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Mixalert - "Idiot Lights" for Intelligent Operators
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Matchbox - The Cargo Cult Matchbox The best thing since sliced picture. Matchbox is a Change Management solution, aimed at anyone working in post production. It compares two versions of a reel and finds every cut change, VFX t...

Matchbox 2.3.1 out now.
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Fixes and features including better Smart-Conform, Mixalert integration and more

'Avatar: Fire and Ash': Breathing New Life Into The Sound of Pandora - with Gwendolyn Yates Whittle & Brent Burge | A Sound Effect Find out what it’s like to be in sonic flow with James Cameron, why Foley Lead Editor Craig Tomlinson was brought to tears, what a 'deep dive' truly means to the Fire and Ash sound team, and TONS more...

Nice interview With Brent and Gwen on the sound work for the new Avatar film.

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It's not a plugin - just runs as a separate app on your computer. Currently it's only looking to Pro Tools for any concerning modes, but in theory we could do it for Nuendo. I'm just not well versed in what those modes are in Nuendo and how/when they are triggered.

Mixalert - The Cargo Cult Mixalert ‘Idiot Lights’ for Intelligent Operators Admit it – you screw up all the time. Mixalert offers critical alerts for mixing and editing in Pro Tools. Designed by real post audio pros after suff...

Mixalert 1.1.0 updated just now.
Includes new alert types and even Midi Triggers!

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Mixalert - The Cargo Cult Mixalert ‘Idiot Alerts’ for Intelligent Operators Admit it – you screw up all the time. Mixalert offers critical alerts for mixing and editing in Pro Tools. Designed by real post audio pros after suff...

New toys!
Mixalert has just been released, offering critical warnings for Pro Tools mixers and editors.
Intro Sale: Just $49 for the first 7 days.
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And no... it's nothing to do with xmas.

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Black Friday starts now!
Sale ends Monday night, 1st Dec, 23:59 PST.
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Matchbox - The Cargo Cult Matchbox The best thing since sliced picture. Matchbox is a Change Management solution, aimed at anyone working in post production. It compares two versions of a reel and finds every cut change, VFX t...

Matchbox 2.2.6 out now. Adds Smart-Conform for Reaper as well as some improvements to the Pro Tools reconform. www.thecargocult.nz/products/mat...

Matchbox - The Cargo Cult Matchbox The best thing since sliced picture. Matchbox is a Change Management solution, aimed at anyone working in post production. It compares two versions of a reel and finds every cut change, VFX t...

Matchbox 2.2 released just now with REAPER support and performance improvements for everyone.
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Soo good right? These are my favourite features, where some other tech becomes available and you suddenly realise you can now do X and Y and it will only take about an hour to write. Small features with big impact.

Hidden feature! Matchbox 2.1 lets you manually trim match-ranges. Shift-Opt-Drag.

Anyone keen to use Matchbox with Reaper? Might have a beta for you to try...

Subquake 1.1 available now.
Subquake was designed as the ultimate sub thumper for post mixing. Version 1.1 has a new (optional) "mixer friendly" GUI mode with Knobs and sliders and a more familiar visual design approach.

This is a free upgrade, so feel free to download v1.1 now from our website.

Stemcell 2.1.0 update available now. Improves UI performance when multiple large instances open at the same time. thecargocult.nz/downloads

How to Build a Professional Sound Editorial Session (Step-by-Step) Learn how to build a clean, professional sound editorial session with step-by-step tips from sound designer Nick Ainsworth.

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Hard to believe but it's been 20 years. Take advantage of our good mood and pick up some cheap stuff.
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Matchbox Version History - The Cargo Cult Matchbox Version History Version history 2.1.1Add Video Match-Back options panelAdd “1 match only” mode for video Match-BackMatch-Back results are now sorted by relevance. Add progress bar for extract...

Matchbox 2.1 Update available now.
• Deeper support for Nuendo & Cubase.
• Match-back improvements
• Tons of bug fixes and feature tweaks.

Full list is here:
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Crafting the Sensational Sound of 'Sinners' – with Benjamin A. Burtt, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker, David Butler, and Felipe Pacheco | A Sound Effect The SINNERS post sound team dives deep into their approach of capturing live on-set musical performances, worldizing music stems in the Juke Joint filming location, building believably massive Juke Jo...

"without Matchbox, we would probably still be working on the movie” - Felipe Pacheco

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Stan Kybert is once again doing great work with our Slapper plugin on the new Lola Young Atmos mix. Big fans over here.

Smart-Conform for Pro Tools. Imagine the hours this will save.

315 - Sound Effects Field Recording Round Table While in Los Angeles I was able to get 3 of the city's busiest sound effects recordists together, in the same room. We had a talk about their careers and some of their adventures in capturing the soun

Another gem from Tonebenders @tonebenderspodcast.bsky.social

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I love a small feature which makes a huge difference.

Matchbox 2 - Whats New - The Cargo Cult Matchbox What’s new? Buy now Try now Integrated Pro Tools Reconform.Gone are the old Matchbox Helper plugin and hacky keystroke-based reconform. Matchbox is now tightly integrated with Pro Tools, enab...

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314 – MPSE Presents: House Of The Dragon House Of The Dragon is one of the biggest shows on TV and the sound of the show is one of the big reasons for that success. Al Sirkett (Re-Recording Mixer/Supervising Sound Editor), Barnaby Smyth (Fo

Great new episode from the Tonebenders podcast.
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Matchbox - The Cargo Cult Matchbox The best thing since sliced picture. Matchbox is a Change Management solution, aimed at anyone working in post production. It compares two versions of a reel and finds every cut change, VFX t...

Matchbox 2 has finally been released. Years of toil have gone into this one and it's a really big step forward, especially if you're jumping onto Pro Tools 2025.6 right away.

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