![]() ![]() It’s more streamlined than version 5, with a clean, modern interface. The new Sonicfire Pro 6 application is a welcomed update. Sonicfire Pro 6 brings with it a modern interface Both multi-layer and single-layer tracks can all be adjusted for time within Sonicfire Pro. If you like the track, but want to lose the drums or lower the lead instrument’s volume within the mix, simply turn off that layer or adjust its volume envelope. Many selections have been mood-mapped – SmartSound’s term to identify music cues that are multi-layered with up to nine instrument layers. These tracks are played by humans with real instruments, so if you want rock, electronic, symphonic, etc. While this might sound like all the music would need to be synthetically generated – it isn’t. SmartSound’s offerings cover a wide range of genres, all of which have been quantized into beat blocks that the Sonicfire Pro application automatically uses for timing adjustments. You buy the tracks you like once, which includes easy licensing, and then tailor the song for the length needed, for as many productions as required. The starting point is SmartSound’s library of original music. This update adds interesting new features and support for today’s crop of NLEs. ![]() Last year they updated their custom Sonicfire Pro audio mixing software to version 6. SmartSound has provided a solution to this dilemma for many years. All of the editing is done in Sonicfire Pro 5 and the finished AIF is then saved-over the original file so it’s automatically linked back into the Premiere Pro project without having to re-import or replace anything.Most editors have a pretty innate sense of rhythm, yet often finding and tailoring the right music to your video poses a challenge for even the most talented cutter. Since it also recalled the low-res video I used to create the original soundtrack with, it’s easy to see the edit points. Inside Soncifire Pro 5, I can edit the soundtrack and adjust the mood mapping points as well as the fade up transition and individual instruments where the overlap with the voice-over ends in a segment. I cover editing the soundtrack in this video, by using the “Edit Original” option in Premiere Pro CS5, which launches Sonicfire Pro 5 and a new project file is created with all of the original track data still intact from the AIF file. *Note that selecting 720p on the video gives you a higher quality video/audio playback – or choose “Watch on YouTube” for a larger version of the video! Sonicfire Pro 5 – Roundtrip Soundtrack Editing with Premiere Pro CS5 This is truly a smart and efficient workflow! ![]() Any updates to an AIF file that is created by Sonicfire Pro 5 that you import into your Premiere Pro project, can be re-edited again in Sonicfire Pro 5 with all the track editing data retained. Sonicfire Pro 5 also uses smart “Mood Mapping” technology that adjusts not only the volume of tracks along the timeline, but also drops out instrumentation as needed for sections of dialog or voice over. By rendering out a low-res version of my project in Premiere Pro, I can import it into Sonicfire Pro 5 and do all of my soundtrack editing to match the video ques without having to go back and forth between the two apps or wait for long previews renders to test the edits. This is a quick “over-the-shoulder” overview video that follows along the entire process of selecting, editing and reviewing the final video production. In this tutorial, I show how quick and easy it is to create a custom soundtrack in Sonicfire Pro 5 and adapt it to my video project created in Premiere Pro CS5. Sonicfire Pro 5 – Soundtrack Overview with Premiere Pro CS5 The second video takes a more in-depth approach to the round-trip workflow between Premiere Pro CS5 and Sonicfire Pro 5, and why I choose specific tools for the quickest editing possible. The first video is an “over-the-shoulder” view of the production process with little explanation of why I’m choosing specific tools, but rather a fast-paced overview of just how simple it is to select and edit the music soundtrack to work with the various parts of the video including voice over and interview clips. Watch as I use real-world examples of how I work using SmartSound Sonicfire Pro 5 with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 in a broadcast bumper. ![]()
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