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A lone ride treks across the Oregon Territory, looking for something, or someone. Night falls as a young woman sits bound and gagged, alone by campfire. A man emerges from the darkness and slowly walks toward her.
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June 1, 2024
Leo Awards 2024 Nomination
Christopher Cleator has been nominated for Best Sound in a Short Drama for his sound design work on Jesse Pickett’s short film, ‘Gesture ‘.
About Me
Owner & Sound Designer
Christopher Cleator
+1 (604) 790-7944
5.1 Sound Design for Independent Film
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Christopher’s career in the audio post production industry has spanned over 25 years, working primarily as an ADR mixer and dialogue editor for numerous television series, feature films, MOWs and animated programs in Vancouver.
His passion now, is to provide quality, affordable 5.1 surround sound design services for smaller scale independent film companies, short filmmakers and documentary filmmakers, from his home studio on the Sunshine Coast, BC.
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What I Use
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I use many of the same professional tools found in top studios everywhere.
( aaand.. a few of my own )
Studio Hardware
Audio I/O
Universal Audio – Apollo X8 Thunderbolt 3 Audio Interface
Control Surfaces
Solid State Logic – UF1/UF8/UC1 Series Controllers
Elgato – Stream Deck
Monitoring
Yamaha – HS Series Monitors in 5.1 Surround
Microphones
Townsend Labs – Sphere L22 Mic Modelling System (VO)
Sanken – COS-11D Wired Lavalier (ADR)
System Software
DAW
AVID – Pro Tools Studio (V2023.12.0)
File Management & Processing
Sounds In Sync – EdiLoad (V5) & EdiCue (V4)
Todd-AO – Absentia DX
Sound Particles – Explorer (v1)
Main Plugins
EQ & Dynamics
Accentize – SpectralBalance (EQ Matching For ADR)
FabFilter – Pro-Q 3, Pro-C 2, Pro-L 2, Pro-DS
McDSP – DE555 De-Esser, SA2 Dialogue Processor
Signum Audio – Bute Limiter 2
Solid State Logic – 4K E Channel Strip
Noise Reduction
Accentize – DxRevive Pro
Acon Digital – Restoration Suite 2, Dialogue: Extract 2
BOOM Interactive – DeBird
Supertone – Clear
Todd-AO – Absentia DX
Other Plugins
Reverbs
Accentize – Chameleon 2 (Reverb Matching For ADR & Foley)
Acon Digital – DeVerberate 3 (Reverb Reduction)
AudioEase – Altiverb 7 (Surround Reverb)
Loudness Metering
Signum Audio – Bute Loudness Analyzer
Youlean – Loudness Meter 2
Miscellaneous
Audiokids – Undertone 2 (Roomtone Generator)
BOOM Interactive – LiftFX (Sfx Generator)
Sound Radix – Auto-Align Post 2 (Phase Matching)
Synchro Arts – VocAlign Ultra (ADR Sync Matching)
The Cargo Cult – Spanner (Panning & Upmix/Downmix)
UVI – Walker 2 & Unlock (Foley Instruments)
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