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TonebendersVoices380 - Sound Editors that Mix & Mixers that Edit Part 2 The conversation continues about what is expected when working in audio post on high level films and series. Where is the line between an sound editor and sound mixer?

TonebendersVoices379 - Sound Editors that Mix & Mixers that Edit What is expected of the modern crafts person working in Audio Post? A lot of mixing is done in the sound edit, and a lot of editing is done on the mix stage.

TonebendersVoices378 - Women in Audio Post Roundtable Lindsey Alvarez, Anna Behlmer, Laura Wiest & Karen Baker Landers recently gathered together in Formosa Hollywood's Stage 2, to share their paths while forging a career in audio post.

TonebendersVoices377 - Sonic Days Live! Sound Design for Franchise IP James Mather, Tormod Ringnes and Kim Christensen join Tonebenders' host Tim Muirhead on Stage in front of a packed theatre as part of the 2025 Sonic Days Conference.

TonebendersVoices376 – Live From SoundDay LA_The Pitt, DTF St Louis & Hacks In the final episode of the talks from SoundDay LA, we have the HBO Panel of Emmy nominated re-recording mixers from The Pitt, DTF St Louis and Hacks.

TonebendersVoices375 – Live From SoundDay LA_Stranger Things The sound team from Stranger Things, Season 5, joined SoundDay LA to discuss how the series has changed since it's beginning and the massive undertaking they took on to complete the series' final…

TonebendersVoices374 - Live From SoundDay LA: Spider-Noir The sound team from Spider-Noir join Tim on stage as part of SoundDay LA to discuss their Emmy nominated work on this unique sounding series.

TonebendersVoices373 – Live From SoundDay LA_ Widow’s Bay, Pluribus & Shrinking The first panel of SoundDay LA was a wonderful talk with some of AppleTV's Emmy nominated sound teams. Including Larry Benjamin, Tim Hoogenakker, Matt Yocum and Sang Kim from Window's Bay.

TonebendersVoices372 - The Bear & Beef S2 Emmy nominated re-recording mixers Andy Lange & Penny Harold (Beef), join Steve “Major” Giammaria (The Bear) in conversation about life on the mix stage for high end shows.

TonebendersVoices371 – Murderbot Recent Emmy nominees Danielle McBride and Tyler Whitham join the podcast to discuss their roles as supervising sound editors on the sci-fi comedy Murderbot.

TonebendersVoices370 - Alien Earth Alien: Earth expands on the sonic universe of the Alien franchise, with terrifying new creatures and technology.

TonebendersVoices369 - RuPaul's Drag Race Re-recording mixers Erik Valenzuela & Sal Ojeda join Tonebenders to talk about their wild schedule during audio post on RuPaul's Drag Race.

TonebendersVoices368 - Backrooms Backrooms was a massive blockbuster this spring and the sounds in the film are a big reason why. The team was presented with some real sonic puzzles to solve, including the unique set where it was…

TonebendersVoices367 - I Love Boosters (Plus a big announcement!) Supervising Sound Editor Andre Fenley and Re-recording Mixer Kent Sparling join Tonebenders to talk about working with Director Boots Riley on his latest film, I Love Boosters.

TonebendersVoices366 – 2026 Sound Effects Field Recording Roundtable Pt 2 This episode jumps back in into my interview with John Fasal, Charlie Campagna and Eric Potter. 3 of the world’s top field recordists, working in films and games.

TonebendersVoices365 – 2026 Sound Effects Field Recording Round Table Pt 1 John Fasal, Charlie Campagna and Eric Potter are 3 of the world's top field recordists, working in films and games.

TonebendersVoices364 - Disclosure Day with Gary Rydstrom Gary Rydstrom sits down with Tim for a fun talk about his work on director Steven Spielberg's latest film, Disclosure Day.

TonebendersVoices363 – This Is The Way_Carrying The Star Wars Sonic Legacy Forward David Acord, Matthew Wood, Bonnie Wild and David Collins have had their ears on just about every high-level Star Wars project in the last decade or more.

TonebendersVoices362 - Wednesday with John Loranger I recently got to visit supervising sound editor John Loranger, from Netflix's hit series Wednesday, at his studio in the Toronto area.

TonebendersVoices361 - Sound Immersion In Television We brought together members from the sound teams of some of our favourite recent streaming projects, so they could share their workflows and triumphs.

TonebendersVoices360 - Nope With Johnnie Burn Re-Podcast Plus Bonus Tuner Mini-interview When Johnnie Burn first came on Tonebenders in 2022, to talk about his sound work on director Jordan Peele's hit film Nope, it was immediately clear that he was going to be one of our favourite…

TonebendersVoices359 - One piece Season 2 Netflix's live action take on the classic manga and animated series, One Piece, has been a massive, world wide success.

TonebendersVoices358 - Pan's Labyrinth 20th Anniversary Sound Panel (Live!) In the fall of 2025, Tonebenders' hosts Tim Muirhead & Renè Coronado travelled to Mexico City to host a talk with 3 members of the Pan's Labyrinth sound team.

TonebendersVoices357 - The Rip One of the most watched films ever on Netflix is the recent Joe Carnahan directed action-thriller, The Rip.

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About

Three pins, and nearly every signal in this business passes through them.

The magazine is named after the cable: the microphone in the booth, the line to the desk, the DMX run that fires the lights. Studio, stage and rig share the same cable. Most magazines pick one of the three. This one covers all of it, because the people we read do too — the engineer mixing a record on Tuesday is on front of house by Saturday.

Around a hundred and sixty sources, in English, Japanese, Spanish, German, French, Chinese and Italian: makers and their release notes, reviewers who put a hand on the thing, studios and touring crews, the producers and collectives surfacing this month and the scenes they came out of. Synths and modular, plugins and DAWs, guitars and drums, microphones, monitors, PA and lighting. What the trade is talking about is counted and plotted. The editor's letter has just started; it will find its rhythm.

For each story: a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link out. We never reprint the article, and the picture belongs to the maker or the photographer. A German review appears in German and a Japanese one in Japanese, as the writer published it; the link goes to the original.

Nothing is sold on this site. When a link leads to a shop, it is the maker's shop, not ours.