Blue Sky User Profile: Music 4 | abluesky.com
July 25, 2008
London’s Music 4 Studio Expansion Includes Upgrade To Multiple Blue Sky Big Blue 5.1/2.1 Systems –
By Diane Gershuny:
Located in the heart of Soho London, Music 4 Studios provide a full range of audio post-production services—5.1 and stereo mixing, sound to picture (High Definition, SD, QuickTime, etc.), sound design services, voice recording—for some of the biggest names in the business, including the BBC, and a multitude of outstanding independent production companies, advertising and marketing agencies. Music 4’s recent expansion from 1 to 3 studios offered the ideal opportunity to upgrade the spec of their original studio. Part of that enhancement included the installation of two Blue Sky Big Blue 5.1 surround systems for Studios 1 & 2, and a Big Blue 2.1 System for Studio 3.
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Blue Sky International was founded, and is jointly owned by Group One Ltd. and Audio Design Labs Inc. The company was established by combining the marketing, sales and distribution expertise of Group One Ltd. with the knowledge and experience of Audio Design Lab’s award-winning design team. more »
Blue Sky User Profile: In A Place Productions | abluesky.com
July 16, 2008
Post-Production Suite Nestled In A Historical Hollywood Hills House Gears Up For Film/Video Clientele –
By Diane Gershuny:
When cinematographers Salvador Lleo and wife Dominique Martinez decided to convert a small guest house within their turn-of-the-century Hollywood Hills house into a post-production suite, the goal was to maintain the integrity of the vintage architecture while building a state-of-the-art studio. The room would serve as the hub for the couple’s newly launched business, In A Place Productions (IAPP), specializing in color-correction—a critical step in the final film editing process whereby the colorist and Director and/or Director of Photography work together to create a visual look for the project that includes beauty retouching, creating consistency between scenes, and basic clean up. What the couple ended up with was a versatile, state-of-the-art production studio to handle their burgeoning clientele, consisting of independent and commercial film production and music video companies, as well as mega-advertising agencies like Saatchi and Saatchi.
View the complete user profile, along with images of the renovation and installation of the Blue Sky surround monitoring system, in this no-compromise post production suite, by following this link to the Blue Sky website. »
Blue Sky International was founded, and is jointly owned by Group One Ltd. and Audio Design Labs Inc. The company was established by combining the marketing, sales and distribution expertise of Group One Ltd. with the knowledge and experience of Audio Design Lab’s award-winning design team. more »
Confusion: LFE, Subwoofer & Bass-Management?
July 4, 2008
When talking to people about 5.1 audio, one of the more common problems in helping people understand certain concepts, is the confusion involving some of the basic terminology.
What is the .1 / LFE Channel and why does it exist?
The .1 or LFE is a channel which is exclusively used for frequencies below 120Hz (below 80Hz for DTS). It is therefore a bandwidth limited channel, but it is not the same as the subwoofer, which is the speaker that typically reproduces the LFE channel in a home audio or studio monitoring system (more information is provided below). The purpose of this channel is to provide an additional 10dB of electrical headroom, for low frequencies, above the main channels. This is done by calibrating the acoustic playback level, so that it has 10dB of in-band gain above the other channels (fronts and surrounds).