The Boom Box Post blog provides insights into the creative sound design process of Boom Box Post's owners and employees.
We are extremely proud to announce the release of ultimate Boom Box Library: The Everything Bundle!
The Everything Bundle includes all sound effects libraries released by Boom Box Library at the time of purchase. Click on the images below for more details about each library.
As a studio that works in a lot of children’s animation, we are always on the lookout for a good substitute for breaking glass. Recently, our supervising sound editor, Tess, took it upon herself to create our own library featuring the breakage of terracotta pots.
This month, we focused on one of our sound effects editors, James Yailluo to get a better understanding of who he is and how he started his career.
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!
In the past, we have published multiple blogs that list classic cartoon sound effects and the emotion they convey to the audience. Our hope is that these lists will help those stuck in their sound editorial from having to sift through their entire sound library looking for the perfect sound.
Let's review a classic SFX sequence that occurs in The Loud House and The Casagrandes!
Several years ago, we created multiple blogs with keywords to help you search your sound library and find the desired effects. This year, we have combined those blogs into one comprehensive sound effects glossary, adding more key terms to assist with your project. Hopefully, this will make it easier to find all the correct sound effects you need!
Meet the fresh face joining our team, our new apprentice, Kyle Stockbridge! We stole a few minutes of his time for a quick Q&A - and here’s what we learned about the newest member of our crew.
As the Assistant Sound Editor and Background Sound Editor at Boom Box Post, I am always looking out for Pro Tools shortcuts and quick keys to be a more efficient editor. Let’s review the basic Pro Tools shortcuts that you should know before jumping into your session.
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!
I recently sat down with one of our sound effect editors, Vivian Williams to get a better understanding of who she is and how she started her career. Vivian has been at Boom Box Post for 2 years and has been a sound editor for 5 years.
Cold calling a company can be intimidating and daunting. However, as you look for your first job out of school, or a new job, it is often necessary. As the Boom Box Post Office Administrator, I answer all kinds of phone calls and some leave bigger, better impressions than others. I hope to give you some real world advice to help you move your call past the receptionist and onto the next level by leaving a positive impression.
Our current apprentice, Andrew Shirey, is coming to the end of his 6 months with us. We took the opportunity to sit down with him for a brief Q&A to learn more about his thoughts on the apprenticeship program.
We were recently interviewed by multiple publications about Invincible Season 2 including Post Magazine, Tonebenders Podcast, and SFX Magazine! We are always thrilled when a show that we have worked on gets the light that it deserves and we love to share the behind the scenes post-sound process.
It’s that time of year again! The Primetime Emmy Awards have accepted submissions and voting begins soon! We are thrilled to be submitting Invincible for both the sound editing and sound mixing categories. Check out details and get the inside scoop on our submissions below!
Recently, Boom Box Post co-owner, Jeff Shiffman brought in three different Typewriters for a recording project. We put our apprentice, Andrew Shirey up to the test to get all the sounds possible out of the multiple type writers provided. Let’s see what he was able to capture!
When done right, the music montage is a wonderful thing. The right song or classic bit of score can bring an audience to an entirely new emotional level. If you don’t believe me, go watch the first ten minutes of Pixar’s “Up,” some incredibly devastating filmmaking; a master course in montage.
So how do you approach music montages in your mix? What are some of the basic techniques and rules to follow? Below, I lay out my best practices.
As a mixer of a lot of Disney content, I have years of experience mixing musical numbers (or songs, as we call them). As someone who came into post-production sound mixing from a classical music and music engineering and mixing background, this is one of my favorite parts of the job. It brings me so much joy to have the privilege to integrate amazing Broadway-style musical numbers and carefully crafted pop songs of all genres into the stories that kids consume. A great song can be a wonderful extension of the story–not just adding a little pizzazz, but bringing the entire story to new depths.
