Archive of the Sound for Picture Category

I recently chose the background music for a series of radio advertisements run by a local physician. Total time spent choosing the music? About two hours. Total time spent adjusting volume to match the narration and other similar edits? Oh, about five minutes. Thinking back, that’s not unusual; hunting for just the right song in any music library always seems to take forever.

With Sonicfire Pro 5, SmartSound Software will add several features to accelerate finding and customizing the right track. By way of background, SmartSound sells custom-length, royalty free music that you choose and customize in Sonicfire Pro. Depending upon the project, you can either export the selected audio file at the desired length, or input your video file into Sonicfire so you can choose and customize your audio in context. more

I had an interesting chat with Andrew Wild, Euphonix marketing VP, this morning as he was showing me the ins-and-outs of the S5 Fusion mixing console. The technology is an updated version of the S5 series of consoles made to fit nicely into the agenda of those mixing audio in the HD post world.

But Andrew pointed out that it is also meant to be viewed as a scaleable ‘package’ that can be configured to be a multi-tasking mixer in a variety of applications beyond just the traditional broadast post world. For instance, he pointed out that the S5 Fusion is currently being deployed into a wide range of high-end permanent facilities that have broadcast needs and post needs, certainly, but also live event needs. more

Sony Vegas has accumulated an increasingly large group of raving fans; Dave Chaimson, VP Worldwide Marketing for Sony Creative Software, talks about why, and the benefits of the new 64-bit version. Also new from the Sony Creative Software group is Soundforge 9, which includes the company’s vaunted noise reduction software and several plug-ins from Izotope, plus multichannel capabilities. To listen to his conversation with Digital Content Producer Contributing Writer Jan Ozer, click here

NAB, LAS VEGAS–April 15, 2007–Apple® today unveiled Final Cut Studio® 2, a significant upgrade to the industry‘s leading video production suite that delivers new creative tools designed expressly for editors. Final Cut Studio 2 includes Final Cut Pro® 6, which introduces Apple‘s ProRes 422 format for uncompressed HD quality at SD file sizes and support for mixed video formats and frame rates in a single Timeline; Motion 3 featuring an intuitive 3D environment, paint and new behaviors; Soundtrack® Pro 2 with dozens of innovative tools for multitrack editing, surround mixing and conforming sound to picture; Compressor 3 delivering powerful batch encoding for multiple formats with a single click; and DVD Studio Pro 4.2 for SD and HD DVD authoring. Final Cut Studio 2 also introduces “Color,” a professional color grading and finishing application for ensuring consistent color and creating signature looks. Read on at The Briefing Room: 2007 NAB Newslink