Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In this week's Sound for Video Session, we are joined by Midge Costin. Before joining the faculty of USC's School of Cinematic Arts, Ms. Costin worked on the sound design of some of the biggest films of the 90s, including The Rock, Crimson Tide, and Armageddon! (The latter two receiving Academy Award nominations for Sound Editing.) She is a member of both the Motion Picture Sound Editors and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She is also a filmmaker in her own right, having recently produced and directed a film that I'm a big fan of, and I suspect a large number of you are with me on this. That film is, of course, "Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound".
Learn more about Midge's film, "Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound": makingwavesmovie.com
You can stream Making Waves:
Amazon: amzn.to/3roGzoq
YouTube: youtu.be/xsckp8r1-8c
Follow Making Waves:
Twitter: twitter.com/makingwavesmov
Instagram: instagram.com/makingwavesmov
Midge's IMDB: imdb.com/name/nm0182703
This episode was produced in part by our consulting producer, Rob Kristjansson. If you think you could use a little help upping your content creation game, DM him @RobKristjansson on Instagram or Twitter or email him at rob.kristjansson@gmail.com. And don't be afraid to ask him for a free consultation!
If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses at school.learnlightandsound.com including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. We have a course on sound for live-streaming with the ATEM Mini and just added Introduction to Izotope RX for Dialogue Audio.
Gear used or mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, DVE Store, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:
- Sound Devices MixPre II Series Recorders - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/O8e0
- Earthworks SV33 studio vocal microphone — B&H, Sweetwater geni.us/jfIw
- Earthworks ETHOS microphone — B&H, Sweetwater geni.us/8G8UdBB
- Universal Audio Volt 276 USB audio interface — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/H5pbQ7
- Earthworks SR314 - B&H, Sweetwater geni.us/AqRF
- Epiphan Pearl Nano live stream encoder — B&H, DVE Store, Amazon geni.us/qXyXR5
- Panasonic GH5 camera - B&H, Amazon geni.us/InspOl
- Canon C70 Camera - B&H geni.us/ABYB
- Canon RF 24-70 f/2.8L IS lens - B&H, Amazon geni.us/qwsEs
- TA3-M to XLR-F Adapter cable to feed microphones to C70 or Blackmagic Pocket cameras - B&H bhpho.to/3o2dTOS
- ATEM Mini Extreme & Extreme ISO - B&H, DVE Store, Amazon geni.us/b8my
- Allen & Heath SQ5 Digital Mixer - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/sRxFU90
- Rupert Neve Designs Shelford Channel, pre-amp, EQ, compressor - Sweetwater, B&H geni.us/9ZfE77
Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: geni.us/G7by
Copyright 2022, Curtis Judd
Index
00:00 Start
2:54 Beginning of stream
3:06 Midge’s introduction
3:46 Beginning of discussion
1:03:23 End of stream
In this week's Sound for Video Session, we are joined by Midge Costin. Before joining the faculty of USC's School of Cinematic Arts, Ms. Costin worked on the sound design of some of the biggest films of the 90s, including The Rock, Crimson Tide, and Armageddon! (The latter two receiving Academy Award nominations for Sound Editing.) She is a member of both the Motion Picture Sound Editors and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She is also a filmmaker in her own right, having recently produced and directed a film that I'm a big fan of, and I suspect a large number of you are with me on this. That film is, of course, "Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound".
Learn more about Midge's film, "Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound": makingwavesmovie.com
You can stream Making Waves:
Amazon: amzn.to/3roGzoq
YouTube: youtu.be/xsckp8r1-8c
Follow Making Waves:
Twitter: twitter.com/makingwavesmov
Instagram: instagram.com/makingwavesmov
Midge's IMDB: imdb.com/name/nm0182703
This episode was produced in part by our consulting producer, Rob Kristjansson. If you think you could use a little help upping your content creation game, DM him @RobKristjansson on Instagram or Twitter or email him at rob.kristjansson@gmail.com. And don't be afraid to ask him for a free consultation!
If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses at school.learnlightandsound.com including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. We have a course on sound for live-streaming with the ATEM Mini and just added Introduction to Izotope RX for Dialogue Audio.
Gear used or mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, DVE Store, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:
- Sound Devices MixPre II Series Recorders - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/O8e0
- Earthworks SV33 studio vocal microphone — B&H, Sweetwater geni.us/jfIw
- Earthworks ETHOS microphone — B&H, Sweetwater geni.us/8G8UdBB
- Universal Audio Volt 276 USB audio interface — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/H5pbQ7
- Earthworks SR314 - B&H, Sweetwater geni.us/AqRF
- Epiphan Pearl Nano live stream encoder — B&H, DVE Store, Amazon geni.us/qXyXR5
- Panasonic GH5 camera - B&H, Amazon geni.us/InspOl
- Canon C70 Camera - B&H geni.us/ABYB
- Canon RF 24-70 f/2.8L IS lens - B&H, Amazon geni.us/qwsEs
- TA3-M to XLR-F Adapter cable to feed microphones to C70 or Blackmagic Pocket cameras - B&H bhpho.to/3o2dTOS
- ATEM Mini Extreme & Extreme ISO - B&H, DVE Store, Amazon geni.us/b8my
- Allen & Heath SQ5 Digital Mixer - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/sRxFU90
- Rupert Neve Designs Shelford Channel, pre-amp, EQ, compressor - Sweetwater, B&H geni.us/9ZfE77
Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: geni.us/G7by
Copyright 2022, Curtis Judd
Index
00:00 Start
2:54 Beginning of stream
3:06 Midge’s introduction
3:46 Beginning of discussion
1:03:23 End of stream










