POST-PROD PUZZLER - AwardPlay


crossword by Tiare Widmaier and Myles Mellor , as seen in May-June 2008 MPEG magazine.

Across
1. Type of production done after recording is completed.
4. To place sound and picture in their proper relationship.
7. A type of editor.
11. That guy.
13. Parisian water.
14. Pace of a piece.
16. Popular Steinberg product.
20. Type of camera shot, ___-up.
21. ___design, a company whose flagship software product is ProTools.
23. Welcoming greeting.
24. For that reason.
25. Musical scale note.
26. ____ for Less.
28. “Ready, set, ___!”
29. Voiceover, for short.
30. ___ Burtt, creator of the voice of R2-D2.
31. Antagonist.
32. Common post-production effect used in silent films.
35. Digital Audio Workstation, for short.
36. Famous.
38. ProTools hardware requirement.
40. Hotel.
41. Sound ___, well-known sound effects library publisher.
42. Slang for megabyte.
43. American National Standards Institute, abbreviation.
44. Sound engineer’s personal tool?
45. A technology using digital signal processing to simulate traditional recording studio hardware and software.
47. Adverb ending.
48. In film, an action that occurs in one location at one time.
52. Editing is called “the invisible ___.”
54. Exercise class, for short.
55. Varsity precedent, for short.
56. Morning time.
57. Sunset Strip club, Whiskey au __-__.
60. Reverb.
62. French friend.
63. United Airlines, abbreviation.
64. Old French coin.
66. A can-__ person.
67. ___ Hunt, As Good As It Gets star.
69. Sound _______ editor.
70. The spread of a monaural signal in a stereo sound field.

Sonic Solutions
Sound and audio are the themes of this issueâ??s post-production crossword puzzle. Not that you need to be a sound editor, mixer or music editor to correctly answer these cluesâ??â??but it sure wouldnâ??t hurt.

Let us know what you think of it.
- Editor

Down
1. Perceived fundamental frequency of a sound.
2. Joe’s last name?
3. A bit buzzed?
5. Passion.
6. Give a stage direction.
7. Industry standard electronic protocol.
8. Per __.
9. Des Moines locale.
10. Successor to Pro-24 sequencer.
12. One of the Three Stooges.
15. Manning from New York.
17. In a fast tempo.
18. Confidentiality statement, abbreviation.
19. Shrek, for example.
22. Charged particle.
24. ______ card, aka audio card.
25. Have ESP.
27. Red carpet clothes.
29. ____phone: the last but most successful of the sound-on-disc processes.
30. College degree.
31. ___-pack, travelers purse perhaps.
33. Passport, for example.
34. Sound____, a company that allows users to buy sound effects online.
35. This type of editing is often thought of as “production sound editing.”
37. Olde English, abbreviation.
38. _&_s, popular chocolate candy.
39. ___Mo, for alcoholic libations.
46. Color ______.
48. Jill __. John.
49. Extended play record, abbreviation.
50. “All You ____ is Love.”
51. __Cam.
52. Alberto Gonzalez’s old job.
53. Kay ___, Special Achievement in Sound Editing award winner for The River.
55. Winner for the Oscar for Sound Effects for The Dirty Dozen, ____ Poyner.
56. Prayer ending.
58. A lout.
59. What picture editors do.
61. Robo___ won Stephen Flick and John Pospisil an Academy Award for Sound Effects Editing.
62. ___ McGraw, star of Love Story.
65. Short for what’s behind the Orange Curtain.
68. Spanish for “in.”

Puzzle solution can be found here. No fair peeking!

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