--- title: How sound designers use the Hybrid Library for indie film projects description: Discover how Ryan Billia creates using the Pro Sound Effects Hybrid Library on indie film sound design projects in his one-stop audio post facility. image: https://blog.prosoundeffects.com/hubfs/hybrid-library-ryan-billia-blog.png --- [![pse-blog-logo](https://blog.prosoundeffects.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/pse-blog-light-logo.png?width=319&height=120&name=pse-blog-light-logo.png)](https://blog.prosoundeffects.com/) [![pse-primary-logo-white-text](https://blog.prosoundeffects.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/pse-blog-light-logo.png?width=512&height=76&name=pse-blog-light-logo.png)](https://www.prosoundeffects.com/) [ Pro Sound Effects ](https://www.prosoundeffects.com/?switchLanguage=en) Authors Tags Posts [ Show more results ](https://blog.prosoundeffects.com) [ Interviews ](https://blog.prosoundeffects.com/tag/interviews) [ Sound Design ](https://blog.prosoundeffects.com/tag/sound-design) [ Hybrid Library ](https://blog.prosoundeffects.com/tag/hybrid-library) # How sound designers use the Hybrid Library for indie film projects 2 min read Author ![](https://3542650.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/3542650/ae_2019.png) [Andrew Emge](https://blog.prosoundeffects.com/author/andrew-emge) Share ![](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3542650/hybrid-library-ryan-billia-blog.png) ![](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3542650/hybrid-library-ryan-billia-blog.png) #### Discover how Ryan Billia creates with the [Hybrid Library](https://www.prosoundeffects.com/hybrid-library/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=internal&utm_campaign=Hybrid&utm_content=link) in his one-stop audio post facility. Pro Sound Effects spent a day with sound designer Ryan Billia in his [Rumble Audio](http://rumbleaudio.com/) studio in Brooklyn, NY to capture his creative process and approach to film sound. As the owner of a multi-service audio post production company, Billia details the span of his work from collaborating with directors to sound editorial, ADR, Foley, and final mix. With a background advertising and television, he also describes the unique challenges of focusing more on indie film projects. > #### *“The need for high quality has never changed. We have to work with making sure that we're creating quality sound...but in a shorter amount of time and with less money.”* We also got an inside look at how Billia used the [Hybrid Library](https://www.prosoundeffects.com/hybrid-library/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=internal&utm_campaign=Hybrid&utm_content=link) on the indie film *Land Ho!* (footage courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics) including sound designing a massive Icelandic geyser blast. 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