Independent audio production studio
Build worlds your audience can hear.
11th Hour Audio creates original productions, shapes sound for clients and publishes cinematic audio playsets for storytellers. Founded and led by sound designer, writer and producer Matthew Boudreau, the studio brings story, craft and collaboration into every mix.
Sound is story
One studio. Four ways to make a scene.
Productions prove the craft. Services put that experience to work for your project. Sound libraries make story-ready recordings available to other creators. The Challenge brings the community together to make something new.
Original productions
Immersive audio drama and story-driven projects built around performance, atmosphere and sound.
Production & post
Dialogue editing, sound design, Foley, music, mixing and mastering for podcasts, audio drama and other narrative media.
Sound libraries
Handcrafted, high-resolution recordings organized around real storytelling needs.
11th Hour Audio Challenge
A global creative sprint where writers, performers and production artists form teams and finish an original audio story.
Featured work
Hear what happens when sound carries the story.
From original audio drama to collaborative productions and professional post, each project is a different kind of world.
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Written by Lindsay Harris-Friel and directed & sound designed by Matthew Boudreau for the 2025 Challenge.
Hearthbound
A music-driven audio story featured through the 11th Hour Audio Podcast.
The people behind the noise
Led by Matthew. Strengthened by collaboration.
Matthew Boudreau leads 11th Hour Audio. Around the work is a long-running network of performers, writers, producers, musicians and sound artists who return to make ambitious things together.
Owen McCuen, Lindsay Harris-Friel, Faith McQuinn and Avi Ziv are among the veteran collaborators woven through the work, alongside many other recurring creators and Challenge participants.
Every October
Make something before time runs out.
The 11th Hour Audio Challenge turns pressure into play. Creators from around the world find collaborators, build teams and release new horror audio together.
Listen
Exceptional audio drama, chosen for the way it tells a story.
The 11th Hour Audio Podcast showcases original productions, Challenge releases and creators pushing the craft forward.