CAS Quarterly

time is being wasted. We are always looking for performance and ease-of-use improvements that help customers speed up their work. In prior "Meet the Winners" interviews, we've read how iZotope's work environment possesses a strong sense of community given the diverse artistic and creative backgrounds of the employees. How did the company and employees do as things shifted remotely? As a company, we were able to shift to remote work fairly quickly. For most of us, a laptop and an internet connection are what we need to do our jobs. We relied a lot on collaborative virtual whiteboards, so we could map out ideas and product designs and facilitate brainstorming sessions. Like most companies, we shifted everything to video calls, from weekly company meetings and community support days, to lunches, happy hours, and one-on-one meetings. However, even with the constant connections over Zoom and Slack, we've missed each other and miss working together in person. People have been very supportive of each other and we are excited to get back together at work, hang out, and go to each other's gigs. iZotope was one of the generous companies that helped universities transition to online teaching in the middle of the spring 2020 semester by offering extended trial versions of their software. I'm a professor at Middle Tennessee State University and, because of this, all of my "sound for picture" students were able to complete their noise restoration/ cleanup labs since the university facilities had shut down. So, thank you for that! I'm very happy to hear you were able to keep teaching and that your students could finish their labs. It was important to us to support educational institutions and help keep them up and running during the pandemic. Schools are incredibly important to us in that they teach students best practices in the world of audio and keep the software we make relevant to the next generation of editors and mixers. It seems that iZotope continues to broaden its reach and has been coming up with more ways for hobbyists and semi-professionals to improve their audio, along with we professionals. Any interesting things on the horizon you're able to mention? Making audio production accessible to everyone is a big part of what we do. So, without giving too much away, we are pushing our technology to get you to the results you want substantially faster. On the RX side, we continue to work on getting closer to the DAW so that it feels like we are right there in your timeline. Any closing remarks? A very big thank you to the members of CAS for this award and for using RX. We rely on you to challenge us to make the software better—so keep sending us your hopes and dreams. Stay safe and happy editing! IATSE LOCAL 700 • editorsguild.com • 323.876.4770 MOTION PICTURE EDITORS GUILD I N T R I B U T E WE PAY SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO OUR SOUND COMMUNITY DURING THESE TIMES. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE RESUMPTION OF PRODUCTION AND POST PRODUCTION SO YOU MAY ALL CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK YOU LOVE.

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