When a soft whisper becomes a loud echo – Digidesign
Mixing, June 2009: Celebrating 13 years since my first Pro Tools session.
Unfortunately folks, the post will not be back up.
Despite my best attempts to keep a clear cut delineation between my fantastic day job at Key Code Media and Michael Kammes dot com; my post appears to have blurred that line and ruffled some feathers. Therefore, the post is down to keep the peace.
I appreciate the support and keep reading!
In his current role as Senior Applications Editor at Key Code Media, Michael consults on and demonstrates workflows benefiting the post industry: acquisition, storage, editorial, audio, finishing, and encoding. His background of integration and configuration of both hardware and software, coupled with his production experience, gives him a keen insight into the future of the post industry.
Michael has spent many years on the technical, consulting, and demonstration side of post production. He’s been involved in the design and build of hundreds of NLE systems and facilities, and consulted on even more. He’s also had the privilege of working on many new media and interactive media based projects, from web design to DVD to interactive kiosks. He’s been a keynote speaker at colleges, conventions, technology retreats and symposiums.
His post audio experience encompasses serving as a Dialogue Editor, SFX Editor, ADR Recordist & Editor, Re-Recording Mixer and Supervising Sound Editor on dozens of film, television and internet based projects.
He is currently a member of the MPSE (Motion Picture Sound Editors), an Apple Certified Trainer (Final Cut Pro – ACT FCP), an Avid Certified Support Representative (ACSR), and is constantly becoming certified on latest and greatest post technology has to offer.
Plus, he really, really, digs Post.
I never read the post, but I appreciate the conundrum. I’m struggling with a similar kind of issue regarding having sponsors or not when evaluating products from those sponsors and their competition. Sure looks like you can’t have it both ways.
Tis a complete shame, but that’s the trade-off, I guess – for being in the industry and not just a “user”.
On another note (and more for the people who are seeing this after the post-fallout, or re-visiting hoping for an update), it seems my post is being taken way out of context, after it was picked up and blasted all over the interwebs. While I did repeat a rumor (paraphrasing a verbal comment an associate made, perhaps the emotion of the conversation was lost in translation), 90% of my post was more of a soap box on the possible ramifications of the rumor – not the 100% accuracy of the rumor.
Suffice it to say I can’t say much more (now) – my plan was to generate discussion on the ramifications – not the validity or 100% accuracy of the of the rumor. Tis also a shame, because I think I made some good points on the ramifications – the loud echo, as it were – and now I’ll have to save them to repeat on some other post!