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

Profile Video of Ali Lacey | Designing Sound Desig

January 7, 2014, 02:12 PM

http://designingsound.org/2014/01/profile-video-of...

Do you remember Ali Lacey, one of our guest contributors from back in March? Well, Storm+Shelter have done a little video profile of him. Check him out at work!

Urban Soundscape Competition

January 7, 2014, 05:45 AM

http://designingsound.org/2014/01/urban-soundscape...

“The Creative City Sapporo International Art Festival Executive Committee is issuing a worldwide invitation for submissions of sound files representing the SIAF 2014 theme that are suitable for reproduction in urban public spaces. The winning submission will be played at SIAF 2014 sites in the city during the festival, and will be heard in public spaces in Sapporo throughout the event.”

Adding Handle to Sound Bites

January 6, 2014, 05:43 PM

http://provideocoalition.com/cmg_keyframes/story/a...

Whether you’re working on documentaries, reality television, corporate videos, or any of a number of situations where you have talent being interviewed on-camera, you’ve probably run into this scenario: The talent is giving a long speech, perhaps unrehearsed. In the middle of that speech is a really good sound bite you’d like to pull out and use in isolation. However, the talent didn’t pause enough frames before and/or after that sound bite to cleanly edit it into your program - and ...

Blue promises true hi-fi quality wireless

January 6, 2014, 10:56 AM

http://9to5mac.com/2014/01/06/audio-specialist-blu...

I take the view that wires are evil: anything that can be wireless should be wireless. My iOS devices sync via wifi, my keyboard and trackpad are Bluetooth, I have Wemo-controlled lighting, Tado-controlled heating and love cloud services.

6 tips for recording Electric guitars with a room

January 5, 2014, 01:34 PM

http://www.askaudiomag.com/articles/6-tips-for-rec...

When you think of miking up an electric guitar amp, placing one or two microphones directly on the cabinet first comes to mind. But what if you wanted to add a little depth and distance to that sound? Trying using a room mic. Here are some essential tips on using room mics when recording electric guitar.

Composer Interview: Carl Thiel

January 5, 2014, 06:45 AM

https://www.aotg.com/composer-interview-carl-thiel-2/

Carl Thiel is a fantastic composer who has been working with director Robert Rodriguez for many years now. Carl has been part of Rodriguez's musical team on ...

Audio Objects for 4KTV

January 3, 2014, 01:27 PM

http://www.tvtechnology.com/article/audio-objects-...

The current buzz in the television industry is all about the promise of 4K, yet most of the talk is centered on video quality, with very little being said about the audio that supports the image.

Are Clueless Labels Ruining SoundCloud?

January 2, 2014, 11:04 AM

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/01/are-clueles...

SoundCloud’s content ID, implemented due to pressure from record labels, incorrectly flagged one of my uploads as infringing material. As a paying customer and huge fan of SoundCloud I am fearful clueless labels may be senselessly setting a precedent that will destroy the web’s best music platform and community for independent artists. Not to mention cost labels profits, fans and perhaps create a backlash against record labels altogether – who as overly litigious middlemen could be irrelev...

How to Record an Acoustic Guitar

January 2, 2014, 11:04 AM

https://www.aotg.com/how-to-record-an-acoustic-guitar/

Gear manufactures tend to produce videos showing how to use their products. I find these very helpful for a number of reasons. The videos show you how to get the most from the actual product however you can also take this training and apply it to other gear or software. In this video Apogee shows you some basic methods on how to record an acoustic guitar.

Brent Burge on Editing the Sounds of Beorns

December 30, 2013, 04:36 PM

http://www.studiosystemnews.com/awards-spotlight-t...

Brent Burge has been in the film industry for close to three decades, and in that time he’s worked in the sound department on dozens of projects. He hooked up with Peter Jackson in the mid-‘90s and has worked with the Kiwi auteur ever since, on the Lord of the Rings trilogy, King Kong, Lovely Bones, and now on a pair of Hobbit films. With his work as supervising sound editor on Desolation of Smaug, he hopes to garner his first Oscar nomination.

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