To The Aotg.com Community,

It is with a heavy heart that we announce we will no longer be updating Aotg.com. Back in 2007, when we started, there was a lack of access to information about film, television, and commercial editing. We wanted to fix that by creating a central location for content about editing to be stored.

Since then, we've watched the amount of content about editing on the internet grow exponentially. We've also watched social media tools come and go with that growth. Does anyone remember Google Wave!? These social media tools changed how people access and search for media and information. People tend to turn to Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, and Instagram for their news and information, and those are all great tools to promote your sites, but as a site that aggregates links to other sites for users, it just doesn't work for us.

We will keep the site live but archive the ability to add links and comments. We will keep our database live with the links for those who desire to use it to search for editing information and research.

Our podcast, The Cutting Room, will move over to the Filmmakeru.com website and will continue to be a place for interviews with editors and other film professionals.

Everyone who worked for Aotg.com loved what we created and are proud that we could help so many editors find content that spoke to them.

I look forward to seeing everyone at the various post events worldwide in the coming years!

Yours truly,
Gordon Burkell
Aotg.com Founder

Compression: The Editors Secret Weapon for Audio

September 13, 2018, 08:42 AM

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Far too many editors are afraid to touch audio tools like parametric EQ and compression. It’s unfortunate, since the fundamentals are easy to grasp and the payoff is immediate. This month we’re highlighting moviola.com’s free course on using a compressor to control the dynamics of a soundtrack. It can make the difference between a lackluster voiceover and one that punches through the mix. It can also keep an overenthusiastic performance from jarring your viewers.

Keith Windhorst Takes Musical Journey with DPA

September 13, 2018, 07:08 AM

https://www.aotg.com/keith-windhorst-takes-musical-journey-with-dpa/

As the iconic drummer for the legendary rock band Journey, Steve Smith’s drum kit is almost as impressive as his percussion playing skills. With a large number of microphones needed in a small space, the monumental task of capturing the clear, pristine sound of each drum, cymbal and chime is left in the capable hands of veteran FOH Engineer Keith “Meaux” Windhorst.

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Is Sound Design the Next Frontier for Branding?

September 13, 2018, 05:40 AM

http://designingsound.org/2018/09/13/is-sound-desi...

  Joel Beckerman, Man Made Music (Photo credit: Mickey Alexander)PHOTO CREDIT: MAN MADE MUSIC   Intriguing article on branding and “audio pneumonic” construction. Interviews Joel Beckerman, composer and sound designer, on the importance and emergence of audio branding, as compared to visual branding. Beckerman expresses that there is no “lying in sound” and the importance […]

ProSoundEffects: Jacob Ribicoff and the Sound of H

September 13, 2018, 05:40 AM

http://designingsound.org/2018/09/12/prosoundeffec...

Image from ProSoundEffects.org Jacob Ribicoff sat down with Vinny Alfano of ProSoundEffects to talk about working on the HBO film Fahrenheit 451. In the interview, Ribicoff discussed his relationship with Ken Burns and his workflow for crafting the sound for the film. The full interview can be found here.

Interview with Peter Albrechtsen on Generation Wea

September 12, 2018, 05:53 AM

http://designingsound.org/2018/09/12/interview-wit...

  CulturedVultures has published an interview with Peter Albrechtsen on his work on the documentary “Generation Wealth”. Albrechtsen talks about how he combined an intimate and personal sound with the cold topic of the docu, materialism, and reveals a couple of sound design tricks along the way. Peter Albrechtsen is affiliated with designingsound.org Read the […]

The Past, Present, and Future of Audio Codecs

September 12, 2018, 05:51 AM

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In 2017 the patents for MP3, held by The Fraunhofer Institute, expired. As 2018 unfolds, more and more manufacturers are pulling support for the codec. The MP3 format is one of the most widely known audio codecs, and it was largely responsible for the explosion of the digital audio world.

The Sound of BlacKkKlansman

September 12, 2018, 05:51 AM

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In this exclusive SoundWorks Collection podcast we talk with the sound and music team of Director Spike Lee's new film BlacKkKlansman featuring Composer Terence Blanchard, Re-recording Mixer Tom Fleischman and Sound Mixer Drew Kunin.

Nugen Audio previewing Loudness Toolkit updates at

September 11, 2018, 09:37 AM

http://www.postmagazine.com/Press-Center/Daily-New...

AMSTERDAM — At the 2018 IBC show in Amsterdam, Nugen Audio (https://nugenaudio.com) will preview a significant update to its Loudness Toolkit. The Version 2.8 release provides a new loudness parameter, Dialogue LRA, as well as new flexibility to simultaneously monitor multiple integrated measures. These updates help facilitate an efficient workflow when working with the recent loudness guidelines, such as the new Netflix best practice document.

Barnaby Smyth Records Foley for The Night Manager

September 11, 2018, 09:36 AM

http://designingsound.org/2018/09/11/foley-night-m...

The British TV series The Night Manager follows an eponymous hotel night manager as he enters the worlds of the intelligence community and the international illegal arms trade. The series itself was nominated for 36 awards, including the 2016 Creative Emmy Awards for Outstanding Sound Editing and Sound Mixing. In this video, foley artist Barnaby Smyth […]

RTW & Fraunhofer Develop Intelligibility Tech

September 11, 2018, 08:14 AM

https://www.aotg.com/rtw-fraunhofer-develop-intelligibility-tech/

Exclusive Demonstrations of RTW’s Latest Development will be Available at IBC 2018

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