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Los Angeles 2011 or why I won’t get The Prince Of Bel Air

12th February 2020 - General

Hey guys, today I am writing you from the other side of the pond. I am back in L.A. for the next two weeks. My schedule is packed and we will work on several really interesting and challenging projects and catch up with the Benztown…

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Increase your performance or How to stop the Beach Ball Of Death – Andre’s Production Diary Part 47

12th February 2020 - General

from Giphy.com Don’t worry, your Mac isn’t broken. It’s just a image, every Mac user of you knows and probably hates. The spinning wait cursor, a.k.a. marble of doom, beach ball of death or spinning pizza. Today, I’m going to show you some tips to…

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DO YOU listen? DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

12th February 2020 - General

Image from clipart.email Just a quick thought from my end. While talking to a lot of radio people last night at German Radio Awards and especially about their strategies connecting with listeners….My feeling is radio could give much more, then just talk to or best…

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Andy’s Fiver Friday #41 – A Galactic Reverb, The Best Interviews, Fame FX Vol. 2

12th February 2020 - Fiver Friday

Friday again! Here we go, my five for this week:

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Andy’s Fiver Friday #61 – LA, Burgers and Burgers!

12th February 2020 - Fiver Friday

Image by Jaymantri Hey guys, first week in LA is almost over…was crazy, met so many friends again, hung out, ate burgers, ate some more burgers and of course ate burgers. I still love that city, the bible and of course the burgers!

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Andy’s Fiver Friday #71 – New Year Resolutions!

12th February 2020 - Fiver Friday

Image: Stockvault Guys, 2016 is coming to an end and we’re going to celebrate this day! For the new year, here are some resolutions for 2017! Happy new year!

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Benztown Halloween Madness 2016 Pt. 1 or The Doom VO!

12th February 2020 - Tutorials

Image by Kristina Paukshtite  Halloween is coming! And to get your station ready, we created a multipart scaring plan for you! Be brave and check the first video tutorial of this Halloween season: learn how to create a VO that will frighten your audience!

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Benztown Halloween Madness 2016 Pt.2 or Wanna sound like Justin Bieber on LSD?

12th February 2020 - Tutorials

Image by Kristina Paukshtite  Halloween is on! The second part of our Halloween scaring-plan includes another tutorial: How do you use the Doom VO you created in Pt.1 in a Halloween hook sweeper? And how do you transform hooks into halloween versions? Watch this tutorial!

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Benztown Halloween Madness 2016 Pt.3 or The Pain Chain – Creating the Halloween mood!

12th February 2020 - Tutorials

Image by Kristina Paukshtite  Halloween is coming and it’s all about getting your listeners into the right mood. SFX are an essential part when it comes to generate a certain feeling. So maybe your collection includes some shouts, screams and laughs, but still needs some Halloween extra treatment?…

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Andy’s Fiver Friday #70 – Merry Christmas Edition!

12th February 2020 - Fiver Friday

Image by Alessandro Viaro via Unsplash Guys, Merry Christmas to you. I am so thankful for all your support and love in 2016. I wish you and your families a fantastic Christmas and an awesome NYE party! See you in 2017! Attached is some free FX for…

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Andy’s Fiver Friday #222 – Free Equalizer, Don’t Waste Another Year and the latest from Lucio Scarpa!

7th February 2020 - Fiver Friday

Antother week another fiver friday! Let’s quickly get into this weeks findings:

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SFX Experiences Pt. 7 or How the benztown studios became a pub for one night.

7th February 2020 - General

Image: Jeremy Cai via unsplash Friday is St. Patrick’s day. And you know what this day is all about: yep, beer. You also know that we are always after serious sound effects! So Konrad, Jan and Max told Alex and Chris about the last St….

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Improve self-management by using your smartphone!

7th February 2020 - General

Image: pxhere You’re using today’s technology everyday. But do you really exploit full potential of these things? Your smartphone for example? Here’s a list of tools which help to use your phone for more than just Facebook.

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You vote: What type of content do you want more of in 2017?

7th February 2020 - General

Image: pxhere Happy new year everybody!! It’s 2017 and we’re planning the content for this year. You made this blog No 1 for radio production / imaging tipps, so you have to let us know what you would love to see, read and experience more of this year! Choose…

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Imaging Melbourne – Mike Santos in Australia!

7th February 2020 - Interviews

Image: pikwizard.com Mike is in Oz now for almost 2 years, time flies! He started working as the morning show production guy for Kyle and Jackie O in Sydney and is now overseeing big parts of the Matt and Meshel breakfast brand in Melbourne. Mike…

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Fiver Friday #48: Stuttgart Special Edition

7th February 2020 - Fiver Friday

This week we’ve got another Stuttgart Special Edition for you! Here we go!

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TOOLS, which help to keep yourself FOCUSED!

7th February 2020 - General

Image: Pixabay Sometimes it’s hard to keep an eye on everything which has to be done, especially in our fast industry. Production, meetings, and and and keep you busy and it’s not always easy to stay focused. But today’s technology has some smart answers to track…

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Andy’s Fiver Friday #28

7th February 2020 - Fiver Friday

This week it is hard to even start FiverFriday, there was so much great stuff! NYC was just perfect. I had enough time to meet my old friend and 3 times Iron Imager winner Dan Kelly, also my old Benztown colleague Jason, who cranks out…

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Andy’s Fiver Friday #25 – New Work from Alien Master Jeff Schmidt, Creed and GoPRO Mode!

7th February 2020 - Fiver Friday

It’s Friday! Let’s have a look at this week!

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