August 12, 2020, 03:47 PM
https://www.aotg.com/ayako-yamauchi-calls-on-nugen-audio-post-bundle/
LOS ANGELES, AUGUST 12, 2020 – Recording,
Editing, Mixing and Mastering Engineer Ayako Yamauchi is best known for her
work in gaming, streaming and TV/film. Having won multiple awards for her audio
post-production work, Yamauchi’s credits are filled with some of the world’s
leading video games. Included among these are “Uncharted: The Lost Legacy,â€
“God of War†and “Sekiro: The Shadow Dies Twice.†As a freelance engineer,
Yamauchi finds herself working in many different studios. Regardless of where
she is, Yamauchi consistently calls on the Post bundle from NUGEN Audio to
assist with a variety of aspects of sound effects editing.
Yamauchi has relied on NUGEN’s AMB and LM-Correct software since 2016.
She also incorporates the ISL True Peak limiter for dialogue editing in video
games, streaming services, broadcast projects, mixing and more.
“In my experience, NUGEN provides the very best and most reliable
plug-ins,†she says. “I have mastered more than 10,000 dialogues in each
language for video game projects, and NUGEN plug-ins have been the most
consistent solution for me while using Mac OS and Avid Pro Tools. This kind of
job always needs precise accuracy and I am very happy with the results I get
using NUGEN.â€
Yamauchi has found that turnaround speed is crucial to many of her film and
television projects. “NUGEN has consistently provided stellar processing
speeds, along with the presets necessary to meet the ever-changing audio specs
for streaming services,†she explains. “After Netflix changed its standards in
2018, many streaming services followed suit – opting to no longer use the
simple broadcasting specs, and instead adopting new standards. This left audio
post editors needing to work with new LKFS/LUFS, dBTP and LRA standards. AMB
and LM-Correct make this easy for us and saves a lot of time.â€
In addition, Yamauchi says that studios have been undertaking frequent upmix
tasks. “Broadcasters and streaming services, alike, require 5.1 audio or
above,†she adds. “Old movies and TV shows are being added to streaming
platforms, but these were originally completed as mono stereo mixes, so they
need to be converted to 5.1 or higher. NUGEN’s Halo Upmix does a great job for
this process; the presets work very well, and it is very easy to use. I don't know any other plug-ins that can do it easily
without coding or artifacts.â€
When working on gaming projects, Yamauchi says there is a unique set of
processes. “When mastering dialogue in video games, we
need to process the loudness by the type of dialogue,†she continues. “This
includes normal conversation, yelling and even breathing, among other things.
You want to make sure there’s a consistency between the loud and quiet parts,
and loudness is often specified by the sound supervisor.â€
Reliability is one of the biggest reasons Yamauchi continues
to call on NUGEN. “I really love that I never run into technical errors with
NUGEN,†she says. “I have run into bugs with other solutions that cause a lot
of headaches because I have to do a lot more processing. That’s never the case
with NUGEN. I have never had to communicate with customer service, which says a
lot about the quality of the products.â€
Originally hailing from Fukuoka, Japan, Yamauchi earned seven awards and
13 nominations for the music video “Eternally†by Seolo. For this project,
Yamauchi served as recording engineer, composer, sound effects editor, mixing
engineer and producer.
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