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Mix and Match

The Foley and Rerecording Mixers

DOI: 10.4324/9781003008439-10

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Ask a Foley artist who their best friend at work is, and almost invariably it will be the Foley mixer. An artist can be gifted, professional, and efficient yet create disappointing Foley for a project. The reason is simple: the mixer and the artist work in collaboration, and both the artist(s) and the mixer work more cooperatively when they have similar philosophies about the work as well as compatible personalities on the stage. The relationship between Foley artist and Foley mixer is so symbiotic that these partnerships can last for many years ...

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