When RED released the GIO Scope tool in October 2014, it bridged the worlds of cinematography and The Zone System. Zebras and false-color IRE tools are all well and good, but when you have a camera that can record 16 stops of dynamic range, you want to know more than …
Experience the Mixing Process at Manifold Recording
Last year, John Heitzenrater and the band Hindugrass came to Manifold Recording to track their new album. John used crowd-funding to help defray the costs of the tracking session, and to use his home studio to edit and mix the resulting tracks. The theory was that by going “all in” …
Progress Report (Network and Data)
Following closely our progress report on the video capabilities of the studio, this posting details some of the major progress and changes we’ve been making to our infrastructure. Some may find this information way too technical or way too dry, but it’s part of what makes the studio work, and …
Progress Report (Video)
It has been a while since my last blog posting, which means there is much, Much, MUCH to tell. I’m not sure that I can do it all justice in one evening, but there are some highlights I want to hit. In early November, pianist Kimiko Ishizaka performed Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier …
Competition vs. Validation
When I decided to leave the certainty of multiple steady paychecks to start a new company, everybody I briefed thought there was no possible way it could succeed, and that gave me the confidence that I’d have no competition. The rest, as they say is history. But since that time, …
Community Chorus Project
The Chapel Hill News reports on a project we managed to squeeze in at the end of the summer: the Community Chorus Project. These kids worked hard, and it was great to be a part of documenting their efforts just in time for their new school year. As the news …