Post Audio for Media

Re-recording engineers are one of the most important roles in audio post production. These seasoned engineers take all the dialogue, sound effects and sound design, Foley, music, and any other sonic element in a film and mix them all together. 

They make sure each part of a film's sound is balanced, mixed to the appropriate surround format, delivers correct mixdowns, or stems, in each format, and helps create the final soundscape for the story.

Story First Audio Post Production™ is my goal with every project! I promise each client that the audio post-production efforts will never overshadow a film's story. My goal is to support and enhance a film to help you tell the best story you can!

At this time I can only deliver up to 7.1 surround. I'm working on expanding my studio to be able to deliver in Dolby Atmos in the future and will update when I'm able to.

If your goal for your film are festivals then you may need to over-dub your film if it gets sold oversea's. To do this effectively, the studios will need your film's audio split up into various parts, or "stems."

This usually includes dialogue, music, sound effects, and an MnE, or music and effects, stems. But each studio is different and could request non-typical stems! This is why having a professional audio post production engineer on your team is so important! 😄

Avid Pro Tools, Steinberg Nuendo, and Davinci Fairlight. Unless otherwise indicated all work will be done in Avid Pro Tools. One of the other DAWs may be requested in the onboarding process.

Revisions are free!

...within reason. 😅

The nature of audio post production, much like working with editors or colorists, has a lot of back and forth between me and the director/producer(s). I won't charge extra for that. 

However, there are instances in which price will need to be readjusted due to certain situations:

• The scope of the project begins to expand beyond what we initially agreed on, a.k.a. "scope creep." An example would be where a project started as a stereo mix but changed to a 7.1 surround mix halfway through the edit.
• A large amount of custom sound design is requested after initial discussion and contract agreement.
• Changes to the locked edit are made after delivery to me. What is a quick addition or removal of 30 seconds for you in the timeline can equal days of work on my end "re-conforming" all the audio that shifted. This is why locked edits are meant to stay locked!
• Revisions are needed past the agreed on project turnaround time. Prices are largely determined on what's needed and how long it will take to deliver. If revisions start to go beyond that delivery deadline then additional fees will be applied. 

These four aren't the only examples that can cause price re-adjustment. In each case, though, I'll be 100% transparent and warn you when your project starts to expand beyond our initial price point. 

In these cases we'll need to negotiate extra budget and I won't begin to move forward until a contract extension is agreed on and signed by both of us.

Absolutely! 😄

I understand how important it is that you always have a copy of your project's audio to pull from. With every project I offer free project archiving for life!

I have an easy guide to follow on my deliver specs blog post for delivering to audio. It's broken down with general requirements and has tutorials on how to export from common editing programs. 

Please note, any projects submitted NOT following this guideline will be rejected! You and your editor will need to export and include the files exactly as I ask for in order for me to begin working. My delivery requirements are non-negotiable.