The Boom Box Post blog provides insights into the creative sound design process of Boom Box Post's owners and employees.
We released two new custom libraries this week: Squish Splat Ooze & the 1966 Ford Mustang, and to celebrate we made our entire Boom Box Library store 25% off. Today only, we’re giving out a Cyber Monday code to get an EXTRA 20% off on top of that. Just add CYBERMONDAY during checkout.
We are extremely proud to announce the release of our second Boom Box Library this year: The Squish Splat Ooze SFX Library!
The Squish Splat Ooze Sound Effects Library contains a wide variety of gelatinous liquid sound effect recordings. We used a combination of the Sennheiser MKH 8040 & MKH30 with a mid-side configuration to capture the sounds of flarp, JELL-O, bubbling liquid, mac and cheese, mud, and slime. Recorded sounds include include drops, slaps, impacts, squeezes, steady movements, and more recorded with a variety of thick viscous liquids.
We are extremely proud to announce the release of our newest Boom Box Library: The 1966 Ford Mustang!
To create this library, we recorded a vintage 1966 Ford Mustang GT model. This model boasts a v8 engine (225 hp, 168 kW, 228 PS "289"), grille-mounted fog lamps, disc brakes, reverse lights, and a hard top. The 1966 GT interior includes an instrument panel with a speedometer, fuel gauge, temperature gauge, oil pressure gauge and ampmeter in five round dials.
During the recording session, we placed five different microphones at key locations on the car and recorded accelerating, decelerating, driving steadies, idling, and revs simultaneous with them all. Then, we recorded pass-bys of various speeds, pull aways, pull in and stops, doors, ignition, levers, switches, windows, and more using three different shotgun microphones. All takes were recorded at the high sample rate of 96 kHz.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year again and we want to start off the season with our holiday gift guide! Considering this year is unlike any other, we have a great mixture of audio, work from home, and 2020 escapism gifts that even Scrooge himself wouldn’t bah-humbug!
The latest gear and hottest plugins are regularly trendy topics of discussion in the sound community. But for this week’s blog post, I’m going old-school and throwing it all the way back to good ol’ PHASING! (Hold for applause)
Now, I bet you are thinking to yourself, “What is phasing exactly?” or perhaps “How does it apply in the real world?”, and most importantly “Do I even need to know this?!” Well, you’re about to find out…
Here at Boom Box Post, it is our job to bring the shows we work on to life with sound. Our editors have perfected the art of storytelling and conveying emotion through sound design. I thought it would be interesting (and mostly funny) to let the Boom Post Post team do what we do best. So I asked the question, “If 2020 was a sound effect, what would it be?” Let’s listen to the responses!
At this point, we are deep into quarantine and if you are like me, you are struggling to find things to keep you entertained at home. I am tired of torturing myself looking at cooking videos and constantly being hungry! So, that leaves me wanting to make a fun sound quiz for you all. Not too long ago, Tim created a quiz where you guess what sound something is and it was a big hit! The crazy thing about sound effects is that the sound you think something is, is NOT always right. Enjoy below!
Can you believe Fall is already here? Autumn is my absolute favorite time of year, so to help us all get into the spirit I thought up a fun list of Fall-themed sounds you should consider recording for your sound library this spooky time of year!
If you’re like me, then you think being a re-recording mixer sounds not only intimidating but also very confusing. I think of the giant mixing board with a ton of buttons and nobs on it. YIKES. I thought the best way to get my questions answered was to ask one of our re-recording mixers, Jacob! He has his hands in all of our shows so he definitely has the lowdown. Let’s jump right in!
Whether I’m working on a Halloween special or just a spooky scene, I often find myself needing to make scary vocals. There are so many ways to achieve a haunting voice, but I’m going to talk about a few tools that I like to use. To get started, you need four plugins and a vocal recording. This can be laughing, a spooky saying, or even an elongated breath.
We’ve all been there. Upon starting a new project you’re told “picture is locked” which means there will be no further edits resulting in timing changes. Projects that stick to this promise are a dream. However, the reality of creative work is that it’s ever-evolving; and that includes picture editorial. Timing changes are inevitable, but they don’t have to be dreaded. With the right process, conforming to new picture can be relatively painless.
At the very beginning of 2020, Women’s Audio Mission reached out to me to ask if Boom Box Post would be interested in contributing to their upcoming Los Angeles popup by giving a workshop on sound design for television and film. We decided to put together a small event in May for 15-30 people which would introduce the audience to sound design and include some hands-on interactive components.
And then… COVID hit and it seemed that this plan to collaborate would need to be put off indefinitely due to travel, health, and safety concerns.
But, WAM being the incredible resource that it is for so many people in our industry, they quickly pivoted and created WAM Everywhere Live Classes, a series of free virtual workshops “to keep our community connected, supported, and learning during this time of social distancing and beyond.”
Boom Box Post turned 6 at the end of August and over these 6 years we have written a handful of blog posts. For both our new and OG readers, we thought it would be helpful to round up a list of posts that feature free resources. During this turbulent time of COVID-19, we definitely recommend taking advantage of these awesome tools!
Over the past few months, I have come across a number of google chrome extensions that have really improved my daily workflow. In this post I want to spotlight 5 of these chrome extensions in hopes that they can help you stay organized and productive during this time of mayhem.
It can be both an exciting and terrifying feeling being a new editor. On one hand, you are thrilled to start editing on a project! On the other hand, you don’t know where to begin…I interviewed a few editors on our team who know exactly how you’re feeling and can give you some insight on their editorial approach.
Many of the sound effects established in classic cartoons remain a staple in our libraries today. This got me thinking, if I were a cartoon SFX which one would I be? I decided to make a quiz to find out.
One of the best parts about sound for animation is being able to completely start from scratch designing something. That’s why we love showing you our creative process on fun things we get to design! For this focus on the creative blog, we are going to dive right into showing you a cute little flying machine we designed. Check it out below!
A little over a month ago colleges across the country held virtual commencement ceremonies for the graduating class of 2020. If you were one of the many to graduate during this turbulent time you may be asking yourself, “What do I do now?” Here are some steps you can take right now to prepare yourself and help with your future job search!
Hi all! Today I’m going to be discussing the DeHumaniser II plugin by Krotos. It’s an excellent plugin for creature vocal sound design that’s really fun to use. There is also the Simple Monsters plugin which is a simpler, less customizable version of the same plugin, but at a more affordable price tag ($99 vs $399 for DeHumaniser II).
The day-to-day tasks of a Studio Manager are vast and encompass a handful of responsibilities. Although the job is likely to vary depending on the studio, I want to provide some insight to what I do as Boom Box Post’s Studio Manager.
