Sound Off: Pinball Pings, Borrowed Melodies & Airport Acoustics

Dallas Taylor· Host0:01

Before we get started, I have some exciting professional news. My sound agency, De facto Sound, which is the same team that makes this very podcast, recently sound designed and mixed a feature-length movie with a worldwide theatrical release. The film is called Sketch. It stars Tony Hale, who played Buster Bluth on Arrested Development, and D'Arcy Carden, who you might know as Janet from The Good Place. It's about a young girl who loses her mother and copes with her pain by drawing monsters. Through a magical turn of events, these creatures start coming to life. It's a beautiful coming-of-age story with lots of fun sci-fi monster action mixed in. And my team and I at De facto Sound were responsible for all of the sound, from the dialogue to the foley to the ambiences to the creature sound design and mix. On top of that, I personally got to mix the movie in Dolby Atmos, which was so much fun. And over on my YouTube channel, I did a whole documentary about me mixing it. What's cool about Atmos is you not only get front, side, and rear speakers. I also got to control the height of these sounds, so I was able to literally make monsters crawl over you in the ceiling. This is a huge milestone for De facto Sound, and I'm so proud of my entire team. Sketch comes out in theaters worldwide on August 6th, so check your local movie listings and get tickets to go see it. It's a family film, and I'd say it's probably appropriate for roughly kids 10 and older. Again, the movie is called Sketch, and if you see it, take a picture of my name in the credits and tag me