Most recording engineers come to the industry by way of music. That's certainly true of us here at Dynamix. I started taking piano lessons at age 7, and continued music lessons on guitar and trombone through college. My fascination with recording gear started about that same early age with a cassette recorder.
Audio books, or what used to be called "books-on-tape," are gaining in popularity now that listeners can easily download them to their portable listening device. In the old days, you had to fumble with a box of tapes or CDs. Now, thanks to software like iTunes, you put a whole library in your pocket.
Okay, this is not a gear-geek column (but you fellow geeks can find a little tech talk in the next section "Dynamix Tech Notes"). But rather, a primer on why and how we make our choices for certain audio production equipment.
When Dynamix Productions started planning our much needed expansion about two years ago, we naturally looked at renovating new space in our existing building. Read More...
Post-production was completed for "Battle on Broadway: Transylvania vs. University of Kentucky" (JuddFilms, Lexington, KY). This documentary, produced by Transy graduate and former basketball player Blake Judd, is about the first meeting on the basketball court in 100 years between Transy and the University of Kentucky. Dane Dickmann of Dynamix Productions did the sound design. Find out more and watch the video here.
A jam-packed field. Each running neck-and-neck trying to lead the pack. The whole mass moving toward the finish line with breathtaking speed. Finally it ends, but it's too close to call!!! Read More...
With the recent college basketball championships engulfing our March, it's easy to see what it takes to make a winner: teamwork. Okay, I know it sounds cliché, but it's the same in production. If a coach only relies on one player, then the team will eventually fail. Everyone sees the other players just standing around and "phoning it in." What would you think? "Good player, but this team could be so much more." What about "Good video, but it could be so much more."
Steve Zahn was in once again to do ADR at Dynamix. This time it was for Disney Television's "Phineas & Ferb" series. Zahn plays the character Love Handel. To find out more, click here.
Steve Zahn was in Dynamix Productions yesterday performing ADR for the soon to be released "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days." This is Zahn's third time around as father Frank Heffley in this popular franchise. Read More...
“The Emperor of Time,” a children’s book by Greg King was recorded and produced early last year as a companion audiobook. Read by the author, it was enhanced with music and sound effects. Read More...
A series featuring Central Kentucky musicians and songwriters, “Corner Booth,” is now up and running on WEKU-FM, 88.9FM. Scheduled broadcast times are:
Saturdays at 9:35 AM
Monday evenings at 6:55 PM
Produced in the studios of Dynamix Productions, Corner Booth has featured artists as
Corner Booth is produced for the Lexington Area Musicians Alliance. Dynamix Productions and WEKU-FM are sponsors. In addition to Saturday mornings and Monday evenings, these 3-minute Corner Booth features can be heard numerous other times throughout the week.
Production is complete on a one-hour documentary about the role of the horse in the civil war. Produced by Witnessing History, LLC, this program will air on HRTV, The Horse Network, in February 2012 and be available on DVD. Read More...
Being in the "Horse Capital of the World," we surely have enough experience to know that a horse sounds much like it did 150 years ago. However, back then a horse's role was very different than today.