DVC’s primary line of work is as a production sound mixer for Television. DVC’s work has been featured on every major television network. Always on the cusp of the latest technology, he brings the best possible sound to the television audience. DVC has been Mixing, Engineering, and “A2ing” since 1998

Hell’s Kitchen – Control Room Sound Mixer. Audio Install Engineer.

America’s Next Top Model – A2

Project Runway – Sound Mixer

Dateline NBC – Audio Mixing and Engineering for NBC series.

Treasure Hunters – Production Sound mixing and technical facilitation of production sound across the country and abroad.

Last Comic Standing – Multi-Track Audio Control Room for NBC Series.

The Girls Next Door – Production Sound Mixing / Tech for E! Series.

24 – Audio Commentary for Season 6 DVD.

Being a production sound mixer for Television requires careful attention to surroundings during filming or taping. Extraneous noises such as traffic or ventilation that are not necessary for the scene need to be addressed and accounted for to not pollute the tracks being recorded. Additionally, equipment selection is a large responsibility, as there are so many consequences from these choices. Which format to record to, such as DVD-RAM multi-tracking or file-based multi-tracking systems using only computers is the way that the industry is moving, but other times budgets restrict the options and there may just be a “mixdown” provided to the audio tracks of the video camera.

Multi-tracking gives the most flexibility in post-production but requires the support for file management and timecode sync between all recording decks for ease of “syncing it back up.”

Once all equipment has been selected and shooting spaces have been appropriately silenced, shooting begins and a whole new set of skills is required. Just trying to get all of the involved parties to not make a negative impact on the final product is part of the battle. The sound department cannot be seen in the shot but sometimes need to be placing microphones close enough to the sources to be effective.

Its a constant dance. Mixing microphones and other sources at the appropriate time, at a good level is the main job of a sound mixer, and can prove to be much more complicated and difficult than it appears. But that’s part of the fun! DVC has provided sound mixes for many international television series, several multi-cam competition shows, reality adventure documentaries, national news magazine shows, pilots and “webisodes.”