As sound editors, we’re always looking for opportunities to fortify our sound effects library. A great sound editor can deliver excellent editorial with even the most limited toolbox. However, for a team that works on demanding series of varying styles with quick turnarounds—getting bogged down by a weak library isn’t an option.
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We recently found ourselves working on a Roller Derby themed episode for one of our shows. As you can imagine, this episode called for an abundance of roller skating sounds to cover a wide variety of performances. With the guidance of Re-recording mixer Jacob Cook, Tess and Tim took it upon themselves to plan and execute a recording session to help build up our library and turnover some much needed roller skating sounds for the episode.
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.
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.
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.
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!
Since opening our doors in 2015, we have had the privilege of teaching 25 interns and 5 apprentices. We reached out to a handful of previous interns and apprentice’s to see what they have been up to.
We recently brought on a new Boom Box Post apprentice. It is our pleasure to introduce Andrew Shirey! We had a chance to ask him a few questions to better get to know him.
We recently brought on a new Boom Box Post apprentice. It is our pleasure to introduce Nathan Yamaguchi! We had a chance to ask him a few questions to better get to know him.
We recently brought on a new Boom Box apprentice. It is our pleasure to introduce AzMarie Livingston! We had a chance to ask her a few questions to better get to know her. Continue reading to get to know her better.
For the last six months Isabel has worked as the Boom Box Post studio apprentice. She has done an absolutely stellar job, adapting to any task assigned to her. Isabel was kind enough to share some of her experiences and insights on the process for future Boom Box Post apprentices or anyone entering the sound industry for the first time.
We recently brought on a new Boom Box apprentice. It is our pleasure to introduce Isabel Roney! We had a chance to ask her a few questions to better get to know her. Continue reading to get to know her better.
It’s finally the day all of us at Boom Box Post have been waiting for–the relaunch of our internship program! Now an apprenticeship, we couldn’t be more excited to introduce our first apprentice post-pandemic, Kylina Aliotti!