The digital revolution has not exclusively revolved around the shooting, editing, and presentation of images alone. Since the beginning of the 21st century, there has been a veritable sea change in the tools and techniques of recording, mixing, and replaying audio as well. There was a time when distribution on video or through broadcast TV meant that people would be listening to your film on little three-inch built-in speakers. Today everyone is fast equipping their home theater units with super-high-fidelity, digital surround sound audio. What this means for the filmmaker is that the audience can hear everything! So we are compelled to create the best sound tracks possible to accompany our carefully composed ...

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