Tonebenders Podcast

Wylie Stateman (Django Unchained, Godless, Hateful 8), Valerie Deloof (The Sisters Brothers), Mandell Winter (Deadwood: The Movie, Magnificent 7, Meek's Cutoff) and Don Sylvester (3:10 To Yuma) tell us about how they approach Sound Design for Westerns. From horses & guns to gritty foley & ambiences, we cover it all to make the wide open spaces of the old west come to life with sound.

We talk with "The Boys" Supervising Sound Editor, Wade Barnett, and Sound Designer David Barbee. They tell us about making gore sounds extra gross, how they evolved sound design for superheroes and how much fun it is working with a show runner that prioritizes sound design.

In this episode we talk with the ubiquitous Jack Menhorn about his latest project: Disintegration from V1 Interactive. Jack gets into the nuts and bolts of the asset management, voice production, vehicle building, and dynamic mixing. Jack also dives into his big leap into his first project as a full-on audio lead. In addition to running the sound department at V1, Jack has for years been an integral organizer in the online audio community – taking leadership roles in the iconic Designing Sound website, as well as the field recording slack. Its generally a good idea to follow him on twitter @JackMenhorn and spam him with gifs. You can also find him at JackMenhorn.com

Another interview recorded during Tim and Rene's trip to Austin earlier this year. In this episode the guys visit Shana Brown at her studio Chez Boom in Austin and chat with both Shana and Emma Butt about the ins and outs of work for hire ADR, studio hopping, and how both women face down misogeny in the work place.

We talk about the sound for the hit show Normal People with sound effects editor Anna Bertmark and Supervising Sound Editors Niall Brady & Steve Fanagan. We talk about creating the show's mood with sound, how to collaborate when everyone on the team is in different cities and lots more.

During the time of global pandemic sound designer Al Sirkett created the Ambient Isolation project as something to do with his daughter. The project ballooned into a massive crowdsource, where recordists from around the world captured the sounds of a locked down world. In Part 2 we’ve assembled a collage of contributions with short descriptions from some of the recordists that participated. This is a peaceful, meditative collage so allow yourself some space to take it in properly.

During the time of global pandemic sound designer Al Sirkett created the Ambient Isolation project as something to do with his daughter. The project ballooned into a massive crowdsource, where recordists from around the world captured the sounds of a locked down world. In Part 1 of this episode we talk with Al about the story of the project and how it came to be.

Rene, Tim and Teresa talk about the BLM movement

Tim and René sat down with Tom Hammond at his Soundcrafter Studios in Austin to talk about his 25 years of collaborating with director Richard Linklater. Tom tells us about the 12 year post production process on Boyhood, his start editing foley and how he survives and thrives working outside of Hollywood.

In 2018 the film world took notice when Alfonoso Cuarón, director of Gravity, released a black and white, period film called Roma to wide acclaim. It was one of the first films to truly explore and innovate in the Atmos format, and the dense soundfield was an intense labor of love throughout. In this episode we spoke with sound editor Javier Quesada about his intense and meticulous work in this project.

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In this episode we talk with Paul and Jessie about Trolls World Tour. The film is about how music can either drive us apart or bring us closer together, resulting in the sound design playing a major role in making the story work. We discuss how to make sound effects cut through in a loud musical, figuring out the sound of the Trolls' world, and how being noticed for working hard early in your career can pay off years down the line.

Are you nervous about starting a new project? Don’t worry; so is everyone else, including your sound design hero, Randy Thom… Talking through the edit, scene by scene gives the director, the composer and the rest of the editorial team the chance to sort out out technical issues and determine the direction and shape the soundtrack is going to take… Randy joins us to talk about about what kind of attitude, questions and objectives he brings to the spotting sessions for new movie projects.

We visit Game On in Montreal to get a tour of their massive Motion Capture stage and recording studios. Sam Giradin tells us about their audio workflow recording on the stage and in the booth when pushing through ten of thousands of dialog lines for AAA games.

In this episode, René and Tim talk with acclaimed voice actor Eric Vale about the process of setting up a home voice recording setup during the age of quarantine when studios are not available and work still needs to be done. We dispel some myths, we talk gear, we show off some mics, and we crack some jokes. If you know voice actors going through the process of setting up (or stepping up) a home recording rig, send them this episode.

What with one thing and another, John, Shelley and Scott are sheltering at home. We take advantage of this rare break in the schedule to bring them back together over Skype. They pull back the curtain (Zuzz, but just a hairball) on the unique space they've created to work in and share the irrepressible camaraderie that fuels their work at Skywalker Ranch. We also talk Foley for animation, including some thoughts on Pixar's newest, Onward.

In this episode we are "re-broadcasting" an interview from the Sound Perspective Podcast with legendary Australian film director Peter Weir (Witness/Master & Commander/Truman Show/Dead Poets Society). Peter talks with host Alfie Faber about working early in his career with legendary sound pro Alan Splet, and then with Richard King on his later films. This is one of the many great interviews available from the Sound Perspective Podcast.

René reminisces about his adventure recording the NHL winter classic way back when it was ok for 80,000 people to get together and watch a game.

A quick roundtable with Kate and Jeff from Boombox about the current coronavirus situation and how it affects the sound community.

Rene & Tim are joined by guests who are all just getting started with working in ATMOS. After having to figure out ATMOS on their own, without the benefit of a full tech staff, we discuss the mistakes made, lessons learned & some discovered tricks. Guests on this episode are Korey Pereira , Nicole Auringer and Glenn Eanes. They are all doing audio post production out of Austin Texas. Special thanks to Soundcratfer Studios for hosting us for this talk.