Stephen Saldanha
@currywhiskers.bsky.social
Sound Recordist | Sound Editor | Grew up in Dubai | Lived in New Zealand | Surviving Bombay
📍Mumbai, India
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5064237/
📍Mumbai, India
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5064237/
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I made a feed for audio folks. Like it says in the description, any post using #PostAudioSky will automatically be added. Along with a curated list with posts sorted based on relevant information. Hopefully it can be one place we can all share and learn from each other. bsky.app/profile/did:...
Ahhh! Shifting from Mac to Windows overnight to use Pro Tools is so annoying. Ctrl + Shift + Tab is the most uncomfortable key combination.
November 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Ahhh! Shifting from Mac to Windows overnight to use Pro Tools is so annoying. Ctrl + Shift + Tab is the most uncomfortable key combination.
You can definitely feel what he's talking about when you watch it. youtu.be/tThIpKCXfJI?...
How Guillermo del Toro Made Frankenstein - Film School | Netflix
YouTube video by Still Watching Netflix
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 8:42 AM
You can definitely feel what he's talking about when you watch it. youtu.be/tThIpKCXfJI?...
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My long pending rant about the settlers in Goa and their crisis of belonging. open.substack.com/pub/kaustubh...
How to Belong in Goa
And other crises of Aldona Filmmakers
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:13 AM
My long pending rant about the settlers in Goa and their crisis of belonging. open.substack.com/pub/kaustubh...
Thanks to BioShock Art Deco is my favourite design aesthetic. It's one of my favourite things about Bombay, it supposedly has the second most art deco architecture in the world, just after Miami. theconversation.com/art-deco-at-...
Art deco at 100: why the sleek design aesthetic of the ‘machine age’ endures
Although originally conceived in Europe, art deco came to define American interwar prosperity, optimism and luxury.
theconversation.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Thanks to BioShock Art Deco is my favourite design aesthetic. It's one of my favourite things about Bombay, it supposedly has the second most art deco architecture in the world, just after Miami. theconversation.com/art-deco-at-...
I like to imagine Disney's Imagineering Dept as the closest thing to John Hammond's "spared no expense" model. youtu.be/cUIao8E-ipM?...
Inside Disney’s Secret Sound Vault
YouTube video by Dallas Taylor
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 8:02 AM
I like to imagine Disney's Imagineering Dept as the closest thing to John Hammond's "spared no expense" model. youtu.be/cUIao8E-ipM?...
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Without any warning the weather in Mumbai/KDMC region has become cold. Wasn't it raining in KDMC just a few days ago? Our bodies esp those of elders haven't had time to adjust to this sudden dip in temperatures at night.
My nose has become runny already 🙄
My nose has become runny already 🙄
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Without any warning the weather in Mumbai/KDMC region has become cold. Wasn't it raining in KDMC just a few days ago? Our bodies esp those of elders haven't had time to adjust to this sudden dip in temperatures at night.
My nose has become runny already 🙄
My nose has become runny already 🙄
Wow Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein makes me so happy. It doesn't feel like a film from this decade. Definitely the best film I've seen in recent years.
November 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Wow Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein makes me so happy. It doesn't feel like a film from this decade. Definitely the best film I've seen in recent years.
After we watched it my mum was telling me during her teens when she was working as a hairdresser how men would bring young girls for them to "pretty up" and how they'd be crying and asking for help but couldn't do anything. #DesiWatch www.imdb.com/title/tt3823...
Love Sonia (2018) ⭐ 7.4 | Drama
2h 2m
www.imdb.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:33 AM
After we watched it my mum was telling me during her teens when she was working as a hairdresser how men would bring young girls for them to "pretty up" and how they'd be crying and asking for help but couldn't do anything. #DesiWatch www.imdb.com/title/tt3823...
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November 8, 2025 at 12:12 PM
"To answer these questions, we must confront a series of uncomfortable truths: that this is a Muslim versus Muslim war, not a simple good versus evil or Muslim versus Christian framework"
scroll.in/article/1088...?
scroll.in/article/1088...?
Why the world remains silent as Sudan slides into catastrophic collapse
The conflict is messy. It is an intra-Muslim war, regional, brutal and barely registers in the dominant geopolitical frames.
scroll.in
November 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
"To answer these questions, we must confront a series of uncomfortable truths: that this is a Muslim versus Muslim war, not a simple good versus evil or Muslim versus Christian framework"
scroll.in/article/1088...?
scroll.in/article/1088...?
It's nice to see no voter tampering in the US.
November 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
It's nice to see no voter tampering in the US.
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“Palestine 36 addresses [Annemarie Jacir’s] trademark themes – identity, the weight of history – on a much larger scale, combining the conventions of classic period drama with a thorough unpacking of the geopolitical failures”
Rachel Pronger reviews. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Rachel Pronger reviews. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Palestine 36 review: an engaging historical drama
Palestinian director Annemarie Jacir’s sweeping period film tackles a moment of profound change: the year 1936, when the Great Palestinian Revolt broke through the complacency of British rule.
www.bfi.org.uk
November 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
“Palestine 36 addresses [Annemarie Jacir’s] trademark themes – identity, the weight of history – on a much larger scale, combining the conventions of classic period drama with a thorough unpacking of the geopolitical failures”
Rachel Pronger reviews. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Rachel Pronger reviews. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
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Remember that piano I recorded in a church a while back? Well, I created a DecentSampler instrument out of it, and it's available for free on DecentSamples! Check it out: www.decentsamples.com/product/brok... Thanks, @dhilowitz.bsky.social ! #samplelibrary #piano #samples #decentsampler
Broken Piano by ZQ SFX - decent|SAMPLES
Broken Piano is a free, character-rich Decent Sampler instrument recorded in an old church, featuring mic blending, drive types, and atmospheric effects for lo-fi and cinematic textures.
www.decentsamples.com
July 19, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Remember that piano I recorded in a church a while back? Well, I created a DecentSampler instrument out of it, and it's available for free on DecentSamples! Check it out: www.decentsamples.com/product/brok... Thanks, @dhilowitz.bsky.social ! #samplelibrary #piano #samples #decentsampler
You either die open minded or live long enough to see yourself start whining about drums sounds like Fenriz.
youtu.be/_aRu_3WvE6c?...
youtu.be/_aRu_3WvE6c?...
Darkthrone - Fenriz on drum sound (english subtitles)
YouTube video by ENO Norsk musikkmagasin
youtu.be
November 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
You either die open minded or live long enough to see yourself start whining about drums sounds like Fenriz.
youtu.be/_aRu_3WvE6c?...
youtu.be/_aRu_3WvE6c?...
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Do you want to listen to some SpOooky sound effects? Perhaps you need SPoOOkY soundscapes for your tabletop game? Maybe you want to scare trick/treaters with some sPOooKy ambience? Check out the new Diablo IV: Haunted Sounds of Estuar SFX album that I did three tracks for: youtu.be/tTbMnL2Nuvo?...
Diablo IV | Haunted Sounds of Estuar
YouTube video by Diablo
youtu.be
October 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Do you want to listen to some SpOooky sound effects? Perhaps you need SPoOOkY soundscapes for your tabletop game? Maybe you want to scare trick/treaters with some sPOooKy ambience? Check out the new Diablo IV: Haunted Sounds of Estuar SFX album that I did three tracks for: youtu.be/tTbMnL2Nuvo?...
Ugh that story of the organiser from Dubai.
TL;DR: She "sacrificed" her crew by going over time limit, let the crew get detained by the police and bailed them out the next day. rollingstoneindia.com/indian-music...
TL;DR: She "sacrificed" her crew by going over time limit, let the crew get detained by the police and bailed them out the next day. rollingstoneindia.com/indian-music...
Inside the Music Industry’s Silent Crisis of Unregulated Workplaces
India’s booming music economy is built on fragile, often toxic, and largely unregulated systems where basic dignity comes last
rollingstoneindia.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Ugh that story of the organiser from Dubai.
TL;DR: She "sacrificed" her crew by going over time limit, let the crew get detained by the police and bailed them out the next day. rollingstoneindia.com/indian-music...
TL;DR: She "sacrificed" her crew by going over time limit, let the crew get detained by the police and bailed them out the next day. rollingstoneindia.com/indian-music...
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Underwater wonderland of coral reef animals and whales. Hear more in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/haw... #fieldrecording
October 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Underwater wonderland of coral reef animals and whales. Hear more in my new sound library: thomasrexbeverly.com/products/haw... #fieldrecording
I kind of want to see this. screenrant.com/nightmare-on...
Should Jim Carrey Play Freddy Krueger? A Nightmare On Elm Street Veteran Thinks So
One, two, Freddy's coming for you...
screenrant.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:58 AM
I kind of want to see this. screenrant.com/nightmare-on...
This has been on my bedside for weeks and only just released how many bibles were unintentionally stacked together.
October 26, 2025 at 10:21 AM
This has been on my bedside for weeks and only just released how many bibles were unintentionally stacked together.
TIL they have AI Gun detection tools in US Schools. 🙄 www.bbc.com/news/article...
Armed police handcuff teen after AI mistakes crisp packet for gun in US
Taki Allen, 16, said he was eating a bag of Doritos after football practice before being handcuffed by police.
www.bbc.com
October 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
TIL they have AI Gun detection tools in US Schools. 🙄 www.bbc.com/news/article...
They must've laughed so hard when they recorded this. So good. youtu.be/zhT048I8WMU?...
You Suck - From The Wedding Singer
YouTube video by Matt Laufenberg
youtu.be
October 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
They must've laughed so hard when they recorded this. So good. youtu.be/zhT048I8WMU?...
First 30mins of testing the newest Pro Tools release. Errors and a system crash. Let's go!
October 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
First 30mins of testing the newest Pro Tools release. Errors and a system crash. Let's go!
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Sony's 360 Reality Audio Tools Now Included In Pro Tools Studio And Ultimate
Sony's 360 Reality Audio Tools Now Included In Pro Tools Studio And Ultimate
With the growing number of immersive formats and platforms, Pro Tools
2025.10 introduces support for alternative renderers, giving creators even
more flexibility in how they approach immersive mixing. In this article we
unpack the new streamlined immersive workflow and how to use Sony’s 360
Reality Audio tools inside Pro Tools 2025.10.
dlvr.it
October 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Sony's 360 Reality Audio Tools Now Included In Pro Tools Studio And Ultimate