Processing Audio Post Production Deliverables at Scale with Microservice Architecture – Ryan Frias – ADCx SF

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Processing Audio Post Production Deliverables at Scale with Microservice Architecture - Ryan Frias - ADCx SF

With the explosion of streaming services that operate on a global footprint, the audio mastering pipeline has ballooned to include as many as 765 unique language audio packages created from original, each of which needs to be quality checked, encoded and packaged for delivery. The process can take weeks and involves creative and technical teams working to make derivative versions which must preserve the original creative intent as much as possible. The "Coda" Automated Media Ecosystem is a new extensible software platform from Skywalker Sound that automates the creation of soundtrack versions and cuts the deliverable process down from weeks to faster-than real-time. The system has already been used on premium Disney+ releases such as The Mandalorian and Moon Knight.

By automating soundtrack mastering processing from the highest original source mix format (often the Dolby Atmos mix), the automatically derived versions can be created with the same fidelity and attention to detail as the original language, improving the experience for all consumers in international markets. As the process is automated without the possibility of human error, the need to QC each pass is reduced, resulting in better results for consumers and considerable time and cost savings for content owners.

The creation of this complex media pipeline ecosystem involved the integration of multiple programming languages, frameworks, environments and hardware systems for the full stack--from low-level digital signal processing, to high level scaffolds, such as a global service mesh.

Slides: https://data.audio.dev/talks/ADCxSF/2023/audio-in-midi-out/slides.pdf
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Ryan Frias

Ryan is a software engineer from Skywalker Sound. He has worked in the post production sound industry for over 15 years, focusing on both the creative and technical bits.

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