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August 26, 2026
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Mic'ing a Room in Total Silence: Chris Breest on "Instructions For Leaving"

Audio engineer Chris Breest on capturing the Monroe Institute's Gateway Program for the documentary "Instructions For Leaving": ambisonic room capture, hidden plant mics, and a lav kit built around Bubblebee's Lav Concealers, Invisible Skin Tape and Cable Saver.

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December 21, 2020
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The Sidekick IFB Monitors Help The Cast And Crew of America’s Got Talent 2020

The Production crew captured all performances live to tape using 8K Red cameras, DPA microphones, the Sound Devices 833, Lectrosonics R1b IFB wireless and Sidekicks. McCoy used Sound Devices NoiseAssist and ran Dugan Automix so that the director and producers (who were watching via Zoom in different locations) could hear a more robust mix back.

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October 12, 2020
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Bill and Ted: Facing the Music, with a Sidekick

In the most detailed user insight so far on the Bubblebee Sidekick IFB, we talked to production sound mixer Chris Welcker (www.catgutsound.com) about the audio wizardry behind the film Bill and Ted Face the Music. Chris first heard that the show was in pre-production around January 2019 and jumped at the chance at working on the film, which was finally released August 28th, 2020 in the USA.

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July 2, 2020
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Ellie Williams: Wildlife Documentaries and The Sound of Nature

Ellie Williams is a Bristol-based sound recordist specialising in wildlife documentaries. During her career she has camped in deep snow, climbed her kit up craggy ridges at the edge of the Arctic Circle, filmed alongside fluking sperm whales and enjoyed a hug from an orangutan. In her spare time, she likes heading on adventures into nature with her family, catching live music and recording musicians in fields...

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February 17, 2020
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Kevin Bellante: Rainforests, Snakes, Planes, Volcanoes and Production Sound

From Brazilian rainforests and Indian mountains to volcanos in Nicaragua, production sound mixer Kevin Bellante never fails to raise an eyebrow with his photos from the field. He grew up in Chatsworth and now hails from Los Angeles, California in the San Fernando Valley. When he's not recording sound for productions near and far, which is seldom, he enjoys camping and scuba diving (most recently at the Great Barrier Reef). That, plus he's always trying to squeeze in some Dungeons and Dragons with friends. With such a busy schedule, we're thankful that he managed to talk to us a little about his career and give us a behind the scenes perspective on some of his recent adventures.

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January 20, 2020
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Chris Welcker: Production Sound, Mentors, Teams and Espresso Machines

We first met Production Sound Mixer Chris Welcker at a sandwich shop in New Orleans having lunch with Justin and Lukas from SoundHard. A New Orleans local all his life, Chris started out in music and media and quickly found his niche in production sound. Since 2007 he has worked his way up through an impressive list of films including 12 Years a Slave, Jurassic World, Keanu, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Queen & Slim,

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August 21, 2019
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Michaela Girouard: Booming New Orleans

Michaela Girouard is a versatile and highly-experienced freelance boom operator/utility sound technician, currently based in New Orleans, Louisiana. She’s worked on a range of productions including Preacher, Darlin’, Take Your Pills, Synchronic and Hot Date, all of which have brought unique sets of audio challenges to the table. We find out more about her and what it's like to work in the New Orleans film industry.

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February 15, 2019
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An Interview with Bamfsound - Matt Brodnick & Ferdinand Almalvez

Bamfsound is Matt Brodnick and Ferdinand Almalvez, two production sound mixers who hail from Los Angeles. Their extensive experience ranges from film and documentaries to TV series and commercial work with credits including Everest, Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge, Motor City Masters, Beauty in the Broken, Dirty Money, L.A. Confidential and most recently Makhaliss, due for release in Japan.