RECORDING AND

MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION

News & Analysis 4 Leader 4 News Sales, contracts, appointments and biz bites.

12 Products New introductions and announcements.

57 Soundpro 2016 Resolution’s very own audio expo in London gets

busier every year.

65 Broadcast aside Audio professionals need to face — and embrace

— the fact that consumer expectation and demand will never stand still. Dennis Baxter gives some sound advice.

66 Headroom Recovering audio files, computer problems,

corrections.

Craft 28 Joe Barresi He’s produced, engineered and mixed some of

the most important hard rock and metal bands of the last 15 years: Queens of the Stone Age, Tool, Soundgarden, Avenged Sevenfold, Chevelle, Slipknot, Black Stone Cherry.

32 Ben Minto We talk with the Audio Director/Sound Designer

who leads the sound team at Stockholm-based EA DICE studio. Ben has worked on game titles such as Black, Burnout, Battlefield (1943, Heroes, Bad Company), Mirror’s Edge, Medal of Honor, and the hugely successful Star Wars Battlefront project.

36 Andy Groves Winner of Best Sound: Factual at the BAFTA TV

Craft Awards 2016, Andy has mixed sound for a wide range of broadcast events, from Crufts to Royal Weddings, is renowned for his work on the ATP tennis tour, and is a fixture at the faders for the Wimbledon Tennis Championships.

38 Prime Seat European classical concerts are now being

streamed to Japan in high-res DSD audio, we explain the technical details and the business case.

42 Virtual Post Production In the September 2016 issue, Dan Gable

talked about an “Uber Moment” for audio post — now Gijs Friesen has turned the idea into reality.

45 Resolution Award Winners’ Supplement

58 Sweet spot Cinema Loudness: Philip Newell warns of future

legislative problems if cinema goers complain about loudness — when they really mean that sound is unpleasantly distorted.

Technology 62 Re-Purposing Audio Dynamics Media content is being versioned for

consumption in a wide range of contexts, many far removed from the content’s original purpose: co-founder and technical director of Nugen Audio Dr Paul Tapper outlines the challenges and solutions.

Reviews 16 iZotope Neutron 18 Schoeps MiniCMIT 20 Waves Tune Real-Time 22 Sony URX-P03D 24 RME Fireface UFX+ 25 Audified STA Effects 26 Steinberg Nuendo v7

V15.8 NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2016 • ISSN 1477-4216

AWARDS

Home of the Resolution Awards and Line Up

ADVERTISEMENT SALES EUROPE: Graham Kirk, tel: +44 1158 880298Email: [email protected]

EUROPE: Jo Gilbert, tel: +44 1293 871961Email: [email protected]

US: Jeff Turner, tel: +1 415 455 8301Email: [email protected]

PRODUCTION AND LAYOUTDean Cook, The Magazine Production CompanyTel: +44 1273 467579Email: [email protected]

EDITORIAL Editor: Nigel JopsonEmail: [email protected]

CONTRIBUTORSGeorge Shilling, Jon Thornton, Dan Daley, Dennis Baxter, John Watkinson, Gijs Friesen, Russell Cottier,Jory Mackay,Philip Newell, Keith Holland, Simon Clark, Bill Lacey, Rob James, David Kennedy

Publisher: Susan SchoepeTel: +44 1444 410675Email: [email protected] Editorial office: PO Box 531, Haywards Heath RH16 4WD, UK