Recorded Panel

Let's Talk Tape Sync Rates with TSU

AIR and TSU invite you to an info session about our tape sync rate guidelines and their new partnership. Hear from members of TSU about how and why we made our guide and how we use it when negotiating fair compensation. 
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Key Takeaways

1. Introduction to AIR & TSU Partnership
2. How to use the TSU / AIR Tape Sync Guide
3. How to respond to gigs that don't pay TSU Rates
Meet the PRESENTER

Cory Choy

A founding member of Silver Sound, Emmy Award-winning Cory Choy has been pushing the audio limits since 2003. He has crisscrossed the globe with the likes of director and activist Iara Lee, explorer and TV host Richard Wiese, and trouble-and-movie-maker Andrew Wonder as a production sound mixer; he has been supervising sound designer for folks such as indie horror legend Lloyd Kaufman and actor and director Peter Vack, and an adjunct professor of Sound Design at Brooklyn College. Driven by a desire to excel in his craft and a belief that he can always learn more, Cory has never been afraid to go off the beaten path: he was an early adopter of the groundbreaking DAW REAPER from Cockos, has been a proponent of the game-changing Zaxcom Nova, and is constantly searching for and thinking about new and better ways to record, edit, create, and mix sound.
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Meet the PRESENTER

Gustavo Martinez

Gustavo Martínez Contreras is a documentarian, writer and tour guide based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. For the last decade, he has managed the Instagram community @whereslupita, in which he documents images of la Virgen de Guadalupe from people living at the margins of "proper religion" but under the cloak of Guadalupe, the Divine Mother who promised unconditional love and forgiveness. 
Most recently, he produced the documentary series “¿Dónde Anda Lupita?" for Capital 21, Mexico City public broadcast system. From Palestine to Mexico, the show follows the trails of la Virgen de Guadalupe to tell stories of liberation, colonialism, Queer spirituality and everything in between. The series has been syndicated to other public broadcasters in Mexico and Latin America.  
His most recent article for Prism, “Life on Parole,” focuses on the harsh and unjust 1978 drug sentence of Santa Fe muralist Carlos Cervantes. He is an adjunct lecturer at the Film & Digital Arts department at the University of New Mexico. His walking tour takes people through the streets of Santa Fe to meet different public displays of Lupita and the stories behind them.
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Meet the PRESENTER

Erin McGregor

As a Program Manager at the Association of Independents in Radio, Erin oversees mentorship and training on SoundPath, AIR's training platform for the audio industry. She's passionate about creating enriching opportunities for professional development for AIR’s membership and the community at large. She served as a judge for the 2025 48-hour Sonic Dash competition. 

Erin McGregor is the host and creator of Queer Public, a narrative podcast that asks critical questions about queer identity, politics, and culture. Some of her freelance clients include Spotify, the NYT, Pacific Content, Pineapple Street, Slate, NPR, CBC, Gimlet Media, Smithsonian, Neon Hum, KCRW, Wondery and Colugo.

Erin holds a Master’s Degree in Social Justice & Equity Studies where she studied broadcast news interviews on the CBC. She currently resides in South Philadelphia, PA.
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