Special Learning Session: Sound Recording Intensive

This hands-on workshop with filmmaker and sound recordist JT Takagi explores practical approaches to audio recording for film and video. Participants will work with 32-bit float mixer-recorders, timecode synchronization, and a range of microphones, and can discuss the needs of their own planned projects.

Takagi is a New York-based filmmaker whose documentary sound-recording credits include numerous PBS productions, including the Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning *Strong Island*. She also directs for Third World Newsreel.

When: Saturday, November 14, 2026

Showtimes: The intensive runs from 12:00 to 3:00 PM. Registration also includes admission to the *Loose Pages Bound* screening at 4:00 PM.

Tickets: $35; $23 for Scribe members

Instructor: JT Takagi

Topics: Audio-recording approaches, sound equipment, 32-bit float mixer-recorders, timecode synchronization, microphone varieties, and project-specific discussion

Venue: Scribe Video Center

Address: 3908 Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Event type: Workshop and master class

Contact: inquiry@scribe.org; 215-222-4201