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Smartsound Sonicfire Pro

supertronik
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Nov 1, 2005, 11:58 AM

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Hi

I am an independent filmmaker and needed to create a decent soundtrack within 2 weeks time. Has anyone used the Smartsound Sonicfire Pro for their productions? Is it as good as what's presented here? Seems to good to be true. Comments appreciated

http://www.smartsound.com/filmmaker/index.php

Thanks
Supertronik

videobear
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Nov 1, 2005, 12:11 PM

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It depends on what you mean by "a decent soundtrack". Smartsound consists of two components: A buyout music library, and a software interface.

The buyout music has one special feature: It's divided up into loops, such as the little musical snippets used in programs like Sony's Acid. While you can play an entire selection, this loop data allows the Smartsound editing interface to make changes to the music. You can have the software create a piece of any desired length, based on the original selection. You can also rearrange, add, or delete loop segments. In addition, there are various audio filters that can be applied to the piece as a whole.

The result is a buyout-type music library with the flexibility of a loop-based composition system, but without the need to build a composition from scratch using a loop library. The downside comes in if you don't like the buyout music that Smartsound offers.

If there's something in the buyout discs that you think could be the basis of your film's score, then it's a good choice. Otherwise, get busy with Acid, or hire a composer and a band.

Regards,
Doug Graham
Panda Productions

Bill Mecca
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Nov 7, 2005, 2:01 PM

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Re: [supertronik] Smartsound Sonicfire Pro [In reply to]	Can't Post

I use soncifirepro in my day job, and it does a good job. What I like is being able to have the same basic piece of music in differnet lengths and different feels, it can help give a cohesive feel to the project.

I've hired composers for custom music, use buyout libraries, and sonicfirePro, each have their strengths and weakenesses, not one is the answer for everything.

Best advice I can give is go to their site and sample some of the discs, if you find something that strikes a chord...(ha, pun intended) then it shoudl work for you and give you more options that just getting one tune off a buyout disc.

on the plus side, it can make quick work of the music, on the downside, it's not custom. at the other end of the spectrum is custom music, which can be just what you want it to be, but it won't be quick.
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