Dolby Atmos Certified Mix Stage

Toolshed audio post

Make it sound Amazing.

Toolshed Audio Post is a boutique audio post company dedicated to enhancing your storytelling through dynamic sound. Creatives run things here, not accountants. We’ll never make a financial decision to the detriment of a creative one. There is one mission here: Make it Sound Amazing.

Our dub stage is located in the private, serene Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles. Let the stress and noise of Hollywood fade away and spend the day mixing in our Valley oasis. Once inside, you’ll find a cutting-edge Dub Stage tuned for both film theatrical mixes and certified by Dolby for Atmos Broadcast mixes.

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dub stage

Dolby Certified for Atmos Home Entertainment

In May 2019, Toolshed Audio Post received full certification from Dolby Laboratories for Dolby Atmos mixing for Home Entertainment; including streaming, DVD, and Broadcast deliverables. A mark of technical excellence for the creation of Dolby Atmos content. Toolshed was the first studio in Los Angeles to be certified, and only one of twelve in the world at the time.

The new Toolshed re-recording stage was designed and tuned by Jerry Steckling, former Chief of Acoustic Engineering at Skywalker Sound, where he designed, engineered, and implemented sophisticated sound systems at George Lucas’s Skywalker Ranch and Industrial Light and Magic.

Deliverable formats for Cinema, Broadcast, and Streaming include, 7.1, 5.1, Stereo, and Dolby ATMOS.

Monitoring Equipment:

JBL Cinema 2-way Cinema ScreenArray
JBL 708i Surround Speakers
Bag End 18" Subwoofer Array
Stereo Avantone MixCubes
QSC Q-Sys 250i Digital Room Tuning
QSC CXD-Qn Digital Network Amplification
S6 Monitoring Control Integration

Toolshed Equipment List:

Avid S6 Mixing Console
Apple MacPro 7,1 16-core
Pro Tools 2020 Ultimate
HDX3 Pro Tools Mix System
Avid MTRX & Avid MADI
128ch I/O MADI, 64ch I/O DANTE
Dorrough Metering
(1) HD Native Mix System
RME MADI, 128ch I/O
Dolby ATMOS HT-RMU for streaming deliverables
TrueNAS 64 TB data server for storage and Backblaze cloud archiving

Video & Projection Specifications:

AJA Kona LHi Video Playback
AJA HD Tri-Level Clock Sync Generator
BenQ HT2150ST 1080p
Seymour Screen Excellence custom 6' x 10' woven acoustically transparent screen
Remote mix reviews on Zoom available via dedicated Balckmagic hardware.

Meet the Team

Re-recording Mixer,
Sound Supervisor

Lucien Palmer, CAS

Sound Designer

Kevin Senzaki

Dub Stage

Clients

Featured

HBO

“Lucien’s quality, experience, facility, and personality keep me coming back! ”

— -Daniel Woltosz, Director (Do Not Reply)

“They worked magic on our dialogue and saved us from doing ADR on our whole film.”

— Brad Todd, Director (True Image)

“Lucien’s method begins with the story, but then he employs the art of sound to take the film to the next level. A master technician, his dialogue is particularly exceptional. But his ability to offer a range of creative approaches to a scene is what makes him stand apart. He’s also a lovely person and someone you want around during the final stressful phase of filmmaking!”

— Laura Nix, Director (Walk, Run, Cha Cha, The Yes Men are Revolting)