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Advantage Audio (also known as Advantage Post Sound Services) is a very popular post-production sound company, founded in 1990 by Jim Hodson & Bill Koepnick. They work on mostly animation projects for Disney Television Animation, DreamWorks Animation, and Netflix Animation, as well as a number of Nickelodeon, Warner Bros. Animation (including some earlier Cartoon Network projects), DiC Entertainment (one of their first clients), among others.

Staff[]

  • Jesse Aruda (2017-; previously worked on Advantage Audio project Fish Hooks as a sound designer with Glenn Oyabe.)
  • Michael Beiriger (1996-2016)
  • David Bonilla (2015-)
  • Roy Braverman (2006-2017)
  • Fil Brown (1995-)
  • Chris Coyne (2015-)
  • Shaun Cunningham (2015-)
  • Kris Daly (1996-2003)
  • Rich Danhakl (2014-)
  • Robert Duran (1993-)
  • Melissa Ellis (1992-)
  • Gabriel Gelbrecht (2015-; became a sound designer starting in 2020)
  • Phyllis Ginter (1994-2008)
  • Marilyn Graf (2000-2006)
  • Jim Hodson (1990-2006)
  • Bill Koepnick (1990-2006)
  • J. Lampinen (AKA John Lampinen) (1998-)
  • Ray Leonard (1990-)
  • Heather Olsen (2003-)
  • Glenn Oyabe (2010-2013 or 2017-Unknown; only on Fish Hooks, although this may've been freelance sound design at Disney Television Animation itself.)
  • Craig Ng (2003-2017)
  • Diane Parrino (1996-2004)
  • Robert Poole II (1996-)
  • Robert Daniel Pratt (2006-)
  • Robbi Smith (1995-)
  • Patrick Spain (2015-)
  • Aran Tanchum (2013-2015)
  • Paca Thomas (1990-2008)
  • Michael Warner (1993-2003)

Projects[]

Note: Disney Television Animation projects typically do not credit sound services; unlike Disney's DTV movies.

Sound Effects Most Used by Advantage Audio Sound Designers[]

Some of these sounds are often tweaked into various pitches. Many of them are considered to be cliche and irritating.

Sound Effects Created by Advantage Audio[]

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