Keynote Conversation | Sound, Story and the Search for Balance

Presented by: Mix Magazine 

During the past 30-plus years, Gary Rydstrom, Mark Mangini and Wylie Stateman—as much as any three people in audio—have helped to create, shape and define the sense of what a modern film sounds like. Each entered the industry from a different background, each came of age working for independents, and each achieved remarkable success, both personally and professionally. In this special Keynote Conversation, Rydstrom, Mangini and Stateman sit down with Mix Editor Tom Kenny to discuss everything from the nature of sound and sound perception, to sound technology and the sound business. They’ll talk about the intermingling, and many times interchangeable, roles of sound editor, sound designer and re-recording mixer. They’ll talk about sound and music, sound moments and when it’s best to be silent. But most importantly, they’ll talk about the timeless role of “sound as storyteller.”

AVID Pro Tools Innovations

Presented by: AVID & Westlake Pro 

A preview demonstration of the upcoming Pro Tools innovations, including an integrated Dolby Atmos® Renderer to eliminate complex configurations while mixing immersive sound. As well as new development efforts to utilize Celemony ARA 2 technology to integrate iZotope’s RX Spectral Editor directly into Pro Tools.

Top Gun: Maverick

Presented by: AVID & Westlake Pro 

Top Gun: Maverick is an American action drama film starring Tom Cruise reprising his role as Maverick, revisiting his past while training new pilots for the future. Released in May 2022, it was written by Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, and Christopher McQuarrie and directed by Joseph Kosinski. Join this session to hear from the film’s Oscar-winning sound designer, James Mather.

AVID Pro Tools Innovations

Presented by: AVID & Westlake Pro 

A preview demonstration of the upcoming Pro Tools innovations, including an integrated Dolby Atmos® Renderer to eliminate complex configurations while mixing immersive sound. As well as new development efforts to utilize Celemony ARA 2 technology to integrate iZotope’s RX Spectral Editor directly into Pro Tools.

Networking/S6 Demos

Presented by: AVID & Westlake Pro 

Ozark

Presented by: AVID & Westlake Pro 

Ozark is an episodic television series on Netflix starring Jason Bateman and Laura Linney. It follows the Byrde family after relocating from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks and become drug cartel money launderers. It has received 26 awards and 186 nominations. Join this session to hear from the show’s re-recording mixer, Larry Benjamin.

Networking/S6 Demos

Presented by: AVID & Westlake Pro 

OPPENHEIMER

Presented by: AVID & Westlake Pro 

Oppenheimer is the story of American scientist, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and his role in the development of the atomic bomb. Released in July 2023, it was written and directed by Christopher Nolan. Join this session to hear a panel discussion from some of the film’s sound design team.

Sound Reel Showcase

End a full day of Mix Presents Sound for Film & Television by sitting back and watching "reels" from some of the year's top films in the world-renowned Cary Grant Theater. With introductions by members of the sound teams. This year, you'll get to see, and hear, award-worthy edits and mixes from films including:

• Napoleon 
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• The Equalizer 3
• Oppenheimer
• Barbie
• 32 Sounds
• Gran Turismo
• Ferrari
• Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Applications of Dynamic Parametric EQ Part I: Alfredo Pasquel

Presented by: Wholegrain Digital Systems LLC

Alfredo Pasquel demonstrates applying dynamic parametric equalization, manifest in the DynPEQ family of plugins, to the mixing and mastering of a television series score.  Dynamic parametric EQ is the embedding of a classic parametric filter into a traditional dynamics processor, allowing for detailed and robust control of the audio spectrum.

Sound Editing: Imagining, Then Building, a Sound Story

Presented by: Mix Magazine 

Every single project in sound for film and television begins with an idea, a story, which becomes a script. From the moment a sound supervisor starts reading that script, ideas begin to form about how best to tell that story through sound? Should it be dark? Slapstick? See-a-dog-hear-a-dog? Sharp-edged? Soft and round? Tense and tight? Hyperreal? Synthetic? Completely organic? What is the best approach, in terms of sound, to support the director’s vision? Then it’s time to get to work, designing and editing the music, dialog and sound effects elements that serve as the foundation, or first draft, of any good audio story.

Composers Lounge | Lili Haydn

Sound Mixing: Telling the Full Sound Story

Presented by: Mix Magazine 

Everything audio—the music, sound effects and dialog—comes together on the re-recording stage. No matter how much care and fine-tuning has gone into the edit, once the tracks are delivered to the dub stage, the full story begins to take shape. The balance and the tone, the pacing, subtle shifts in dialog, the size of the explosions, the boost of a Foley footstep, the music entrances and fades. Whether the supervising sound editor/sound designer is also the re-recording mixer, or whether the mix team provides a whole new set of ears, there will be some surprising challenges, and sometimes happy accidents, in bringing the full sound story to life.

Applications of Dynamic Parametric EQ Part II: Thor Legvold

Presented by: Wholegrain Digital Systems LLC

Thor Legvold demonstrates applying dynamic parametric equalization, manifest in the DynPEQ family of plugins, to the mixing and mastering of an award-winning documentary, including the multichannel score.  Dynamic parametric EQ is the embedding of a classic parametric filter into a traditional dynamics processor, allowing for detailed and robust control of the audio spectrum.

Composers Lounge: Anna Waronker

Killers of the Flower Moon

Presented by: Apple TV+

Production sound mixer Mark Ulano CAS and re-recording mixer Tom Fleischman CAS detail the sounds of the epic period drama KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, finding inspiration through their collaboration with director Martin Scorsese and the rich history of the Osage people.

High Crimes and Misdemeanors - Creating the Soundtrack of a Campaign Caper

Presented by: NBCUniversal StudioPost

Rerecording Mixer John W. Cook II and Supervising Sound Editor Brent Findley recount the process of using modern methods to craft the period sound of the HBO Max series White House Plumbers, interweaving early 1970's original broadcast news footage with current narrative techniques in an immersive environment.

The Sound of Ferrari presented by Fox Post Production Services

Presented by: FOX Post Production

Join Andy Nelson of Fox Post Production Services with Tony Lamberti and Luke Schwarzweller, for a panel discussion on mixing the Ferrari sound experience. Moderated by Tom Kenny, Editor of MIX.

Ferrari is the highly anticipated film by acclaimed filmmaker Michael Mann that combines high-performance racing in tandem with an intimate exploration of the spiraling, chaotic private life of Enzo and Laura Ferrari (Adam Driver and Penelope Cruz). Coming to theaters December 25, 2023, from NEON.

FOX Post Production Services, is an esteemed sound boutique, with award winning talent, and state-of-the-art technology housed within a historic facility that’s designed and optimized for quality sound.

Spherical Music

Presented by: Sound Pressure Labs

It is a complete understanding of how to produce, arrange, and create immersive music, SPL has created, patented, and designed the tools necessary for musicians to make music in real time without encoding.

• How to Make Spherical Surround Sound Music Easy and Cost Effective 
• The Complexity of Current Technology  
• How to Save $1000's in Production 
• Why the Failure on Past Surround Music (QUAD/SACD) 
• The Reasons for a New Future and the Successes of Surround
• How to Make Music Now with True SPL 5.1, 7.1& Atmos - True SPL - For SURROUND MUSIC

Don't miss Sound Pressure Labs TrueSPL Mobile Production Facility demo outside of the Kim Novak Theater from 10:30 am - 5:30 pm. 

Meyer Sound Bluehorn Highlights the Latest Scoring Works for Film

Presented by: Meyer Sound 

Experience dynamic and powerful modern music scores on the renowned Meyer Sound Bluehorn System in the historic Barbra Streisand Scoring Stage control room. The Bluehorn System takes sonic accuracy to new levels with a system that marries acoustic precision and digital modeling. This session will showcase a diverse assortment of music and scoring cues on a 5.1 monitoring system with flat frequency response and unprecedented phase linearity across the audible bandwidth.

Demos will run at the top of each hour.

Meyer Sound Presents Mix Demos in Stage 17

Presented by: Meyer Sound 

Join Meyer Sound for a showcase of film and TV mixes in the recently renovated Sony Pictures’ Stage 17. Featuring a new 7.1.4 Atmos Home Entertainment monitoring system, Stage 17 boasts a complement of Meyer Sound Acheron Designer loudspeakers, X-400C subwoofers, and HMS-10 cinema surround loudspeakers. Demos will run at the top of each hour.

AID Presents: Managing Levels in a Mix with George Massenburg and Will Files

Presented by: (AID) Audio Intervisual Design

Levels are a constant issue in a mix - meeting specifications, differing formats and media - that’s in addition to the art of mixing itself. Please join us for a deeper dive into the issue from both a post and music perspective with two of our industry’s most respected professionals.

AID Presents: Managing Levels in a Mix with George Massenburg and Will Files

Presented by: (AID) Audio Intervisual Design

Levels are a constant issue in a mix - meeting specifications, differing formats and media - that’s in addition to the art of mixing itself. Please join us for a deeper dive into the issue from both a post and music perspective with two of our industry’s most respected professionals.

TrueSPL Mobile Production Facility

Presented by: Sound Pressure Labs

Location: Outside adjacent to the Kim Novak Theater on A Street

Sound Pressure Labs TrueSPL™ Real-Time Spherical Surround Sound is an official sponsor of the tenth anniversary edition of Mix Presents: Sound for Film & Television Exhibition and Conference on September 30, 2023 at the Sony Pictures Studios, in Culver City, California, presented by MIX Professional Audio and Music Production Magazine.

Sound Pressure Labs will debut on the Sony lot the first 'TrueSPL Mobile Production' facility, the first mobile facility in the US, following in the footsteps of other global leaders in immersive audio. TrueSPL Mobile produces sound recordings for concerts, events, live broadcasts, audio off-grid festivals, and remote film locations.  The Mobile Production Facility has the ability to take multi-track stems and convert them into surround sound arrangements and implement directors' sound design for film soundtracks. TrueSPL Mobile is a line level mobile production studio, which includes a 6.1 Genelec 8040 Smart Active Monitoring system, as well as two TrueSPL sequencers and one TrueSPL emulator.  The mobile facility is solar and propane powered, equipped to handle surround and immersive formats for live production, recording, mixing and mastering, and digital encoding to 5.1, 7.1 and 7.1.4 onboard. “TrueSPL Mobile will be able to record and monitor immersive Spherical Surround Sound live from any site, and recordings can be brought into Pajama Studios for final immersive mastering,” said Sound Pressure Labs CEO Michael Way.