ADR for "Bun in the Oven" with Lauren Miller Rogen

This month, Dubway engineer Sam Palumbo got to work with Lauren Miller Rogen, recording ADR for "Bun in the Oven". 

"Bun in the Oven" is Twisted Short's third film in The Fluid Trilogy, a series of twisted, subversive & delightfully disgusting short comedies.

The first film in the series, ”Bloody Mary”, has been accepted into more than 20 festivals all over  the world, winning “Best NYC Film” at the NYC Downtown International Short Film Festival; “Best Screenplay” (shorts category) at the Macabre Faire Film Festival in Long Island, NY; “Single Funniest Moment” at the Austin Comedy Short Film Festival; and runner-up for “Best Comedy” at the Rugged Phoenix Underground Film Festival. Twisted Short’s follow-up film ”Sucklepump” is just starting the festival rounds and has been accepted into 6 festivals. Cast members have included Lauren Miller Rogen (For a Good Time Call), Trace Lysette (Transparent and Blunt Talk), Joel Marsh Garland (Orange Is The New Black), and Pat Squire (Orange is the New Black).

Geek Out With Nathaniel - Episode 2 - Plug In Automation

I've often wished that every time an engineer created a new Pro Tools session that a big window popped-up and asked "Plug-In Controls Default to Auto-Enabled?" This preference box is unchecked by default, but is absolutely essential for modern mixing workflows.

Let's imagine Al is mixing dialog, with maybe an EQ, de-esser and compressor in the chain, and then he gives me the session. I keep mixing, but then I notice that the de-esser threshold is too high for one line, but everything before it sounds fine. If I pull the threshold down, it will affect everything before it, so it must be automated. But just looking at the plug-in, I have no way of knowing whether or not the threshold parameter has been auto-enabled!

To keep from going insane, I auto-enable absolutely everything in a session, but start a mix in auto-suspend mode. In auto-suspend, you can tweak, fiddle and play for hours, and then when it starts to sound good, use write-to-all-enabled for all tracks and turn off auto-suspend. This will lock your mix in, and give you the freedom to make moment-to-moment tweaks.

Geek Out With Nathaniel - Episode 1 - Dante

I've been reading about AVB, Dante, AES67 for a while, but didn't really understand what was going on until now. Here's what I discovered over the last few days:

AES67 is a standard for pushing hundreds of channels of totally pro audio over Ethernet. Dante is a commercial implementation, and AVB is a related implementation (which MOTU and Avid are deep into). I downloaded the Dante Via demo software, which lets you send audio between applications on a Mac. It's very cool. Pro Tools can use Dante as a playback engine.

You can also test Dante Virtual Soundcard. This lets you plug your Mac's ethernet cable directly into all of these zillion devices without using USB, Firewire, Thunderbolt or PCI cards! There's no doubt in my mind that all the young engineers will need to understand it in the years to come.

VO for "Ranger Rob"

From Toronto, Treehouse TV's producers remotely directed Emmy award nominated voice actor, Dwayne Hill, for the upcoming season of their show Ranger Rob. 

Ranger Rob is Treehouse's enthusiastic, adventurous hero, and he's all about getting outside to play and explore! Ranger Rob zip-lines, vine-swings and even snowboards his way around, discovering new and exciting places in his own big backyard – Big Sky Park, the coolest outdoor adventure park ever!

Tracking for BanterGirl Live Podcast

Sam Palumbo has pleasure of working with Trish Nelson for the new BanterGirl Live Podcast. BanterGirl Live features intelligent, multi-cultural women, comedians and icons who have been inspirations for women in the entertainment industry and beyond. 

Trish and her company BanterGirl are the recipient of the “2016 Public Theater “Pub Club Award,” a program that focuses on helping emerging and established artists develop a particular project. Through her company, Trish is committed to creating work that focuses on women, while helping to lift and launch diverse female talent and shine a light on the female voice. 

You can find Trish Nelson and BanterGirl on Twitter, Facebook, and the BanterGirl website. 

Production Audio for Cakes Da Killa Documentary

Rashid Ramkissoon was on set this past week recording location audio for the new documentary on Cakes Da Killa. The documentary features interviews and performances by Cakes where he explains what it is like to be a black homosexual rapper in our culture. The Documentary is sponsored by ATTN and the interview and performance were tracked at Aviv Club in Brooklyn, NY.

Recording artist and raunchy rapper Cakes Da Killa is a 24-year-old with three critically-acclaimed mixtapes to his name. His unique sound is a mix of various musical influences, cinema and underground experiences. 

Voice Recording for Erik Storey's "Nothing Short of Dying"

This week actor Jeremy Bobb was in to record VO for the new audiobook Nothing Short of Dying. The novel features a protagonist with lethal skills, whose mission to rescue his abducted sister pits him against a ruthless meth kingpin and his army of killer. Nothing Short of Dying, published by Simon and Schuster has been hailed one of the best new fiction thrillers of 2016. 

The book was written by Erik Storey, a former ranch hand, wilderness guide, and hunter turned author. He and his family live in Grand Junction, Colorado.

Voice Recording for Lauren Weisberger's "The Singles Game"

This week actress Heather Lind was in to record the narration for a new audio book for Simon and Schuster, The Singles Game. 

The novel is a tell-all about a tennis prodigy who, after changing coaches, suddenly makes headlines on and off the court. The Singles Game is written by Lauren Weisberger, the New York Times bestselling author of The Devil Wears Prada. 

Recording for the Actual Innocence Podcast

Sam Palumbo & Jason Flom 

This week Jason Flom, CEO of Lava Records, was in speaking for the Actual Innocence Podcast. The podcast tells the stories of people who served time for crimes they did not commit and is Sponsored by the Innocence Project. 

The Innocence Project, founded in 1992 by Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld, is a national litigation and public policy organization dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted individuals through DNA testing, and reforming the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice.

Voice Over for Stephen King's "Cell"

Director, Tod "Kip" Williams came in to record voice over commentary for the film adaptation of Stephen King's, Cell. 

John Cusack stars in Cell as Clay Riddell, a man who is fighting against a mysterious mobile phone broadcast that transforms cell users into zombie killers. Riddell struggles to try and stop whoever is behind the attack, and reunite with his son with the help of Tom McCourt (Samuel L. Jackson) and Alice Maxwell (Isabelle Fuhrman). 

Music Tracking for Disney Junior's Vampirina

Michael Kooman and Christopher Diamond have been tracking music for the new Disney Junior show Vampirina. Kooman & Diamond are the music composers of the new series. 

Vampirina is inspired by Disney Publishing’s popular children’s book series “Vampirina Ballerina,” and tells the story of a young vampire girl who becomesthe new kid in town when her family moves from Transylvania to Pennsylvania.

Mixing for Univision's Flama - Becoming a Luchador

Eric Ochoa

Adrien Thorstensen has been working the audio post on a new documentary with Univision, mixing the series Flama- Becoming a Luchador. The series follows Eric Ochoa, a youtube celebrity,  as he works to master the art of lucha libre, Mexican professional wrestling. The six episode series will be released later this spring on Flama.com, YouTube and Facebook.

New York City Independent Film Festival

Dubway had the pleasure of sponsoring the 2016 New York City Independent Film Festival. The team was invited to enjoy the wide array of films as well as meet with the individuals involved in their production. The festival took place from April 26th to May 1st at The Producers Club in Midtown.

Our staff attended the Virtual Reality seminar, where Mark Sternberg, of RevrieVR, explored the various considerations that film-makers must take into account when shooting content for virtual reality experiences. Included amongst these considerations was the various forms of spatial audio recording methods that are available, with an analysis of the benefits that each will have for different aspects of the VR media creation process. 

Dubway's Lo Boutillette attended the Music Licensing panel, hosted by John Joseph Andrucci and featuring Neil Levine, of Penalty Entertainment, Joel Feinberg, of de Wolfe Music USA, Diana Aiken of SESAC, and Chris Lakey of Kobalt Music. The panel focused on licensing music for film as well as the steps a film maker must take to acquire music for it's production. 

You can find the list of the New York City Independent Film Festival Award winners and nominees on their website. 

Cast of Aladdin in the Studio

Adam Jacobs was in the studio this past week to record vocals for a single written by Dan and Laura Curtis. Jacobs is a regular on the broadway production of Aladdin and plays the loveable street rat himself! 

After recording for Stacy Swain Management, Adam's sister Arielle Jacobs came in to sing the on "A Whole New World" for Disney. Arielle plays Jasmine on the touring production of Aladdin. 

Adam Jacobs

Location Audio for Human Resources Season 3

Seth Granger has been on set as A1 sound recordist with the cast of Human Resources during the production of their third season. 

Human Resources is an unconventional, comedic, behind-the-scenes look at TerraCycle, an innovative recycling company whose mission is to eliminate the idea of waste. The show chronicles the company's corporate and social missions, while documenting the unique and awkward social dynamics amongst its young staff. Human Resources blends environmental innovation with laugh-out-loud comedy into reality TV. 

Location Audio for Six Degrees of Murder

Engineer, Rashid Ramkissoon, has been on set recording location audio for the new television show, Six Degrees of Murder. Ramkissoon has been working with Lion TV to create the new show.

Six Degrees of Murder features case details and reenactments of true crimes. The show is shooting in and around greater New York City. 

Music Tracking for Peg+Cat

The creators of the PBS Kids show, Peg + Cat, had an excellent time recording in our Mezzanine Studio this month. We had the opportunity to work with the music director for the show J. Walter Hawkes, and record a beautiful string quartet.

Peg + Cat is a popular children’s television show based on the book “The Chicken Problem”. The show emphasizes math skills for 3 to 5 year olds and seeks to inspire a child’s natural curiosity.

Krysta Rodriguez in the Studio

Dubway had actress Krysta Rodriguez stopped by our studios for some VO work.

Krysta Rodriguez is an American actress and singer, popularly known for her roles as Wednesday Addams in the 2009 Broadway musical The Addams Family and as a regular on the final season of NBC's Smash in 2013. She also appeared on Gossip Girl, Inside Amy Schumer, David Letterman, and Seth Myers.

Location Audio for The Chris Gethard Show

This week Rashid Ramkissoon recorded location audio for The Chris Gethard Show. The show began as a live production at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, and has since then moved to the television channel Fusion. The show features celebrity interviews, audience participation, and oddball characters that has made it a hit around the world. 

Orchestral Tracking for Film with Adam Wachter

Dubway Engineer Chris Abell had the pleasure of working with composer Adam Wachter this past week. Wachter brought in a ten piece orchestra to track original music for film in the Mezzanine Studio. 

Members of the Orchestra