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Quality Saga pt 4

Following the reply from Lord Patten we subsequently received this letter from the BBC Director General, Mark Thompson: The IBS is formulating a response, and will publish it here, once sent.

Quality Saga pt 3

The reply from Lord Patten to the letter (see Quality Saga pt 2) Thank you for your letter and for enclosing the letter written by Louise Willcox, headed BBC — Doing Less, But Making It Sound Better. I note that at the Institute you have become increasingly concerned about what you feel is a decline [...]

Quality Saga pt 2

A letter from the IBS to Lord Patten, Chairman BBC Trust

RE: BBC – DOING LESS, BUT MAKING IT SOUND BETTER

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Quality Saga pt 1

The IBS has written to the BBC Trust Chairman, Lord Patten of Barnes on the subject of lack of training and falling operational standards in sound. The chain of correspondence which followed is posted here in the interests of wider dissemination.

The initial contact was a covering letter from  Simon Bishop, IBS Chairman. Read on…

Sound with Vision

Fixing poor-quality audio in post can be a difficult and costly business. So what can be done to reduce the problem before it gets to that stage? Adrian Pennington asks the experts.

My Sound ‘Chip’

Louise Willcox MIBS describes some of the challenges of being a soundie, and takes the opportunity to get a few things off her chest!

This isn’t an article about some new gadget, this is my personal rant. It will serve as therapy for me and, I hope, provide some amusement for you, too.

It’s All To Do With Timing

Simon Bishop MIBS Contemplates the Importance of…Timing

I was away for the weekend in Suffolk, and one of the great things was that my mobile phone struggled to even text there, let alone make phone calls.