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Best of Macworld/ iWorld Part II

by J.S. Gilbert
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Despite my remarking how disappointed I was with this past Macworld/ iWorld Expo I attended, I still managed to glean more than just a few worthy moments from my overall experience. In fact, I had to actually break it down into 2 blog posts. If you missed the first one, you can catch up by [...]

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Until May 1st 2013 I am giving away a $999 Cinesamples Cineperc Full Bundle

by J.S. Gilbert
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I attended GDC, the Game developers Conference again and a highlight for me are the GANG awards (Game Audio Network Guild), and the big party held afterwards at Pyramind. They hold a raffle and I was lucky enough to win a few prizes this year. The biggest and best among the bunch was Cinesamples Cineperc [...]

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Sennheisers Online Tutorials for Filmmakers (Videographers) or anybody looking to create good sound

by J.S. Gilbert
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For the past 21 years, Sennheiser has owned Neumann and have been cranking out some incredible microphones (and other audio products) under both names. While I own a coouple dozen microphones, the two I turn to most often are the Sennheiser 416 shotgun and the veteran Neumann U87. Not only do I trust these guys [...]

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Audio Plug-In Crazy with SpectrumWorx

by J.S. Gilbert
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I’ve discovered among my musician, v.o., audio engineer, video game developer and some other creative friends that we can fall into 2 camps, those who love plug-ins and must have more and more or those who don’t  really care one way or the other. A company from Croatia named Little Endian has come up with a plug-in called [...]

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A Nice Set of Headphones

by J.S. Gilbert
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Wow, it’s been awhile since I’ve posted anything new to this here blog and my faithful 3 followers are no doubt sorely upset. Add to that the fact that I promised I would speak a little about my experiences at AES, which was almost 2 months ago, and I’m seeming downright lazy. So, to get [...]

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I’m a Nickelodeon “Star”, but they don’t know who I am.

by J.S. Gilbert
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Opening Screen from Go Bananas Okay, here’s the long version. A few days ago I get contacted by another poor, lost soul who had recently lost their job, spent several months looking for work and has now decided to try their hands at the wonderful world of voice over. Since my usual response is to [...]

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Working at Zoetrope with Ear Wax for Stanford Hospital

by J.S. Gilbert
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       In the middle of San Francisco’s North Beach district is a rather unique building. Besides it having been built right smack in the middle of the 1906 earthquake and being one of the narrowest office buildings you might ever see, this 7 or 8 story building belongs to Francis Ford Coppola and is the home of [...]

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This Old G.A.N.G of Mine – Valve presents at the Game Audio Network Guild

by J.S. Gilbert
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For those of you who don’t know who G.A.N.G., the Game Audio Network Guild is, they are a group of people who meet every 3rd full moon,  and do chanting and exchange mystic knowledge of the great plug-in. Actually, G.A.N.G. is a growing group of audio professionals that either work making video games, have some [...]

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Plural Eyes and Dual Eyes = Great Audio for Your Video

by J.S. Gilbert
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By now, many of us have either seen or heard about the incredible footage that was shot for the 2010 season finale of House. It was completely done using Canon 5D Mach II DSLR’s, which took advantage of the cameras small size and ability to film in low light to provide some dramatic and uncharacteristicly [...]

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Jake Ludington to the A/V Rescue

by J.S. Gilbert
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I was browsing the Web recently and came across a video in YouTube by a Mr. Jake Ludington, demonstrating how to make portable recording environment. It was simplicity at its best and would be quite helpful to many pod casters, broadcasters and v.o. folks. One big takeaway from this was that he used a serrated [...]

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Bullwinkle and Rocky visit the Governator Guy

by J.S. Gilbert
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Well, for a number of reasons, I have severed relations with a site that shall remain nameless. Let’s just say that apparently the check is still in the mail. So it looks like I may be hanging up the old Governator Guy outfit even before his actual term in office is over. I think I wrote [...]

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Studio Six Digital audio apps and new pro mic/ audio interface for the iPhone

by J.S. Gilbert
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Newest Update now is 11-30-12 (feel free to read the entire piece, but to save you time and get to the meat of the matter, I will report my latest findings here) I attended AES (Audio Engineer’s Society) Annual event in San Francisco, several weeks ago and got to purchase the latest iaudioInterface 2 from [...]

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The Governator Guy

by J.S. Gilbert
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I have a dream job or you might say dream jobs. I could find myself on any particular day writing a couple of radio commercials, performing the voice of a maniacal zombie and then ending it off by working on a viral video.  I also love the fact that so many of my clients and [...]

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