WOHLER TECHNOLOGIES TO CARRY SOUNDFIELD IN AMERICA: Wohler Technologies is to serve as a distributor and reseller for SoundField, carrying the UK company's full product line in all North, Central and South American countries with the exception of Colombia. Read more...
DSF-1 CAPTURES HEREFORD CATHEDRAL FOR CHORUM RECORDS: UK live recording specialists and CD label Chorum Records, run by recording engineer and producer Steve Swinden, used the DSF-1 digital microphone system to record a recent choral concert at Hereford Cathedral in the West of England for release on CD. Read more...
SOUNDFIELDSPS200 AT ABBEY ROAD: Nashville-based producer Mark Hornsby tested a SoundField SPS200 microphone on a recent orchestral session at Abbey Road Studios, London, and has used it and its associated Surround Zone plug-in to mix the audio from the sessions. Read more...
SOUNDFIELDANNOUNCES NEW PORTABLE LOCATION MIC SYSTEM: SoundField has announced its new ST450 Mic System. The portable, battery-powered ST450 is aimed at location recording film and TV sound specialists everywhere, and builds on the success of SoundField's previous ST250 and ST350 portable microphones. Read more...
SOUNDFIELD GOES TO HARVARD: Harvard University's Media Production Centre has added a SoundField Mark V microphone to its existing inventory, which already includes a SoundField SPS422B mic and an SP451 surround sound processor. Read more...
SOUNDFIELD SURROUND MICS POWER SOUTH AFRICAN SPORTS: South African Pay-TV channel Super Sport has installed another SoundField DSF-2/DSF-3 surround-capable digital microphone system in its latest high-definition outside broadcast vehicle, constructed by Sony Broadcast Professional in the UK. Read more...
SOUNDFIELD INSTALLED IN NEW 3D TELEGENIC TRUCK: Telegenic, the independent UK outside broadcast services company, has installed a digital SoundField microphone and upmix processor in its new 3D OB vehicle. The 3D truck has been generating live coverage in 3D for BSkyB. Read more...
NEW - UPM-1 PLUG-IN STEREO TO 5.1 UPMIXER: The UPM-1 plug-in is, as the name suggests an all software implementation of the established UPM-1 stereo to 5.1 upmix hardware processor. Whilst the hardware UPM-1 is ideally suited to live broadcast applications, the new UPM-1 plug-in is designed to seamlessly integrate into a post-production workflow. Read more...
PIETER SCHILLEBEECKX PRESENTS THE UPM-1 PLUG-IN AT IBC 2010:
NEW UPMIX / DOWNMIX SOLUTIONS PREVIEWAT IBC: Two products previewed by SoundField at this year's IBC exhibition in Amsterdam complement one another, creating a complete 'set and forget' downmix and upmix audio workflow for high-definition 5.1 surround sound broadcasters. Read more...
5.1 FOR DOLBY AT DISNEY PREMIERE: SoundField's UPM-1 stereo-to-5.1 processor provided invaluable live upmixing assistance to a team of Dolby sound consultants at the recent world premiere of Disney's summer blockbuster Prince Of Persia, held in London. Read more...
SOUNDFIELD ST350 RECORDS LIFE ON EARTH: Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson has purchased a SoundField ST350 Portable Mic System for location recording. His first project with the ST350 is a trial not by fire, but by ice: he's spending early 2010 in Antarctica recording David Attenborough's next BBC series, The Frozen Planet. Read more...
DOUBLE DSF-2'S & UPM-1 FOR TERRY TEW: UK audio-visual rental company Terry Tew has become the first hire company to purchase a SoundField DSF-2 and DSF-3 digital microphone system for discrete-channel 5.1 audio capture. Within weeks of the digital SoundField mic arriving at the Terry Tew HQ to the north-east of London, the system was in such demand that Managing Director Tew has now purchased a second complete DSF-2/DSF-3 rig and a UPM-1 stereo-to-5.1 upmix processor as well. Read more...
CESAR-NOMINATED FILM SOUND ENGINEER BUYS ST350: Belgian Film Sound Engineer Philippe Vandendriessche has invested in a SoundField ST350 portable microphone for use on location. A well-known figure in the Francophone film industry for over 25 years, Vandendriessche was nominated in 2008 for a Cesar film award (the French equivalent of the Oscars) for Best Sound in French film Seraphine, on which he acted as Chief Sound Engineer. Read more...
GERMAN SPORT GETS 5.1 MAKEOVER WITH SOUNDFIELD'S UPM-1: WDR needed to ensure that the whole of Sportschau could be broadcast with a 5.1 surround soundtrack. After a intense period of testing various ways of upmixing stereo to surround, WDR turned to SoundField and acquired one of its UPM-1 Stereo-to-5.1 processors to handle the job. Read more...
LIVE HD DRAMA ON SKY WITH UPM-1: UK-based satellite broadcaster Sky made broadcasting history over the summer, transmitting completely live for the first time ever a series of weekly television plays in high definition, with a 5.1 surround soundtrack. Helping to create the 5.1 ambience during transmission of the Sky Arts channel series from Sky Studio 6 in Isleworth, London, was one of the broadcaster's eight recently acquired SoundField UPM-1 stereo-to-5.1 upmix processors. Specifically, the UPM-1 was used to process stereo spot effects, atmospheres, and pre-recorded music from the Sky audio libraries so that this content was also transmitted in full 5.1. Read more...
SOUNDFIELD IS THE ELEMENTARY CHOICE FOR HOLMES: The ST350 Portable Microphone System has recently been used on Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes film starring Robert Downey Jnr. Exterior filming began in early 2009 with 2nd Unit sound recordings being overseen by freelance Sound Mixer John Casali. Read more...
MORE HD SURROUND FROM SKY WITH SOUNDFIELD'S UPM-1: European satellite broadcaster BSkyB, better known as Sky, has purchased eight of SoundField's stereo-to-5.1 upmix processors for live use in their studios and outside broadcast facilities. Read more...
