It's November 17, 1964, at the Tail o' the Cock restaurant
on Ventura Boulevard—a favorite gathering place. Nine
men, later known as the "Gang of Nine," were meeting to
discuss an idea. This thought was hatched in the mind
of Robert "Bob" Hoyt. This was not a nefarious meeting
of gangsters or a money-making scheme of thieves. No,
this was a meeting of dubbing mixers getting together
and bonding. Generally, mix projects would entail three
or four mixers: dialogue, music, sound effects, and often
for television, a laugh machine. Bob envisioned that if
there was a networking organization where mixers had the
opportunity to meet and nurture social connections, then
when brought together by a project, they would be that
much more successful with a foundation of affinity and
familiarity.
b y C A S H i s t o r i a n J a m e s A . C o r b e t t C A S M P S E ,
w i t h c o n t r i b u t i o n s f r o m A l e t h a R o d g e r s C A S
How the
CINEMA
AUDIO
SOCIETY
Got Its Start and How Our
Founder Left His Mark
