WRITTEN BY Tess fournier supervising Sound Editor, BOOM BOX POST It’s very rare that a sound editor will cut in a single sound effect to match a visual on screen. Usually, we’re layering multiple effects together to create something new. Why do we do this? Because the result is usually something more rich and interesting than a single effect by itself. But layering can be unnecessary and frustrating for your mixer if you don’t do it with purpose. I’d like to talk about the right and wrong ways to layer sound effects to get the most out of your editorial. Layering Techniques ..read more

A COLLABORATIVE POST WRITTEN BY BOOM BOX POST We are so proud of our clients who have been nominated for a GLAAD Award! The GLAAD Media Awards is the most visible annual LGBTQ awards show in the world, sending powerful messages of acceptance to audiences globally. We are proud to support the GLAAD mission by providing post-production sound for four animation projects that received nominations this year. These productions showcase a diverse and inclusive storytelling, and we are thrilled to highlight them here! Learn more about the GLAAD organization and their mission here See all of ..read more

WRITTEN BY KATE FINAN, CO-OWNER OF BOOM BOX POST A few weeks ago, Chad Anderson of Filmmaker U invited me to chat with him about sound for animation. Filmmaker U is a website that creates courses for film professionals to deepen and diversify their skillsets. So, as a huge proponent of being a lifelong learner, I was very excited to add the topic of animation sound to that knowledge base for their audience! We sat down to discuss the how the workflow for animation sound unfolds differently than that for live action, how to balance music and the world of sound design in children’s ..read more

WRITTEN BY JEFF SHIFFMAN, CO-OWNER OF BOOM BOX POST CONCEPT Last summer I found myself with a little extra time on my hands and a big idea. Coming on the heels of an original Boom Box Library offering, “Magic Chimes,” which I recorded back in 2021, I wanted to expand on the idea of an all encompassing percussion library. I received classical training as a percussionist at the Indiana University School of Music (now the Jacobs School). We would spend hours in master classes focused on one instrument, perfecting for example, the ideal triangle performance. Hours. On the triangle. N ..read more

Announcing our newest boom box library: The Percussion Bundle Buy On Sale Boom Box Library · Auxiliary Percussion - SFX Library PreviewBoom Box Library · Magic Chimes - SFX Library PreviewBoom Box Library · Cymbals And Gongs - SFX Library PreviewBoom Box Library · Hand Drums - SFX Library Preview The Percussion SFX Library Bundle We are extremely proud to announce the release of our latest Boom Box Library: The Percussion SFX Bundle! The Percussion Bundle includes all four sound effect libraries in the Percussion Collection: Cymbals & Gongs, Magic Chimes, Hand Drums, and Auxili ..read more

    WRITTEN by mia perfetti assistant sound Editor, BOOM BOX POST SOUNDS LIKE winter When I think of winter, my mind immediately goes to the sound of a warm fire crackling in the fireplace, stepping outside to hear icicles crackling as they dangle off the roof warming in the winter sun, and hearing the sound of my footsteps crunch in new-fallen snow. These auditory memories immediately put me in the winter mindset, and can be used to do the same for your audience when designing sound for a winter episode or movie. But, what do you do if you don’t have these sounds readily availa ..read more

Announcing our newest boom box library: Auxiliary Percussion Buy On Sale Boom Box Library · Auxiliary Percussion - SFX Library Preview We are extremely proud to announce the release of our latest Boom Box Library: The Auxiliary Percussion SFX Library! The Auxiliary Percussion SFX Library is the latest member of our Percussion Collection and contains a wide variety of professional percussion sound effect recordings. Instruments include a bamboo horn, various tambourines, cabasa, castanets, claves, cowbell, various maracas and shakers, flexatone, toy glockenspiel, guiro, harmoni ..read more

A COLLABORATIVE POST WRITTEN BY BOOM BOX POST We are delighted to announce the addition of a new apprentice to our Boom Box team! Please welcome Andrew Shirey! We took the opportunity to sit down with him for a brief Q&A to learn more about our newest team member. What sparked your interest in sound for Television/Film? I knew I wanted to get into film at a very early age but I hadn’t really thought about working in sound until right before college. My local university offered an audio program and I heard great things about it. As soon as I joined the program I fell in love with sound ..read more

Announcing our newest boom box library: Hand Drums! Buy On Sale Boom Box Library · Hand Drums - SFX Library Preview We are extremely proud to announce the release of our latest Boom Box Library: The Hand Drums SFX Library! The Hand Drums SFX Library is the latest member of our Percussion Collection and contains a wide variety of professional percussion sound effect recordings. Instruments include the den den, djembe, doumbek, frame drum, and udu drum played at numerous tempos and employing various techniques. For this library, all drums were played by our co-owner and cla ..read more

WRITTEN BY KATE FINAN, CO-OWNER OF BOOM BOX POST Earlier this year, I sat down with GirltalkHQ, the digital publication which describes itself as “an inclusive digital feminist magazine amplifying diverse voices + stories,” for an interview. But, I wanted to be sure that the article they released wasn’t just going to appeal to women or feminists. Instead, I hoped to give an interesting look inside a post-production sound studio that happens to be co-owned by a woman and which maintains a 50% female and gender-expansive staff (something unique in a world where Women’s Audio Mission is ..read more