Late Rounders now streaming on Netflix

We’re excited to announce that “Late Rounders” is now available to stream on Netflix. In case you missed the award-winning documentary sound edited and mixed by Urban Audio Post on the festival circuit you can now watch it (and listen to it) in the comfort of your own man-cave.

Dark Desire Premieres on LMN 11/23

After a long day of Black Friday Xmas shopping, is there a better way to unwind than with a suspenseful Lifetime movie? No? Well what good luck, Armand Mastroianni’s Dark Desire premieres on the Lifetime Movie Network that night! This tale of an unhappily married woman who loses her son in a tragic accident and finds comfort in the arms of her son’s college roommate was turned over to Urban Audio Post for dialog editing, sound effects editing, foley, and re-recording mix.

Check listings for additional airdates here.

Karol Urban completes mix on William Shatner’s “Get a Life”

Karol Urban completes mix of the Epix Original Documentary “William Shatner’s Get a Life”.  The documentary is a sequel to Shatner’s “The Captains” and elaborates on Shatner’s hugely popular book, “Get a Life”, which explores the social implications and significances of the Trekkie cultural phenomenon. It debuted at the 2012 Comicon Convention in San Diego and can now be viewed on EPIX. The show was mixed at “Lotus Post” utilizing their world-class dubbing stages in Santa Monica.  Sound Supervision was provided by Paolo Jannuzzi. Click here to learn how you can watch “Get a Life”. or click here to view the trailer.

CAS Quarterly Spring Edition is out!! Learn about this Year’s CAS Award Winners!

Check out articles on this year’s CAS Award Winners. Karol interviewed and wrote the article on HBO’s “Too Big Too Fail”, which received the a CAS award for Excellence in Sound Mixing for a TV Movie or Mini Series. The crew on this project was not only extremely skilled but also very passionate.

There are also incredible articles about the sound crews for Hugo, Deadliest Catch, and many others as well as great tech articles, including one on loudness for TV.  Learn more here.

White Tiger Legend Test Screens in San Francisco

UAP attended the test screening of White Tiger Legend at Viz Cinema in Japantown, San Francisco today. The feature-length animated martial arts film seeks to shed light on long-held secrets of Kung-Fu. To add incredible realism and precise lip-sync to the animated characters, all the dialogue was recorded with facial capture technology. But, “it also introduced a lot of electronic noise to the recordings,” explains Karol. “I used a great deal of noise reduction and processing to create natural sounding dialogue. In the end, I am very proud of the result.”

Because this is an animation, the only thing that was recorded were voices. Backgrounds, crowds, hard effects, and fight scenes all needed to be edited in order to create a seamless soundtrack. One portion that received particular attention was the Foley. For this temp mix, Steve performed much of the Foley utilizing Structure, Avid’s sample-based virtual instrument.  ”At this stage of production, utilizing the sampler allowed me to still ‘perform’ Foley without the need of a costly stage. In animation, Foley is key to adding weight, dimension, life, and believability to the characters. We certainly didn’t want to neglect it in the temp FX build. But there’s a possibility that at this stage animation could still change. This way we save a little now, and have flexibility moving forward.” says Steve.  “The White Tiger Legend” is slated for a 2013 release. Seek the source!

Check out the New Edition of CAS Quarterly: Featuring Fantastic Cover Story About Scott Milan & More!

Check out the newest edition of Cinema Audio Society Quarterly.  It features articles including an interview with Scott Milan, this year’s Career Achievement Award Recipient, working abroad, dynamic range, dealing with sound reports, and much more. Be sure to check out my newest article “The Reality Is…” on the audio post and production of reality programming page 26.

Steve and Karol Take Home Some Bling at the 2011 TIVA DC Peer Awards Ceremony

On November the 19th, Urban Audio Post partners, Steve and Karol Urban, took home individual awards at the 2011 TIVA DC Peer Awards. Steve won a Bronze Peer Award for his mix on a promo for National Geographic for the “Shane Untamed.”  Karol took home a Bronze for her sound design for Discovery Studios “Anxious.” Steve was at the National Press Club to receive the awards.

Karol Urban Provides Sound Design for The Adrenalist Campaign for Degree

Karol Urban provided sound design for The Adrenalist Campaign for Degree. In addition to the branding SFX and telemetry FX used for the graphics package for the online Adrenaline Lab videos, she also provided complete sound design and re-recording mix for the Theatrical Trailer and first 4 episodes of the Adrenaline Lab webisodes, including 2 featurettes on Bear Grylls, and featurettes on Kevin Jorgeson, and Jeremy Jones. Each episodes explores the feelings of adrenaline experienced by these thrill seeking extreme sports celebrities. Learn more here.

The New Summer 2011 Edition of Cinema Audio Society Quarterly is Released: Cover Story on Cloud Computing by Karol Urban

Learn a bit about cloud computing and the new services emerging to specifically service audio professionals in this month’s CAS Quarterly Summer 2011 Edition. Click the image to download and view a pdf of the publication.

Animal Planet’s Polar Bear:Spy On The Ice

Premiering tonight on Animal Planet, Polar Bear:Spy On The Ice is a documentary shot entirely on custom-made spy cams. Karol provided additional sound design and re-recording mix for the special as well as complete audio post for the behind-the-scenes interstitials at Discovery’s Headquarters.