In this week’s podcast, Julian is joined by Mike Exeter and Koery Pereira. September is behind us and we’re going to talk about what’s happened in Pro Audio in the last month.

Mike Exeter

Mike Exeter is a Grammy-winning English sound engineer and record producer who came to prominence via his work with British rock bands Cradle of Filth, Judas Priest Black Sabbath and more. He is also known for his work with the British guitar player Tony Iommi, being his longstanding creative studio partner.

Korey Pereira

Korey Pereira, MPSE, is the owner and creative director of Soularity Sound, a post-production company based in Austin, Texas. They recently completed upgrading their space to Atmos. They work on everything from student films to features to immersive audio for 360.

Talking Points

• Austrian Audio CC8 SDC

• Rhodes Mk8

• Rycote announces their first shotgun microphone, the HC-22 will have a hyper-cardioid pick-up pattern and needs to be powered via a +48V phantom source. The microphones are said to have self-noise of only 6dB - updated to 8.5dB for production run. Estimated price of $900. Also a short shotgun (HC-15).

• New ABBA project and modelling avatars with ILM

• The 360 Virtual Mixing Environment (360 VME), which was introduced by Sony at the Sound for Film & Television event in September 2020, continues to evolve through use by sound engineers at the Sony Pictures Post Production Services facility. This technology became a key tool for remote sound mixing following the temporary shutdown of mix stages due to the global pandemic.

• Revoice Pro 4.3 now featuring SmartAlign (might have been late August, but worth talking about).

Find Of The Week

Julian - Of the items discussed the Austrian Audio CC8 SDC

Mike - Apple Swift Playgrounds

Korey - Rupert Neve Designs 5211 Dual Channel Mic Preamp