A friend sent me this, asking if this person, or @krotos.bsky.social had anything to do with Jurassic World Rebirth, the answer is NO, I have no idea why Krotos is seemingly running what may be a pretty misleading ad that sort of implies it. But to be clear, I do not use Krotos software EVER.

Well played, Filemail. Well played.

Hahaha

This made me giggle.

I should point out, I was passing along information about WeTransfer I saw here on BlueSky posted by someone else, I wasn't the one to find this. They seem to be backtracking, but I still wouldn't trust them. tinyurl.com/2w88d283

For an alternative to WeTransfer check out www.swisstransfer.com, free to use, up to 30 day links and 50GB uploads, with up to 250 downloads. And terms that clearly state they won't use the content or email addresses, and you don't even need to register for an account.

Very much time to stop using WeTransfer, with their updated terms that clearly state they have the right to use anything you transfer across their service, to train AI, create derivative works, basically steal and use anything you post through them. This is now laid out in section 6.3, posted below:

Today and Tomorrow (June 25 and June 26) over at Soundtoys, 100% from every sale is going to support LGBTQIA+ rights. If you've been in the market for any Soundtoys plugins, this would be the time to get them. More info here: www.soundtoys.com/fight-for-lg...

I'm not here much, but I have released a new Soundminer v6.2 Update video covering most of the main new features in this new version. It's free, about an hour long and anyone who would like can download it at tinyurl.com/ycy4j6h7.

Today I calculated that I own 264 Terrabytes of storage. My first professional hard drive, back in 1995, was a 4 gigabyte and cost me $1600. Which meant I paid $400 a gigabyte in 1995. 264TB is 264,000 Gigabytes. So the storage I have, back in 1995 would have cost $105,600,000.00 dollars.

Sad that this company ELVTR is posting ads like this on Facebook and other places. This person does trailers, he is not the sound designer 'behind' any of these projects. So sad and disrespectful and deceptive. I hope people do not support them @elvtrcom.

It's a wrap on the final mix for Jurassic World Rebirth. We had a great time working with Goldcrest here in London, and I'm really proud of the way this mix and film turned out. What a great crew, but what a lot of work. So. Many. Dinosaurs. The movie is a great ride, and I do hope people enjoy it.

Gutted today at this news. Don Hall was one of my earliest mentors, and I was his teaching assistant at USC. I am mad at myself for not staying in touch and visiting him more. The world lost a wonderful man, teacher, and sound supervisor. He was one of the kindest, generous person I never knew.

I do like my little toys...

Those people counting on the Russos to save Marvel may want to check out the reviews for their 320 Million Dollar movie The Electric State.

Why on earth did I wait this long to watch Paddington. Delightful.

A cool new wind library released, www.hal-audio.com/product/wind... featuring a lot of wind textures and winds from Nicolas Becker. For me one of the really neat inclusions is the set of Radium Presets (I think designed by Rodrigo Sacic) that are included. It's like a Wind Toolkit, this library.

Halfway through 'Light Shop', an amazingly creepy atmospheric horror/supernatural show from Korea. Really well done, great sound, I'm totally sucked in and have no idea where this thing is going. Only 8 episodes, I know I'm going to wish for more when I finish it.

Nathan has some really great libraries, worth checking out.

Amazing how you can say to yourself “I’m just going to watch 5 minutes” and two hours later…

If you are interested in nature sounds, need some help relaxing, falling asleep or just getting out of your own head, I have over 20 different albums up on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, and other platforms, under the artist Wild Echoes, and I've love it if you had a listen! shorturl.at/7oyQr

Golly, Girl Scout Cookies are up to $7 a box this year. And I'm sure each box of thin mints probably has 4 less Cookes as well...

Thank god Severance has returned.

A real loss today for Cinema. variety.com/2025/film/ne...

www.resynator.com/watch, thought this was a charming doc and with many Synth fans out there, thought some of you may be interested. You can rent it on various platforms.

Not sure I've ever been so busy in my life... Pretty fun playground to get to play in though.

I'm writing a blog post about the best 'free mastering plugins' out there, I'm curious what free plugins you all may have come across helpful in the mastering process? EQs, Limiters, Compressors, Meters, etc?

We're in the 'cold and damp' part of our year, but it's nice to see some color start to reappear in the landscape.

Seed of the Sacred Fig is a stunning and brutal film. Along with All We Imagine as Light one of my favorites of the year.

First attempt at something new and non-sound related. Well, it does make a nice crunch when I push on it.

Anora is a good 90 minute movie wrapped in a tedious 2.5 hour one, and a prime example of why a director should probably not edit (or not edit) their own movie.

Please comment with your favorite films of the year! Some of mine: Sept 5, Emilia Perez, The Outrun, All We Imagine as Light, Conclave, The Brutalist (even if flawed). Curious what others are enjoying from this year...

It's been a year of some good films, All We Imagine as Light is beautiful and moving, Brutalist is flawed but fascinating and epic, Conclave is a fun ride, The Outrun, Emilia Perez, also well done. So many more to watch...

Cunk is the best.

I'm teaching this upcoming class with Radio Boot Camp on December 2nd. If you are new to Pro Tools and want to expand your skillset in the #podcast space this class is for you: radiobootcamp.org/classes/pro-...

A few people have been messaging saying they missed the sale, I've extended it through next Monday, 12/2, and the new code 'Cyber Monday' will take 30% of anything over on the website, www.sonofex.com. I realize I probably shouldn't have called a Black Friday sale that expired before Black Friday :)

Sadly it seems BlueSky has already failed as an experiment. I’m getting dozens of followers each day that are almost certainly just bots or clearly have no idea who I am or why they should follow me. It’s basically already mostly just noise out there. Lame.

'The Outrun' is another movie I quite enjoyed with some very nice textural and interesting sound work. I loved all the BG work in this film, the winds and creaks and kudos to the sound crew on this one. Very nice work.

Personal and Sonofex Twitter accounts deactivated. Sadly it sure seems like 'bots' are already starting the 'fake following flood'. Please also don't be offended if you follow me but your timeline is full of only political stuff. I'm mostly interested in true soundies.

All the new Soundies showing up here on Bluesky, welcome! Please add a photo and a short bio to your profile so we know who you are!

Shoutout to @wildtrax.eu and @tonmanufaktur.bsky.social for their excellent work on the film Sept 5. A very good film with a very fine track. Certainly one of the better films I've seen so far this year. A very detailed mix and design job.

The Black Friday sale at Sonofex runs until Nov. 25, use code 'Black Friday 2024' to save 30% of anything on the site. The coupon code has changed, so posting again. www.sonofex.com

Quite looking forward to a Muskless community of audio peeps.