Ok well now that this project has finally come to end, I don’t know what to do with myself. It’s been a crazy 7 weeks of ups and downs but we made it, I can’t be any happier with the end result. I feel we have done a great job to get this project to meet the industry standards on such a low budget. I … Continue reading The Conjuring 2 – Sound Replacement (Comparison/Final Product/Industry Feedback)

Mixing in 5.1   Once we got all our audio assets together we felt it was time to jump into the studio and get this project rolling. During this whole project, we have been keeping to our planned schedule to a tee, like any project have had a few slip ups now and then but overall we been keeping to our schedule. For example, we … Continue reading The Conjuring 2 – Sound Replacement Reflection (What I learned while Mixing in 5.1 /Loudness Standards/Mastering)

Update Ok, so it’s been a while since I have last blogged about my progress on my major project for The Conjuring 2 (Sound Replacement). John and I have been heavily working on this project, spending hours upon hours in the studios trying to get everything done and meeting the industry standards. The project is really taking form and we have finally got to the stage of … Continue reading The Conjuring 2 – Sound Replacement (Update/Compostion)

For my major project I have chosen to do a complete sound replacement of a scene taken from the 2016 horror flick ‘The Conjuring’ the scene involves foley, composition and a lot atmosphere effects like rain, wind, thunder and lighting. Because of this I and my partner John Blinco thought it would be great to try our hand in 5.1. This is the first time … Continue reading A simple Step by Step to Calibrating a 5.1 Studio

Contracts and Agreements Contracts and agreements are seen everywhere, it’s a part of our lives they come in many different styles whether it’s a 10-page tangible document or an oral agreement they help create a balance of respect, understanding and fairness in our busy lives as humans. For example, when you start a new job your employer will verbally tell you the rules, payments, wages,how … Continue reading Contracts and Agreements within the music industry.

Artist The Smashing Pumpkins Song Ugly (2 mins 53 sec) Album The Aeroplane Flies High compilation album (November 26, 1996) Tempo 97 BPM key B Flat Genre Grunge/Alt-Rock <p><a href=”https://vimeo.com/36447649″>The Smashing Pumpkins – Ugly</a> from <a href=”https://vimeo.com/user5915010″>Qgle</a&gt; on <a href=”https://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a&gt;.</p> Overview The Smashing pumpkins are an American Alt-Rock band from Chicago, IL the band formed in 1988 and risen to fame during the early 90s due … Continue reading Case study #2 Critical Analysis of a song. (The Smashing Pumpkins – Ugly)

Since our last studio session, we have begun looking into the different things and how we are going to record them, to make our sound library. Seeing how this is quite a big task and will mostly like take a few weeks to gather. John and I decided it would be a great idea to get on to the ADR as soon as we can. … Continue reading The Conjuring 2 – Sound Replacement (Planning session and ADR)

John and I really wanted to create a sound library of different noises that we could use as foley. I thought it would be a sweet I idea to get a little creative and go out hunting random sounds. Since doing this course I have become a bit of a sound freak and like to see what sounds I can get out of a normal household … Continue reading The Conjuring 2 – Sound Replacement (Location Recording)