The Boom Box Post blog provides insights into the creative sound design process of Boom Box Post's owners and employees.
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Season’s greetings to all of you editors, mixers, engineers, recordists, professionals, prosumers, students, freelancers, and everyone in between. Whether you’re aiming to dazzle a certain individual in your life who is passionate about sound/post production, or if you’re a professional in the sound industry finding it difficult to put together your holiday wish list, worry not, we’ve got you sorted!
We are always thrilled to share our most recent releases! Whether it’s another season of a long-running favorite, or the premiere of a brand new series, it’s always a special time seeing our work finally available for your viewing pleasure. Here’s a list of new and upcoming releases we’ve been patiently waiting to share with you!
You may have aced our previous sound effects crossword puzzles, but let’s see how you do with these audio post terms! This puzzle will test your knowledge of the tools and workflows of our industry. Good luck!
Co-owners Jeff Shiffman and Kate Finan recently sat down for a conversation with host Grant Fisher for the Small Business, Big Engine podcast! They cover a ton of ground in this conversation from the past to present, highlighting the decisions they've made along the way as successful business owners. In addition to how they run their business and the creative work itself, they share their outlooks on work culture, the future of the sound industry, AI and more.
You’d be surprised just how “quiet” raw gunshot recordings can sound without any processing. When played back dry, the recordings sound like weak little pops, lacking detail and punch. But with some basic processing, we can turn those thin pops into powerful, rich, cinema-ready gunshot sound effects.
As sound professionals, our most important tool isn’t a plugin or piece of gear, it’s our ability to hear. You’d never trust a mix on broken studio monitors or faulty headphones, so it makes no sense to overlook the health of your own ears! In this post I’d like to discuss our ears and how to care for them to ensure a long and prolific career in audio post.
The power of the modern digital audio workstation (DAW) is easy to take for granted these days. DAWs give us the power to sound design, edit and mix all from the convenience of an affordable consumer laptop. That obviously was not always the case. From the days of razor blades and magnetic tape, audio post-production tools have gone through major transformations over several decades. Here's a glance at a few eras that laid the groundwork to reshape how we approach sound editorial and mixing today.
As sound editors, it's crucial that we approach our edits with the mixer's needs in mind. In previous posts we’ve covered how to deliver clean, organized edits to help streamline the mixing stage. But what about processing to remove additional steps for our mixer? In this post, I’ll share simple but effective techniques to tidy up your sound editorial without causing a headache for the mixer down the line.
With a seemingly limitless number of plugins at our fingertips today, it's easy for the most rudimentary tools to go under appreciated. Among the Avid stock plugins, one of THE most frequently used, yet lesser discussed is the 'Reverse' AudioSuite. This tool is as simple as they come, but what it lacks in bells and whistles it makes up for in creative potential. Today I thought I'd discuss a few ways I like to use it and demonstrate with examples.
Did you enjoy our past editions of ‘What’s That Sound?’ quizzes? Let’s see if you can guess what sounds we have come up with this time! Listen closely, good luck and have fun!
I’m addicted to markers. They help me organize, plan, and stay on schedule every episode I work on. They also serve as a visual reward where you can see the progress you’re making as you delete markers as you go. In this blog post I’ll give you some tips and tricks on how to use markers to your advantage, and give you some ideas on how it may fit into your workflow.
What’s that sound? The holidays are right around the corner! Use the provided sound effects along with the rhymes and written clues below to complete this winter holiday crossword puzzle!
We recently received a request from one of our readers: “can you show me how to create a fight cloud?” Ask and you shall receive! Here’s how we approached designing the sound of a classic fight cloud!
Picking up where Kate left off back in 2015, I decided to try my hand at crafting a soundtrack that evoked the spirit of slasher movies! Including all the cliche hits like chainsaws, blood curdling screams, jump-scares and spooky forests. Take a listen!
We are always thrilled when new projects that we have worked on are released! From action packed fight scenes, to surviving kindergarten, there is something for everyone to enjoy. Here is a list of all our fall 2024 releases.
This year, I was invited to be on Impact24’s 5th Annual “Hollywood Game Changers: A Conversation with the Women Behind Popular Film and TV Projects” panel at San Diego Comic Con. I was humbled to be joined by other amazing women from across the entertainment industry, such as Ashleigh Hairston, EP/Voice Actor on Nickelodeon’s The Fairly Odd Parents: A New Wish; Joy Ngiaw, composer for WondLa, Skydance’s epic new animated series; KC Cavarozzi, Co-Founder of On Camera Audiences, and more.
Boom Box Post owner Jeff Shiffman was invited to be on Impact24’s “From Script to Screen: Behind The Camera of Storytelling Across Diverse Mediums” panel at this year’s San Diego Comic Con!
Do you know your sound terminology? Use the clues to test your skills in the crossword below! Type your answer directly into the crossword and it will turn green if correct!
Let's review a classic SFX sequence that occurs in The Loud House and The Casagrandes!
We are ecstatic to announce that our sound design and mixes can now be heard on a number of new series, new seasons, and features! Here is a curated list of our spring and summer releases. Click on the links below to stream and let us know if you enjoy them!
