Featured Projects

  • Young Frankenstein (1974)

    October 23, 2020  •  Categorized as: Featured Projects

    Young Frankenstein (1974)

    2020 Restoration by 20th Century Fox Sound restoration by John Polito, Audio Mechanics 20th Century Fox asked Audio Mechanics to investigate the sound restoration for this timeless classic by Mel Brooks. Having managed the sound preservation for this title in 2014, John Polito had a hunch it could be improved. The original 35mm magnetic film sound master is what’s known as a “DME mono stems master”. This means that the final mix exists as individual tracks separated into dialog (D), music (M), and effects (E). This master represents the highest generation of the final approved mix, and was used to … [more]

  • The Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)

    October 23, 2020  •  Categorized as: Featured Projects

    The Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)

    Restoration by UCLA Film & Television Archive with funding from The Film Foundation Sound restoration by John Polito, Audio Mechanics This 1930’s classic was made in two-color Technicolor. It was recently restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive in 2019 with funding from The Film Foundation, and is receiving rave reviews for its picture and sound quality. Scott MacQueen, Head of Preservation at UCLA: “We worked with Audio Mechanics to restore the sound, removing any noise and adding the missing words. It has a clarity now we’ve never experienced, quiet without sounding processed. Subtleties that have been forever masked, like … [more]

  • Mixing and Mastering for Emmy and Grammy Winner!

    February 27, 2018  •  Categorized as: Featured Projects

    Mixing and Mastering for Emmy and Grammy Winner!

    Audio Mechanics is proud to have participated in the award winning project, American Epic. “Reissue of The Year: A must-hear story of aspiring native, immigrant and underclass voices given permanence for the first time. This soundtrack expands the film to a truly national chorale: Appalachian singers, Cajun dance bands, blues genies and Native American chanters and more. Want to hear America be great again? Drop the needle.” – David Fricke, Rolling Stone –

  • Academy Close-Up

    September 28, 2016  •  Categorized as: Featured Projects

    Academy Close-Up

    The Restoration of “Cock of the Air” – John Polito and Audio Mechanics featured in Academy Close-Up video about the restoration of Howard Hughes’ “Cock of the Air”.  Censored audio was recreated at Audio Mechanics.  See John play piano for a very brief moment!!  See the video here on YouTube.

  • FOX Preservation Project

    April 10, 2015  •  Categorized as: Featured Projects

    FOX Preservation Project

    Audio Mechanics has been chosen to supervise the digital preservation of 20th Century Fox’s entire inventory of feature film sound assets. The process includes metadata verification, audio evaluation, digital transfer for preservation, audio QC, and detailed reports. Visit our preservation page for more detail on what we can do for your collection.    

  • Edward Scissorhands

    February 10, 2015  •  Categorized as: Featured Projects

    Edward Scissorhands

    Audio Mechanics was asked by 20th Century Fox to update the audio for a new Digital Cinema Package (DCP) being made for Tim Burton’s 1990 release, Edward Scissorhands. The original 35mm mag LCRS D-M-E stems were digitally captured (and preserved) then analog noise removed from each track and finally re-mastered to make the restored LCRS soundtrack. The result was well worth the effort as the presence of the dialogue and the hauntingly beautiful Danny Elfman score were markedly well defined.    

  • BIG

    March 15, 2014  •  Categorized as: Featured Projects

    BIG

    This 1988 20th Century Fox classic starring Tom Hanks was restored at Audio Mechanics from the original LCRS dialog, music, and effects stems for Blu-Ray and DVD release. The 35mm mag, LCRS master stems were also preserved as high-resolution raw transfers, and delivered for digital migration into Fox’s archive.