Congratulations to composer Stephen McKeon on winning the 2015 IFTA Award for Best Original Score, for John Boorman’s latest film, “Queen and Country”.  Queen and Country is a 2014 British drama film directed by John Boorman.  It was also selected to be screened as part of the Directors’ Fortnight section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.  The film is a sequel to Boorman’s 1987 […]

Galway City of Film, in association with Screen Training Ireland, Screenscene/Ardmore Sound, Gréasán na Meán, Big Bear Sound & Galmac, were delighted to welcome editor and sound designer, Walter Murch to Galway, on Saturday May 23rd 2015. Walter, who has won Oscars for both Editing and Sound Design, took part in an in-depth interview about […]

The Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny was happy to wear a DPA d:fine™ 4088 Headset Microphone when he opened the fourth Dublin Web Summit at the RDS last month. DPA microphones played a vital role at Dublin’s fourth Web Summit at the RDS by ensuring that key speakers could be clearly heard, despite high levels of […]

Introducing the 633:  Compact Six Input Mixer with 10-Track Recorder   Sound Devices introduces the 633, a six-input mixer with integrated 10-track recorder. It includes Sound Devices’ proprietary PowerSafe technology and a unique four-way power supply for maximum operational runtime. As the next must-have production tool, the 633 has a full complement of I/O designed […]

Big Bear Sound recently supplied the live audio playback system for “Heartbeat of Home”, the new music and dance spectacular from the producers of Riverdance. Featuring the vibrant, dynamic components of traditional Irish, Latin and Afro-Cuban music and dance, the show features a world-class cast of thirty-eight, including a ten-piece band, creating a new and […]

Big Bear Sound recently participated in another Sounds Alive event for Culture Night – this time at the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) – for an evening of collected stories, songs and memories from one of the largest sound archives in the country – the National Folklore Collection. Before even most people had a radio at […]

Big Bear Sound recently supplied equipment & personnel for Chris Watson‘s highly successful sound recording workshop and live performance of his recent work “El Tren Fantasma”, in the beautiful and atmospheric setting of Abbeystrewery Church, Skibbereen, as part of the Skibbereen Arts Festival. A founder member of experimental music group Cabaret Voltaire, Chris Watson has more recently […]

HDX continues to gain momentum and grow Avid’s preeminent customer community. Avid today announced that customer sales for Pro Tools|HDX has exceeded 7,500 systems worldwide. Leading film production facilities, music and post-production facilities as well as independent artists worldwide use Pro Tools|HDX as the centerpiece of their creative workflows. The HDX system provides more power, […]

New software profile allows for control of Philips Hue from Savant’s award-winning iOS TrueControl App. Savant Systems, LLC has announced support for Philips Hue LED lighting as part of their latest release. The communication protocol for Philips Hue has been profiled and is now native to the Savant platform. No third party drivers or accessories […]

Apple has released Logic Pro X, the most advanced version of its professional recording studio for the Mac. Featuring a modern new design, Logic Pro X comes with new plug-ins, sounds, and tools that keep the music-making process flowing. New features include Drummer, a virtual session player that jams along with your songs, and Flex […]