Spence-Thomas audio post

06/30/2023

Some sad news this month. Rob Young, the very first employee of Spence-Thomas audio post, passed away in France recently. His bio was quite impressive and included many awards and nominations including an Oscar nod. We are proud to have started him on his career and although we had not seen him in a few years, we will miss his presence and cherish his memory.

Rob Young, the Oscar-nominated sound mixer of “Unforgiven,” died June 11 in Albi, France from complications of a fall he sustained during a trip to Morocco. He was 76. Young was a sound mixer in th…

10/15/2020

Upgrades to Studio 1 are almost complete. Now mixing in Dolby Atmos.

06/01/2019

Work continues to bring the internet back to Richmond and Church streets. We feel like it is 1991 again.

05/31/2019

Our Internet is down at the studio today due to a fire in a local transformer vault. Our provider is on site and working to get the entire neighborhood up and running again but it will be a few hours. Please call us if you require any immediate assistance.
Thanks from the entire STAP team.

03/23/2019

We are thrilled to announce that the crew at Spence-Thomas audio has been nominated for a 2019 daytime Emmy award for best sound mixing. Thanks to the entire crew of Paw Patrol for helping us achieve this goal.

03/09/2018

Our crew accepting the Canadian Screen Award for best sound for Animation - Paw Patrol
https://www.facebook.com/TheCdnAcademy/photos/a.10155963552110726.1073741954.177795760725/10155963903930726/?type=3

12/11/2017

Another great historical view of our office building.

1934: "New Toronto home of General Motors. This four storey-building, reconstructed and modernized, at the corner (NW) of Church and Richmond Sts., is now occupied by the Toronto zone office of General Motors Products of Canada, Ltd., and by the Toronto branches of General Motors Acceptance Corp., and General Exchange and Insurance Corp. The building was originally built for McLaughlin carriages and McLaughlin-Buick automobiles." Photo by Harry J. Lane Studios. - Courtesy of Toronto Public Library & the Toronto Star Archives. tspa_0110214f

05/24/2017

Very proud to say that we are mixing 2 of these series. A big shout out to Teresa Morrow re-recording mixer on Sunny Day.

'Paw Patrol,' 'Shimmer and Shine,' 'Rusty Rivets' and 'Nella the Princess Knight' were renewed as new series 'Sunny Day' gets a premiere date.

04/23/2017

What our studio building looked like in 1972

Church St. and Richmond St., looking north-west - 1972

04/15/2017

Here is a taste of a very special project we have been working on this week.
7 guitars, 7 Luthiers, 7 artists.
The show opens May 6th at the McMichael Gallery.

01/25/2017

We have been busy over the last year making this little gem. Very quirky, very funny for kids of all ages. Thanks to James Robinson and Kerri Locke for being such a big part of it.

01/03/2017

Just a few weeks after his Kidney Transplant, Patton is back in the office. Truly a Christmas Miracle