Israeli Company Sound Radix Wins the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Award (Technical Oscar)
The company received the highest recognition for groundbreaking technology that revolutionized the sound processing industry
Israeli company Sound Radix has won the prestigious Technical Oscar Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. At a ceremony to be held next week in Los Angeles, the company will receive the award, considered the pinnacle of recognition for technological innovation in the film industry, for its revolutionary product "Auto-Align Post 2" that has dramatically changed the way sound editors work worldwide.
One of the most significant problems that has troubled the film and television industry for years was the synchronization and alignment between multiple sound sources. In professional productions, the simultaneous use of multiple microphones creates complex technical issues - identical sounds reaching microphones at different times cause interference and compromise the final sound quality. Until recently, fixing these problems required precise and expensive manual work by sound editors.
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Israeli Company Sound Radix Wins the Academy Scientific and Technical Awards
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In 2010, Nir Averbuch, a musician and producer, joined forces with his partners Yair Chuchem and Dan Raviv, veterans of Unit 8200, and together they founded Sound Radix. The company was established with a vision to develop innovative digital solutions for the sound world, beyond the limitations of traditional analog equipment. The company's flagship product, "Auto-Align Post 2," enables automatic identification of the same sounds across all microphones, calculating time differences between them and performing all necessary corrections with just a single button press. The technology yields significantly cleaner sound and saves dozens of expensive working hours in each project. Due to these significant advantages, the technology has been adopted by giant companies such as Disney, Warner Bros, and Netflix, and has become an essential tool in professional productions and particularly popular among most sound editors worldwide.
""When we started meeting for code jams on Fridays, we thought that if a thousand studios adopted our product, we'd have made it," shares Nir Averbuch, co-founder and CEO of the company. "We never imagined we would create such a fundamental change in the working methods of sound editors in the global film and television industry. The recognition from the Academy inspires us to continue developing innovative solutions. To date, we have created seven unique products that have become central working tools for leading producers and engineers in the industry, and our R&D team is already working on additional technologies that will impact the industry in the coming years."
