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We mixed all three series of National Geographic Channel's worldwide hit show 'I Didn't Know That' at The Audio Suite in Birmingham. The production company, North One Television, had a long-standing relationship with the sound house and we approached Senior Mixer Neil Hillman, MPSE, with the demanding brief for the show. It was demanding in terms of creative style (hugely busy and complex tracks with numerous FX), and in terms of schedule and budget. Neil felt he and his team could achieve exactly what we wanted.

I'm pleased to say that Neil and his team were able to meet the challenging, creative brief and deliver results the broadcaster was happy with, namely, a subtly balanced, yet very active and punchy mix, pushing compression rates and audio levels to the limits.

They are very proud of what they do and it's clear that they enjoy the honing and crafting process - even for a particularly demanding client like me.

Michal Porecki
Series Producer, I Didn't Know That,
National Geographic Channel.

FAQs

We get asked many different questions, so it's hard to suggest the most common ones, but maybe the most regular are -

"Do you have an ISDN studio for voice recording?"

Yes we do... which is usually followed by -

"Can you recommend a voice artist or send a selection of show reels?"

To which we say, "Yes, of course... that's why we offer an in-house Voice Casting service, which for a fixed price will offer a selection of voices we think to be suitable; given your brief, script or storyboard. Our database is searchable between male and female voices, regional accent or standard received English, and includes whether an artist works via their own ISDN studio. If you'd like us to, we'll write the script, too."

"How do you want us to give you our material?"

To which we say, "We'll take the sound as an OMF1 or OMF2 file, with 100 frame handles and all fades and effects rendered, with your edited pictures sent to us either as a QuickTime or on a DigiBeta, Beta SP or DVCam tape, with Burnt-In Time Code, please." See Our Delivery Requirements page for more details.

"What codec should we use for QuickTime?"

We've found that 48kHz MPEG-4 QuickTime's are the most robust for us.

Our preferred audio track configurations are given in Our Delivery Requirements technical bits, and time spent by your editor placing these tracks as shown can save you time and money in our studios.

The main thing is, we'd like you to feel that you can simply contact us, and be assured that you'll be answered accurately about any part of our audio post-production process, and how we can integrate seamlessly into your workflow.

Meanwhile, here are two excellent sites for more in-depth details on audio post-production -

Audio post FAQ's by fellow MPSE member, Bruce C. Nazarian, MPSE

"What's a Binky?" - Sound Designer Larry Blake's film sound glossary


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