CRC55

"My other car is a 600-ton Ore Hauler"

They call it "antifreeze", but it also prevents your engine from overheating. That's why if you drive a 600-ton ore hauler around Chicago, you'll want to make sure the radiator is filled to the cap with Peak.

Danielle Keenan from EnergyBBDO visited the studio with the creative team of Andrei Chahine and Ryan Stotts for this colossal Peak Antifreeze spot titled "Purchase".

Jenna Timmerman created the sound design and Michael Coyle completed the LKFS surround sound mix. It was a lot of fun working on this larger-than-life track. Click the preview image to watch the commercial.

Somebody, get her a pony!!!

Our little plaster friend is at it again!

The Travelocity Gnome is back on the air with his new agency, the Leo Burnett Company!

Producer Veronica Puc brought the series of spots to Michael and Jenna for sound design and surround mix. It was a great time recording the Gnome. (He's real, ya know!)

The first spot to run, "Deep End", was created by Britt Nolan (CW) and Mikal Pittman (AD). It will be followed by "Nooo!" from the creative team of Alan Shen and Chris Walker.

Click the preview image above to view "Deep End" in our Video Gallery.

Working with Design Star Winner, Meg Caswell

Congratulations to Meg Caswell, the winner of this season's HGTV Design Star!

Yeah, it's a little nerdy, but Jenna and Michael have been closely following the show over the last ten weeks. So imagine their enthusiasm when the non-disclosure form came though before a TOP SECRET session for HGTV last month.

They could barely contain their excitement when they learned Meg was not only the Design Star Season 6 winner, but that she would be using CRC55 to record additional dialog for her new series, HGTV's Great Rooms!

Just as Jenna and Michael had hoped, Meg is as out going and friendly as she was on Design Star!

Good luck with the new show Meg!

Orbit Gum is FABULOUS!

We've always wanted to work on the quirky Orbit Gum account, and thanks to EnergyBBDO producer John Pratt, we have!

The team of John Fiebke (CW) and Tim Mattimore (AD) have created a commercial guaranteed to make you go, "Ewwwwwww!", in a good way, of course.

In fact, the network executives at ABC lost their lunch previewing the spot, so a special less-Ewww version was created just for them.

View the spot in full Ewww-ness by clicking on the preview!

More Feature Films at CRC

That's MS. Hollywood to you, buddy!

Working on her third feature film of 2011, Jenna Timmerman is Dialog Editor on "One Small Hitch", a romantic comedy shot in Chicago.

Watch for this cute film once it's released, and enjoy trying to pick out all the neighborhood locations.

With yet another movie in her portfolio, Jenna may have the longest IMDB entry of any audio editor in Chicago!

Corona at the Beach or in the City

We've mixed several of these Corona split location spots where our heroes are in one location and a nice cold Corona makes them feel as if they're on the beach.

It's an amazing undertaking to bring the actors to two locations and seamlessly cut between them.

Cramer-Krasselt producer Rob Jaeger stopped by with copywriter Dan Catterson and art director Chad Verly for the surround sound mix -- one of our first mixes calibrated to the new CALM Act for loudness.

If you haven't seen it on the air, click the preview image to watch it in our Gallery.

You Just Can't Trust Twins.

As an identical twin, Jenna is always asked, "Did you and your sister ever trade places to trick people?"

She claims not to have, but as we learn in the newest Hornitos Tequila commercial, you just can't trust twins!

"Brotherly Love" was one of two new spots produced by Mariana Perin for EuroRSCG. The other, "Reunion," proves that memories of your old high school assistant principal my not be clear! (Way to go Mrs. K.!)

Both commercials were the hard work of writer Regan Kline and AD Jason Tisser. You can view "Brotherly Love" by clicking the preview image.

Honey, the talking fridge made me do it!

What? Your fridge doesn't talk to you?

In the newest campaign for T.G.I. Friday's Frozen Dinners, a chatty freezer reminds our buddy that when you're looking for a meal, frozen doesn't need to mean boring!

Edited by Greg Sunmark from RedCar and mixed in surround by Michael Coyle, the funny fridge features the voice of Chicagoan Brian Stack.

Producing for Cramer-Krasselt, Peter Norman stopped by for the mix with copywriter Dan Catterson and his art directing partner Chad Verly.

You can view "Freezer Transformation" in our Gallery by clicking the preview image, and then visit Dan's Vimeo page to see the entire campaign (plus some TV for Porsche and Corona we also mixed!).

The interviews Katie Couric wishes she'd done.

The main Chicago Recording web site has been rebuilt for your viewing pleasure.

To give new clients a feel for the staff, each post engineer was interviewed and asked to provide insight into his philosophy on recording sound, how he got started in the industry and to provide a humorous story.

All of the interviews, edited by engineer Mark Wilkening, are entertaining and worth a look. As one of the longtime engineers on staff, it's nice to be reminded from time to time what a talented group of coworkers are at CRC.

You can view take a shortcut to viewing my interview by clicking the preview image.

Invesco: Things that go CRASH!

It's hard to imagine having more fun around the studio than spending a few days making crash sounds for Invesco's newest 60 second TV commercial, "It Could Happen."

In a world of real-life bar charts, what's the sound of a ten-ton spreadsheet crushing a car? Click the preview to play the spot and find out.

The package of three commercials was the brainchild of writer Eric Routenberg and AD Sarah Block. Sean Pinney produced for the Leo Burnett Company.