Technology & Engineering Emmy® Award goes to Sounds In Sync for EdiLoad

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Technology & Engineering Emmy® Award goes to Sounds In Sync for EdiLoad

Sydney, Australia (November 16, 2018) - Mark Franken, founder and lead developer at Sounds In Sync, announced today that his company will be a recipient of their second Emmy® Award, this time by The National Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS). The Academy have acknowledged the part Sounds In Sync’s application EdiLoad has played in transforming the way sound tracks are created for television productions through Automated Sound Conformation.

This reputable award recognizes excellence in engineering, including innovative companies and leaders that are setting new standards for technological excellence in the television industry.

The Emmy® Award will be presented as part of the 70th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy® Awards, taking place in partnership with the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), at the NAB Show at the Wynn Encore Hotel and Spa on Sunday, April 7th, 2019 in Las Vegas, NV. In the announcement, Robert Seidel, Chairman of the Technology & Engineering Achievement Committee said, "Screen actors are always cited for Oscars. Stage performers are similarly proud of their Tonys. Television journalists are quick to add an Emmy® Award to their resume – and with good reason. We award the Technology & Engineering Emmy® Award to these outstanding companies and individuals who are the 'tool makers' of the industry that have materially affected the television viewing experience."

"We are honored to receive this prestigious award from the Academy for the development of EdiLoad and its predecessor EdiTrace", said Mark Franken. "We are excited to be recognized for the important part that these applications have played in the sound post-production industry, and we are grateful for our clients who have helped shape EdiLoad into the application that it is today".

Since creating their first sound re-conforming solution EdiTrace in 2003, Sounds In Sync have been a leader in creating work-flows to enable sound editors to "chase the picture edit" while allowing them to create their sound track.

Conforming (re-conforming) sound for picture changes has become a requirement for sound editors and mixers working in sound post-production with today's demanding schedules and budgets. Without tools like EdiLoad, sound editors and mixers would not have the time to design sounds, edit dialogue, or mix shows in time for client reviews and transmission.

About Sounds In Sync

Sounds In Sync has been instrumental in providing sound editors and designers from around the world access to professional, time-saving sound editing applications since they launched their first product, EdiTrace, in 2003. They produce a range of products under the Edi banner, including EdiCue, EdiPrompt, EdiLoad, EdiChart and EdiMarker.

As an Avid third-party developer, Sounds In Sync is committed to creating intuitive, user-friendly tools that directly assist sound designers and editors to fulfill ever-increasing production demands. The software and workflow solutions are designed to meet the specific needs and requirements of sound designers and editors worldwide, whether they are freelancers or based at major film post-production facilities.

Sounds In Sync's lead developer, award-winning sound editor Mark Franken, has consistently worked at the forefront of sound post-production on a wide variety of projects from around the world. His hands-on experience in today's exciting sound industry allows him to see where him and his colleagues need support - and provides him with the knowledge and impetus to create and develop the software to help them.

For more information on Sounds In Sync products, visit www.soundsinsync.com

About The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) is a service organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of television and the promotion of creative leadership for artistic, educational and technical achievements within the television industry. It recognizes excellence in television with the coveted Emmy® Award for News & Documentary, Sports, Daytime Entertainment, Daytime Creative Arts & Entertainment, Public & Community Service, and Technology & Engineering. NATAS membership consists of over 17,000 broadcast and media professionals represented in 19 regional chapters across the country. Beyond awards, NATAS has extensive educational programs including Regional Student Television and its Student Award for Excellence and the National Student Production Awards for outstanding journalistic work by high school students, as well as scholarships, publications, and major activities for both industry professionals and the viewing public. For more information, please visit the website at www.emmyonline.tv

About NAB Show

NAB Show, held April 7-11, 2019 in Las Vegas, is the world's largest convention encompassing The M.E.T. Effect, the convergence of media, entertainment and technology. With 103,000 attendees from 161 countries and 1,800+ exhibitors, NAB Show is the ultimate marketplace for solutions that transcend traditional broadcasting and embrace content delivery to new screens in new ways. From creation to consumption, across multiple platforms and countless nationalities, NAB Show is where global visionaries convene to bring content to life in new and exciting ways.

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Having beta-tested more hardware and software than I'd care to recall, I am wary of the terms "groundbreaking", "game-changing", or "revolutionary". EdiLoad's Assembly window, however, can truly make claim to being a leading-edge update to an already invaluable application in our array of Must Have audio post-production tools. Building on EdiLoad's successful goal of streamlining multiple, tedious, time-consuming steps involved in crafting an accurate dialog assembly, EdiLoad's v5 Assembly window uses the program's existing drag-and-drop "clean" EDLs and dailies ALE data to generate a fully-built Pro Tools dialog assembly session, complete with PT session track labels and clip information identifying the recording channel(s). I'm...

Death in Shoreditch - Future...

We would have been absolutely lost without EdiLoad (and Mark's ongoing technical support). On the back of some mistakes made early on in post, we had to develop quite a complicated workflow, which just wouldn't have been possible without EdiLoad's expansive feature set. And, because Mark has given EdiLoad the ability to talk to databases (via the export to csv functionality), workflows are infinitely customisable. In the middle of the EdiLoad conform workflow, we were able to use excel to batch rename roles and files, as well as selectively apply TC offsets where we didn't have sync during production. This saved...

Roma - Sergio Diaz

Just for you to know, was a tremendous help to use your products EdiCue and EdiLoad on ROMA. Many thanks! Sergio Diaz - Sound Designer / Supervising Sound Editor: Roma Oscar Nomination 2019: Best Achievement in Sound EditingOscar Nomination 2019: Best Achievement in Sound MixingMPSE Winner 2019: Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR for Foreign Language Feature Film

The Voice - Levels Audio...

I have integrated EdiLoad into my workflow whether I am mixing, editing, or sound designing. I utilize the conform feature to conform ISOs when replacing the line mix used in the video edit. When sound designing and mixing, the scene and picture cut reference tracks are used on a daily basis for editing background ambience sounds, identifying where vfx and gfx are inserted in shows, and to know how far I should automate my plugin and mix settings for a scene. After using Ediload for almost 12 months this software has been a game changer in my workflow. It has given back...

Real World Post - Red...

EdiLoad has become an integral part of my regular workflow, it's the only re-conform software I rely on to get the job done. I've tried all the others, and EdiLoad is the one I always come back to. I use it most regularly to speed up the delivery of natural history documentaries. We generally have to make two versions of every film, one at 52 minutes for European sales, and one at 44 minutes running time (but with commercial breaks added) for US broadcast (Nat Geo/Discovery). EdiLoad is actually becoming part of the jargon we use for these projects - as in...

Fortitude - Encore London

EdiLoad has become an essential application for us. Having a suite of tools that enables us to create and manipulate EDLs, and re-conform reliably, allows us to handle the recuts and creation of multiple versions that are required in episodic television drama. Chris Roberts - Supervising Sound Editor - Fortitude, The Royals, Ripper Street, Death In Paradise, Home Fires Encore London

The Founder - The Weinstein...

It is safe to say EdiLoad has changed my life as an assistant. Building a project with EDL's has eliminated the need for change notes. And the changes it makes are nearly bulletproof. The ability to edit and manipulate an EDL gives you more control and less reliance on the cutting room. In conjunction with EdiCue, I am able to make scene change tracks for the editor with scene descriptions. It's like having a built in continuity in all of your sessions. I've even had luck using the 'expand to track' feature in Pro Tools. EdiLoad fixes many of the issues...

Entourage the Movie - Warner...

I’m having a hard time remembering what life was like before EdiLoad and simultaneously kicking myself for not using the software sooner. I have recently used it on three different features: Entourage the Movie, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, and Pelé. It was invaluable on all three and the interesting thing was that each feature highlighted a different strong point of the software. On Entourage I made extensive use of the dialog assembly feature. By feeding the software an EDL referencing sound rolls and sound timecodes, EdiLoad quickly made Reference Tracks with clips stamped with the...

Da Vinci's Demons - Starz...

As Supervising Sound Editor on Season 2 of Da Vinci's Demons for Starz and BBC Worldwide, I knew we were going to have our work cut out for us producing 10 one-hour shows. Time management and communication were critical to achieving deadlines, so we turned to Sounds In Sync and used their program EdiLoad for all our conforming and EDL management. "Does what it says on the tin." EdiLoad is so simple to use for conforming and re-conforming and Mark is only an email away for help. Not content with only one tool from Sounds In Sync, we used EdiCue...

I Frankenstein, The Railway Man,...

Our work just wouldn't be possible without EdiLoad. Picture changes never stop coming and we are expected to be up-to-date with our tracks at all times. In recent years we have successfully used EdiLoad on films such as 'I, Frankenstein', 'The Railway Man', 'Tracks', 'The Sapphires' and 'Felony'. We can always rest safe and secure that our picture and sound will match perfectly right throughout the sound editing process. Andrew Plain, Director, Huzzah Sound

Montana, Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa,...

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Morning Glory, The Raven, Green...

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