NatGeo WILD: Big Cat Week

Big Cat Week is this week on NatGeo WILD. Featured in the lineup are two shows that Steve edited and mixed.

Big Cat Wars: Lion vs Cheetah takes us to the wilds of the Serengeti to witness a stunning act of violence by two male lions.

Hunt For the Shadow Cat follows trapper Boone Smith as he tracks down jaguars in Belize in order to help learn more about the elusive wild cat.

Be sure not to miss these incredible shows.

The New Center of Our Audio Universe

TCElectronicHDaudio posted a fantastic presentation by Florian Camerer about Loudness, the EBU R128 Broadcast Standard, and ITU-R BS.1770. So all you audio folk, check out all four videos after the break and let the knowledge wash over you.

We Have Sync!

We have a new addition to the Urban Audio house. We call him Sync. He’s a 3 month-old Sphinx & he is officially “adorable.”

The first night he stayed with us we wanted to make certain that he wasn’t overwhelmed with the new space (and knew where to poop), so we confined him to our bathroom. At about 3:00 AM he began to mew like he was tied in a burlap sack and floating down the Potomac. So we did what any good parent would do, we woke up and went in to comfort him by sticking a microphone in his face.

The Yeti

Our friend, Shaun Farley, runs DynamicInterference. For six months now he’s been hosting a monthly sound design challenge. It’s a fantastic contribution to the growing on-line community of sound editors and designers from all parts of the industry. Due to my schedule I had been unable to participate so far, but in the calm after the storm that is the year-end push, I found myself with enough time and energy to participate in this month’s challenge. Since I apparently helped bring rise to it’s theme, I thought it would be appropriate to take part.

Besides, who can’t use more Yeti screams?
SDC006 Yeti FX by Steve Urban

TIVA DC’s Peer Awards Honors Steve Urban With a Silver

A return to TIVA DC’s Peer Awards rewarded UAP’s Steve Urban with another award. This year Steve’s sound design work for National Geographic’s Bizarre Dino earned him a silver. The show covered over 14 different dinosaurs each with their own moment to shine. This meant a minimum of 14 different dinosaur vocalization tracks had to be created. Quite a lot of fun, quite a lot of work!

UAP mixes it up with The Legend of Neil

The effinfunny.com series created by Sandeep Parikh and Tony Janning has returned for its second season and has asked UAP to provide audio post production services.

Steve Urban wins TIVADC Peer Awards for sound design

UAP’s Steve Urban has won two TIVADC Peer Awards for sound design! Steve was honored and enthusiastic about the win,

“the fact that fellow sound designers listened to my work and deemed it award worthy is a real honor.”

UAP to Provide Sound Design & Mix for White Tiger Legend

Kory Juul was so pleased with our work on The Sandbox, that he has asked UAP to provide sound design and mix for his new proof of concept piece for his White Tiger Legend project. We love all the work required on these animation pieces!

UAP Mixes Pilot for Root Branch Productions

Sound design and mix is completed for a 20 minute sitcom pilot, behind-the-scenes reel, and promo for a production called “The Circle” that was brought to us by a young promising production company, Root Branch Productions. The story explores the struggles of a conservative Senator from Oklahoma who unknowingly moves to Dupont Circle, DC’s gay district. “The Circle” uses comedy, witty puns and anecdotes to push the line between politics, religion and human rights. Over time, this unique cast of characters will evolve despite their opposing views as they learn from each other simply by living together. The Circle is currently entering festivals.

UAP’s first Fully-Animated Short for Helioglyph

Today our temp mix track went out to our friends over at Helioglyph for their upcoming animated short titled The Sandbox. This is a first for us, a fully-animated short. Quite a lot of very fun work, and my god does it look outstanding. The final product is available for viewing here.