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Welcome Back Jenna!

CRC55 is happy to announce the return of Jenna Timmerman to the studio!

A couple of years ago, Jenna worked with Michael as an intern and former student from Columbia College. Along with Jeff Cobi, she built a cool bifold baffle for the the voiceover booth.

Jenna is currently wrapping up a project where she assisted Dave Kaduk in mixing a documentary about an amazing gentleman named Aki Ra who clears landmines from Cambodia with his bare hands!

Visit Jenna's profile page to learn more about CRC's newest addition!

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Jenna Timmerman

Hailing from Kalamazoo, Michigan, Jenna Timmerman relocated to The Big City where she graduated from Columbia College with honors from the Audio Arts and Acoustics Department. She met Michael her senior year while enrolled in his Audio for Visual Media class. After a semester of outstanding work, Jenna earned an internship with Michael at CRC55 where she and fellow intern, Jeff Cobi, built a beautiful bifold baffle for voiceover isolation.

In the two years since the internship, Jenna and Michael have stayed in touch and recently the planets aligned allowing them to work together. Jenna is the first former student of Michael's to become his assistant, and the first that had already been a friend for years before joining the company. All this means Coyle and Timmerman work together like a well oiled machine!

Jenna had been interested in psychoacoustics from an early age, fascinated by what soundtracks brought to the movies she watched as a child. In college, she originally majored in Media Management before deciding she wanted a more hands-on approach and subsequently switched to the Audio Arts department where she worked on the craft of Sound Design.

Jenna brings her encyclopedic memory of current music styles and lyrics to the studio along with her uncanny Foley skills. She also plays piano and carries her jailbroken iPhone wherever she goes. She and her sister Erin are identical twins, and their younger brothers are identical twins as well! In her spare time she saves little kittens and updates her Facebook page.

Crocs are Cool.

As a parent, Coyle knew the coolest thing about Crocs was that they didn't smell. They're made from a special antibacterial material so that no matter what the kids step in, the Crocs would never get that 'old gym shoe' stink. And Jibbites. He learned about Jibbets.

He was quite surprised at all the cool shoe styles the company carries when he worked on Crocs "Welcome Home" for Cramer-Krasselt!

Producer Danielle Langevin stopped by with the team of Pat Hanna (CD), Andre Chahine (CW) and Ryan Stotts (AD) to mix the cute spot. Ian brought a copy of the commercial home on his laptop and recorded a lot of great foley effects for the final mix.

Like the majority of commercials mixed at CRC55 this year, Crocs is an HD release with a 5.1 Surround Sound audio track. Visit the Gallery to check it out.

Ian Vargo

Ian Vargo attended the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), receiving his Bachelor's Degree in Sound Design.

Although enamored with music recording, he developed a love of sound for motion picture. He enjoyed learning about audio so much, in fact, that he decided to stick around for his Master's Degree!

During his studies, Ian co-founded the world’s first rock band to use Nintendo Wii-Motes, The Wiitles. This experience truly opened his eyes to the fact that anything is possible with audio.

Ian is an adaptable human. Within a week of getting the Assistant Engineer position at CRC55, he packed up his gear (and his cat) and enthusiastically made the 16 hour drive from Georgia to Illinois, ready for anything Chicago could throw his way. In his free time, Ian enjoys songwriting, music recording, and going anywhere with his portable sound recorder, and listening to any of the wondrous sounds the world has to offer.

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Our Sound Effects don't just sound good, they look good too!

So many of the tools we use to create sound effects for commercials are beautifully crafted instruments or tools, so we've decided to put some on display in the voice over booth.

In the future, we'll add to the collection as we find new items that not only sound great, but look great too.

We apologize in advance for any lost session time due to voice talent playing with our toys!

Click the preview image for a larger version.

Is that Toucan Sam's Mummy?

Toucan Sam's adventures with his Nephews continue in the most recent Froot Loops commercial titled, "Raiders".

Produced for Leo Burnett by Kimberly Cyrille and the creative team of Anthony Cozzolino and Christopher Giangreco, the spot has our heroes exploring a temple and getting chased by a mummy!

Of course, in the end they make a clean getaway and enjoy a wonderful 3 second breakfast.

Michael handled the final mix and sound design. As usual, Pepper Films did a great job on the animation and CG effects, and our buddies at Ear Hole contributed music.

Jump to Froot Loop "Raiders" in our Video Gallery.

Also new to the Video Gallery is a reboot of the classic Corona holiday commercial, "Tannenbaum".

Danielle Langevin from Cramer-Krasselt contacted Michael about recreating the audio track in 5.1 surround sound for the 2009 Holiday Season.

When the original elements arrived from storage, the ten year old mix was on a mono mag stripe! Working from scratch, Michael and Paul captured the essance of the original classic, but with all new surround sound goodness. The version in the Gallery is the stereo mix. Compared to the original on YouTube, we think it sounds great!

Jump to Corona "Tannenbaum" in our Video Gallery.

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A Little Gift for You.

This year instead of sending Holiday cards, CRC employees Nikki Piazza and Mark Wilkening had a great idea to create a video instead! The shoot took several days culminating with the group photo one evening where all the employees enjoyed a good time. Checkout the video below - it's awesome!